Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
SMDE-0002
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
150 hours and 1,984 hours of on-the-job training
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Credit may only be received for this course by completing First Year (SMDE-0001), Second Year (SMDE-0002), Third Year (SMDE-0003), and Fourth Year (SMDE-0004). The total number of hours recommended for the completion of all four courses is 33 semester hours at the lower-division baccalaureate/associate degree category. See SMDE-0004 for detail credit recommendation.
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to have the student learn the principles of safety; AC fundamentals; personal protective equipment/grounding methods; live - line equipment and methods; rigging; underground and overhead conductors; electrical test equipment; introduction to substations; and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Learning Outcomes:

  • Apply safety standards
  • Understand and explain AC fundamentals
  • How electrical energy is created, manipulated and transformed throughout the electrical system
  • Apply procedures and requirements for live-line equipment and methods
  • Select ropes and prepare rigging
  • Install a radial underground system
  • Use electrical test equipment
  • Conform to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations
  • Use personnel protective equipment and proper grounding methods
  • Identify the most common overhead conductors
  • Understand the key components of a substation
  • Their function and purpose, etc

General Topics:

  • Safety
  • AC fundamentals
  • Personal protective equipment/grounding
  • Live-line equipment and methods
  • Rigging
  • Underground conductors
  • Overhead conductors
  • Electrical test equipment
  • Substation fundamentals
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Classroom Exercise
  • Discussion
  • Laboratory
  • Learner Presentations
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises
  • Work-based Learning

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)

Minimum Passing Score:

72%
Supplemental Materials