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Electricity Program

Program Host

Center of Applied Technology South

Host Type

Vocational/technical

Program Focus

Green design & construction

Outcomes

Certificate

About the Program

The Electricity program provides high school students with the knowledge and skills to launch a career in electricity. Level 1 introduces basic skills, practices, and theories of electricity and its applications to circuits, devices, and materials. Topics include the national electrical code book, electron theory, direct current fundamentals, series/parallel circuits, power, alternating current fundamentals, and calculations for power, voltage, current, and resistance. Safety is emphasized as students learn to wire electrical circuits and equipment projects. Level 2 provides students with advanced training in the techniques, processes, and theories introduced in Level 1. Electrical controls, blueprint reading, estimating, trouble-shooting, meter reading, advanced wiring projects, and special circuits are included.

Contact

Tommy King