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Academic year: 2024-2025

Construction Electrician-Electricity - Technical Diploma

Program Code: 314131

As a graduate of the one-year Construction Electrician program, you're ready to work in residential, commercial, and industrial settings. You're skilled in installing, maintaining, and servicing basic electrical equipment. Typical career opportunities include construction electrician and industrial maintenance technician. With additional education and/or work experience, you may also become an electrical construction supervisor, electrical engineering technician, journey-level electrician, electrical contractor, electrical maintenance supervisor, and voice data video installer. All credits from this program transfer to the Construction Management - Electricity associate degree.

Delivery

  • Day
  • Full-time

Explore Locations

This program is offered at:
  • Green Bay

Program Costs & Financial Aid

Tuition: $5,635, Books: $768, Supplies: $316

Total Approximate Costs
$6,718
See costs of tuition, books, and supplies.

This program is fully eligible for financial aid.

Estimates based on in-state residency. Please visit the following URL to learn more about tuition and fees for this program. https://www.nwtc.edu/admissions-and-aid/paying-for-college/tuition-and-fees?ProgramCode=314131

Requirements for Program Entry

  • Apply at www.nwtc.edu/apply.
  • Submit the following to transcripts@nwtc.edu: High school transcript (or GED/HSED transcript). College transcript.
  • If your cumulative GPA is below 2.6, complete or submit a placement evaluation.
  • Tip! Our admission advisors will assist you through every step. Have questions? Connect with NWTC Admissions at start@nwtc.edu or 920-498-5444.

Program Outcomes

  • Perform safe work practices.
  • Apply National and Wisconsin State Electrical Codes to electrical installations.
  • Install, maintain, and troubleshoot residential, commercial, and industrial electrical systems.
  • Perform diagnostic testing on electrical systems.
  • Apply basic calculations to electrical systems and installations.
  • Demonstrate the operation of AC and DC motors.
  • Install and troubleshoot basic motor control systems.
  • Interpret electrical diagrams.

Curriculum

Students following the study plan below will complete the Electricity technical diploma in the number of semesters shown.

First Semester

8 Week 1
8 Week 2
Semester Total 17

Second Semester

8 Week 1
8 Week 2
Semester Total 15
Total Credits 32
  • Curriculum Note: The credit for 10-890-101, College 101 is an Institutional Requirement for graduation. Consequently, it is not part of the program credit requirements, but must be passed with a C or better.
  • Students must earn a "C" or higher in all 10-413-XXX courses.
  • Students must earn a "C" or better in 31-804-304 Vocational Math A

Course Descriptions

Intro to Residential Circuits
10413305

Safety, electrical code applications, box selection, wire selection, wire terminations, single-point lighting control, multiple-point lighting control, receptacles. (Corequisite: 10-413-102, Residential Electrical Code 1)

Course Typically Offered: Fall
College 101
10890101

Students gain skills that lead to success in college and employment. This course encourages students to develop a growth mindset and make wise choices. Students should take this course in their first semester. (Pre-requisite: None.)

Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall Spring
Vocational Math A
31804304

This course provides the opportunity for the learner to develop the knowledge and skills to apply the concepts of whole numbers, fractions, decimals, measurement, proportions, and percent to their career. No prerequisites needed.

Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall Spring
Fundamentals of Electricity
10413317

Atomic structure, electrical quantities, Ohm's Law, magnetism, AC concepts. (Corequisite: 10-804-301, Vocational Math A )

Course Typically Offered: Fall
Residential Electrical Code 1
10413102

National Electrical Code, residential circuits, conductor sizes, branch circuits, box fill calculations, switch control, branch circuit overcurrent protection and calculations, and ground fault circuit interrupters.

Course Typically Offered: Fall
Residential Circuits & Design
10413306

Ground fault circuit interrupters, arc fault circuit interrupters, layout and design, circuit determinations. (Prerequisite: 10-413-305 Intro to Residential Circuits)

Course Typically Offered: Fall
Residential Electrical Code 2
10413103

National Electrical Code, residential circuit layout and design, small appliance circuits, special purpose outlets, service entrance equipment, calculations and demand factors. (Prerequisite: 10-413-102, Residential Electrical Code 1)

Course Typically Offered: Fall
DC Circuits
10413314

Electron theory, electromotive force sources, voltage, current, resistance, power, Ohm's Law, series-parallel circuits and test equipment. (Prerequisite: 10-413-317, Fundamentals of Electricity)

Course Typically Offered: Fall
Residential Wiring
10413307

Cable installation, small appliance branch circuits, special purpose outlets, multi-wire circuits, low voltage wiring. (Prerequisite: 10-413-306, Residential Circuits and Design)

Course Typically Offered: Fall
Vocational Math B
31804305

This course provides the opportunity for the learner to develop the knowledge and skills to apply the concepts of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry to their career. (Pre-requisite: Completion of 31-804-304 Vocational Math A with a "C" or better)

Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall Spring
Commercial Wiring Techniques
10413327

Raceways and fittings, conduit bending, wire pulling methods, fastening systems, lighting and low-voltage wiring. (Prerequisite: 10-413-307, Residential Wiring)

Course Typically Offered: Spring
Commercial Electrical Code
10413105

Commercial building plans and specifications, computing electrical loads and branch circuits, emergency systems, raceways, conduit fill, power and lighting circuits, motor & appliance circuits. (Prerequisite: 10-413-103, Residential Electrical Code 2)

Course Typically Offered: Spring
AC Circuits
10413330

AC theory, inductance, capacitance, impedance, series ad parallel AC circuits, AC power, power factor corrections, rectification of AC, diodes and silicon controlled rectifiers. (Prerequisite: 10-413-314, DC Circuits)

Course Typically Offered: Spring
Industrial Controls
10413303

Electrical symbols, wiring diagrams, ladder diagrams, control logic, pilot devices, solenoids, relays, and time delay control. (Prerequisite: 10-413-327, Commercial Wiring Techniques)

Course Typically Offered: Spring
Motors/Transformers
10413328

Magnetism, electromagnetism, transformers, DC generators and motors, AC single-phase and three-phase motors, and an introduction to AC drives. (Prerequisite: 10-413-330, AC Circuits )

Course Typically Offered: Spring
Industrial Code
10413104

Three-phase and single-phase systems, motor branch circuits, overcurrent and overload protections, power factor, hazardous locations, harmonics and National Electric Code. (Prerequisite: 10-413-105, Commercial Elec Code)

Course Typically Offered: Spring
OSHA 30
10449112

Addresses OSHA 29CFR1926 rules and is approved by OSHA for construction workers, foremen, job supervisors, and anyone involved in construction trades. Successful participants receive 30-hour card from OSHA.

Course Typically Offered: Fall Spring
Electric Motor Control
10413304

Motor starters, overcurrent protection, overload protection, motor branch circuits, starting methods, troubleshooting motor circuits, and an introduction to PLC's. (Prerequisite: 10-413-303, Industrial Controls)

Course Typically Offered: Spring
Source: https://nwtc.edu/academics-and-training/electricity