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400 - Advanced Electrical Series
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400 - Advanced Electrical Series
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Get Wired! 401: Introduction to Motor Controls (32 Hour Course)
For those with little or no experience with motor controls, this online course gives a solid foundation in:
- Motor controls and schematics
- Controls for multiple motors
- Disconnecting means for motors and controllers
- Control and signaling circuits
This course takes place entirely online. There are no lab days for this course. Get Wired! 401 is excellent preparation for Basic Motor Controls Parts 1 and 2, where students apply what they’ve learned in Get Wired! 401 to hands-on motor control labs.
2008 NEC book is required. WECA will provide each student with Mike Holt’s Illustrated Guide to Understanding Basic Motor Controls textbook. The Mike Holt’s textbook is included in the course tuition. WECA can not split the textbook and tuition costs.
- Total class hours available: 32
- Standard Tuition Fee: $335
PLEASE REVIEW THE REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS LIST for GET WIRED! Courses to ensure you have the correct textbooks/course materials.
- Webcast System Requirements: A valid e-mail address is required at time of sign-up. In order to be able to be invited to the class, you must have an e-mail address.
** You must be paying by credit card to sign-up online.
Get Wired! 402: Troubleshooting Electrical and Motor Circuits (32 hour course)
Electrical Troubleshooting (GET WIRED! 402) combines 9 hours of live webcast training with 23 hours of self-paced training using troubleshooting software that teaches you how to troubleshoot faulty electrical and motor circuits. In this course, you’ll learn the basics of electrical and motor circuits from your instructor, then start to work through the simulations on your own. Follow-up class sessions give you time with the instructor to ask questions about what you’re learning and what you may need more help with.
This course enables you to:
- Learn a systematic approach to testing and troubleshooting
- Select and use testing and measuring instruments/equipment
- Review NEC requirements for electrical testing
- Perform simulated electrical troubleshooting activities just as you would on real equipment
- Benefit from the skills of expert troubleshooters as you are “Guided” through sample faults to solving more complex faults using realistic simulations
- Measure yourself on safety, time and materials standards for excellence
Course materials include two (2) Troubleshooting CD ROMs which are provided to you by WECA and is included in the tuition cost. This course is not recommended if you have completed the Home Study Electrical Troubleshooting Skills Series.
- Total class hours available: 32
- Standard Tuition Fee: $375
PLEASE REVIEW THE REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS LIST for GET WIRED! Courses to ensure you have the correct textbooks/course materials.
- Webcast System Requirements: A valid e-mail address is required at time of sign-up. In order to be able to be invited to the class, you must have an e-mail address. Webcast System Requirements
Please read the computer system requirements carefully since the CD-ROM is not compatible with all systems.
Computer System Requirements to run any of the Electrical Troubleshooting Skills Series V4 programs:
- Windows 2000 / XP / Vista (32 bit and 64 bit) / Windows 7
- Pentium III Class PC or greater (1000 MHz or higher required)
- System Memory 512 MB or greater
- Video Resolution of 1024 x 768 or greater
- Not Compatible with Mac’s
** You must be paying by credit card to sign-up online.
Get Wired! 403: Foremanship Skills (32 hour course)
Foremanship Skills (GET WIRED! 403) focuses on foremanship skills including job estimating, job project management, and jobsite communications. Students get the opportunity to tackle electrical installation projects from a ground-up planning perspective, and learn and practice leadership skills as they do so. This course is for foremen who want to improve their skills and for those who want to develop the skills they need to be promoted to foreman.
Goals of the course include:
- Develop skills in working with managers, customers, and journeymen to improve communication, reduce conflict, and increase productivity.
- Learn to plan projects and develop construction/installation timelines
- Learn how to estimate materials and work hours for construction/installation jobs.
- Total class hours available: 32
- Standard Tuition Fee: $335
PLEASE REVIEW THE REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS LIST for GET WIRED! Courses to ensure you have the correct textbooks/course materials.
Get Wired! 404: Electrician Certification Test Preparation (42 hour course)
Get Wired! 404 Test Prep (42 hours) is a fast-paced, highly interactive course that focuses on using the NEC to answer exam questions and re-enforcement in electrical fundamentals. Students across California can take this course beginning November 2011. This online, instructor-led, course replaces the popular 14-day test prep classroom course.
A 2008 NEC textbook is required.
- Total class hours available: 42
- Standard Tuition Fee: $395
PLEASE REVIEW THE REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS LIST for GET WIRED! Courses to ensure you have the correct textbooks/course materials.
** You must be paying by credit card to sign-up online.
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