Online Electrician Curriculum and Classes

Instruction Pack I will introduce the field of professional electricians, as well as set expectations for earning conditions, work conditions, personal qualities, and educational requirements. Discover the tasks an electrician will perform and what a typical day on the job looks like while learning about apprenticeship and licensing, including DOL apprenticeship standards. After learning communication and customer service skills, build a mathematical foundation for electrical calculations. Examine how ethics apply to the job of an electrician.

Instruction Pack II is a Study Guide that walks the students through the textbook, Electrical: Level One Twelfth Edition. Learn how to do the job the required way, using personal protection equipment (PPE), electrical safety standards, and safety specifics for specific hazards. Discover basic electrical units of measure, Ohm’s Law, and power equations used in the field before being introduced to schematic diagrams. Develop an understanding of basic circuits, including series, parallel, and series-parallel circuits, and then calculate current and voltage using what you’ve learned. Learn the history, purpose, and function of NEC® and learn to find and determine installation requirements for any electrical job. Examine the details of device boxes, hand bending, wireways, raceways, fittings, conductors, and cables. Learn how to use commercial and residential project documents to schedules and block diagrams—documents used to coordinate the various parties involved in a project. Discover the basics of load calculations and NEC® requirements for residential wiring, including appliances and lighting. Understand the various pieces of test equipment, including safety precautions for equipment use and category ratings. Apply what you’ve learned to a number of simulations in a lab setting. You’ll acquire the confidence to tackle real-world jobs, along with the necessary practice hours to turn your theoretical knowledge into practical skills.