Basic Electricity
(standard course)
Course Overview
Basic Electricity is a course designed to provide participants with a beginning conceptual level of knowledge in electricity.
The primary topics covered in the course are:
- Language of electricity
- Electrical qualities
- Ohm's Law
- Watt's Law
- Electrical formulas
- Symbol identification
- Components
- Circuit configurations
- AC/DC current
- Measuring circuit values
Objectives
After successfully completing the Basic Electricity course, participants will be able to perform the following course objectives:
Demonstrate the ability to identify basic electrical symbols
Perform Ohm's Law calculations
Wire basic electrical circuit diagrams
Operate analog multimeters
Format
Basic Electricity is a 30-hour course, offered two nights a week, for 3 hours each night. The course content is presented in an interactive, learner-centered style of facilitation. Participants are actively engaged in application exercises throughout the 30 hours. Course skills are reinforced through actual hands-on lab exercises. Participants will utilize digital meters in the class and receive the digital meters at the end of the course.
Special Features
- Interactive course delivery
- Hands-on, experiential project labs
- Text workbooks for in and out of classroom study
- Use of digital meters
Benefits
- Participants gain skills necessary for improvement of on the job performance.
- Participants are better prepared for the basic technical tests in the TelCo industry.
