Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Course

ACE ID:

SMDE-0002

Organization's ID:

SMDE-0002

Organization:

Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Location:

Classroom-based

Length:

150 hours (52 weeks)

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 completing all four courses is 33 semester hours in the lower-division baccalaureate/associate degree category.

Description

Objective:

Upon the completion of this course, the student will be able to learn the principles of safety, AC fundamentals, personal protective equipment/grounding method, live-line equipment and methods, rigging, underground and overhead conductors, electrical test equipment, introduction to substations and OSHA

Learning Outcomes:

Apply safety standards
Understand and explain AC Fundamentals; how to electrical energy is created, manipulated and transformed throughout the electrical systems
Use personnel protective equipment and proper grounding methods
Apply procedures and requirement for live-line equipment and methods
Select rope and prepare rigging
Install a radial underground system
Identify the most common overhead conductors
Use electrical test equipment
Understand a substation's key components, their function, and purpose, etc.
Conform to OSHA regulations