WECA Products & Services

Join Our Email List Email:

For Email Marketing you can trust

• WECA Electrical Courseware
• Apprenticeship Program Management Software
• Publications
• Advertise with WECA

WECA Electrical Courseware

Classroom Courseware

WECA offers complete courseware solutions for classroom and online electrical training providers. These complete solutions include everything needed by a training provider to deliver a full course-- instructor guide, multimedia presentations, grading guidelines, and student materials including activities, quizzes, and more.

We recommend using our courseware to deliver continuing education classes to journeymen electricians in your state. There's no need for your training organization to undertake lengthy and expensive curriculum development and courseware creation processes. WECA has done the work for you. Our roster of expert electricians and instructional designers turn out quality curriculum adhering to industry standards. Use WECA's out-of-the-box courseware solutions to increase the offerings in your training organization's course catalog.

Download a brochure with pricing information.

Electrical Supervisor Courseware Packages

Communications Skills for Electrical Supervisors

This 6-hour classroom course package contains everything an instructor or training organization needs to deliver a specialized course focusing on Communications Skills for Electrical Supervisors. Course activites and discussions center on real-world examples, and students tackle leadership scenarios on topics including safety, effective leadership, and jobsite management, all while building communication and presentation skills.

The Communication Skills for Electrical Supervisors courseware package includes:

• A printed Instructor Guide with visual presentations, lecture and discussion guides, and grading guidelines
• A DVD with:
  • Multimedia presentations
  • Student materials for print-out, including quizzes, activities, and real-world case studies
  Call 1-877-444-9322 or email Bob Barlett of WECA for more information on purchasing Communication Skills for Electrical Supervisors for your training organization.

Basic Motor Controls Courseware Packages: Parts 1 and 2

Basic Motor Controls Part 1

This 16-hour classroom course package contains everything an instructor or training
organization needs to deliver a course on Basic Motor Controls for electricians.
Multimedia presentations, labs, and discussion guides allow the instructor to deliver a
robust training experience. The curriculum centers on:

• The parts and components of a motor circuit
• Manual control, automatic control and control logic
• Motor control line - ladder diagrams
• Local Start / Stop Station
• Multiple Start / Stop Stations
• Using Selector Switches & Pilot Devices
• Reversing circuits

The Basic Motor Controls Part 1 courseware package includes:

• A printed Instructor Guide with visual
  presentations, lecture and discussion guides,
  lab guides, a full lab materials list with setup
  instructions, and grading guidelines.
• A DVD with:
  • Multimedia instructor presentations
  • Student quizzes

Call 1-877-444-9322 or email Bob Barlett of WECA for more information on purchasing Basic Motor Control Part 1 for your training organization.

Basic Motor Controls Part 2

This 16-hour classroom course package can be paired with the 16-hours Basic Motor
Controls Part 1 courseware package, or taught as a free-standing course to students
with some motor controls experience. It contains everything an instructor or training
organization needs to deliver a specialized course. Multimedia presentations, labs,
and discussion guides allow the instructor to deliver a robust training experience.
The curriculum centers on:

• Sequential starting of multiple motors
• Control relays and their common applications
• Timers and timing logic;
  • for example, on delay, off delay, etc.

The Basic Motor Controls Part 2 courseware package includes:

• A printed Instructor Guide with visual
  presentations, lecture and discussion guides,
  lab guides, a full lab materials list with setup
  instructions, and grading guidelines.
• A DVD with:
  • Multimedia instructor presentations
  • Student quizzes

Call 1-877-444-9322 or email Bob Barlett of WECA for more information on purchasing Basic Motor Control Part 2 for your training organization.

Blueprint Reading for Electricians Courseware Packages: Parts 1 and 2

Deliver two courses on the popular topic of Blueprint Reading for Electricians with these classroom courseware packages. Purchase and deliver them separately, or as a series. Multimedia presentations, hands-on blueprint reading labs, and discussion guides provide everything an instructor needs to deliver an effective learning experience.

Blueprint Reading for Electricians Part 1

Using the 8-hour classroom courseware package Blueprint Reading for Electricians - Part 1, instructors guide students through the basics of reading and using blueprints from an electrician’s perspective. Using blueprints for a commercial office building project, students learn about applying scale measurements to blueprints, blueprint sheet types and the kinds of information that can be found on them, and finding information within blueprints that electricians need to plan electrical installations.

The Blueprint Reading for Electricians Part 1 courseware package includes:

• A printed Instructor Guide with visual presentations, lecture and discussion guides, and grading guidelines
• A DVD with:
  • Multimedia presentations
  • Student materials for print-out, including digital files for reproduction of full-size blueprint sets
  Call 1-877-444-9322 or email Bob Barlett of WECA for more information on purchasing Blueprint Reading for Electricians Part 1 for your training organization.

Blueprint Reading for Electricians Part 2

Using the 8-hour classroom courseware package Blueprint Reading for Electricians - Part 2, instructors guide students through learning how to coordinate information from multiple blueprint sheets for a commercial office building project with equipment and materials requirements and the NEC. Students plan for the installation of conductors, grounding electrode conductors, main bonding jumpers, services, and transformers, and learn how to perform commercial load calculations.

The Blueprint Reading for Electricians Part 2 courseware package includes:

• A printed Instructor Guide with visual presentations, lecture and discussion guides, and grading guidelines
• A DVD with:
  • Multimedia presentations
  • Student materials for print-out, including digital files for reproduction of full-size blueprint sets
  Call 1-877-444-9322 or email Bob Barlett of WECA for more information on purchasing Blueprint Reading for Electricians Part 2 for your training organization.

WECA Apprenticeship Program Management Software

WECA’s Apprentice Management Program Software (AMPS) was developed by the people who know and administer apprenticeship. AMPS is the ultimate in apprentice management software because its user-friendly, intuitive, web-based interface cuts down on training time and makes data entry faster and easier. Download an AMPS brochure.

AMPS meets both State and Federal apprenticeship requirements and has a proven track record in increasing user efficiencies, minimizing manual tasks and responding to State or Federal audits or requests for information. AMPS can track information from applicants, apprentices, trainees, journeymen, general students, contractor members, industry partners, potential members and instructors.

AMPS is ideal for both large and small apprenticeship programs. Because it was developed in multiple modules that track all critical data, from vital statistics to contractor information, AMPS allows clients the flexibility to select the modules that meet their unique needs.

Contact us about AMPS >>

Publications

WECA produces electrical courseware and textbook publications. Our most recent release is a collaboration with Delmar Cengage Learning and Independent Electrical Contractors Chesapeake, Electrical Pre-Apprenticeship Workforce Development Manual.

WECA offers several publications for electrical contractors, including our annual publication California Business Laws Affecting Electrical Contractors.

Visit our Publications page for more information on acquiring these texts.

Advertise with WECA