Dakota County Technical College, Customized Training has developed a 28-hour course to provide training for persons learning to perform electrical work in either a maintenance or electrical equipment manufacturing workplace. The course covers these general topics.
Single-phase and three-phase electrical power systems.
Use of electrical test equipment.
Selection and use of personal protective equipment.
Identifying and measuring the nominal voltages associated with electrical power systems.
Determine and measure the expected current of electrical circuits.
Proper use of tools to achieve the accepted industry practices of electrical workmanship.
Standards for electrical safety in the workplace.
Identifying the components of power and control circuits from electrical drawings.
Identifying the operation and function of the components of power and control circuits.
Identifying the manner in which power and control circuits are constructed.
Discrete versus analog control devices and utilization equipment.
Conventional electro-mechanical and relay-based control circuits.
Programmable controller and HMI-based control schemes.
Induction motors, motor starters, variable frequency drives and motion controllers.
Includes 12 hours of hands-on labs wiring and operating electrical power and control circuits.
Concepts of troubleshooting.
The skills demonstrated by a qualified person.
The role and scope of the National Electrical Code.
The Minnesota Laws and Rules regulating electrical work.
