Electrical
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Electrical Code Update 15 hours
This course covers a review of the current electrical code designed to prepare electricians for their yearly license renewal requirements (class I, II, and III). Emphasis will be on wiring, materials, equipment, special occupations, special conditions, plus NFPA code changes.
Participants must attend entire 15 hours to receive state approved certificate of completion.
Conventional Controls 40 hours
This course will assist participants in developing competencies in reading basic electrical blueprints and troubleshooting through familiarization of basic control devices. Participants will discuss and apply basic troubleshooting skills using the electro-pneumatic laboratory simulation training board. Topics include:
- Systems and systems operations
- Symbols and components
- Electrical/electronic drawings
- Rotating outputs
- Single phase, three phase and DC motors
- Motor control circuits
- Non-rotating outputs
- Lamps and heating elements
Journeyman Electrical License Preparation 35-40 hours
This course is designed for apprentices and other individuals presently working in the field of electrical construction and maintenance. It is highly recommended for those who have four years experience in the electrical trade and plan to take the Michigan journeyman electrical exam.
Machine Controls 40 hours
This course will present participants with the essentials of wiring and troubleshooting controls in production machinery. Participants will study AC/DC circuits and fundamentals of hydraulics and pneumatics as they pertain to machine control circuitry. Course emphasizes relay-ladder diagrams, simple debugging and nomenclature necessary to communicate with design engineers and other trades in the installation and troubleshooting of panel wiring. Topics include:
- Transformers and power supplies
- Fuses, disconnect switches, and circuit breakers
- Control units for switching and communications
- Relays, Solenoids
- Types of control: motion, pressure, temperature and timing control
- Motors, motor starters
- Troubleshooting
PLC/SLC Processor Systems - 40 hours
This course is designed to prepare participants with the skills necessary for installation, programming and basic troubleshooting of either PLC-5 or SLC processor systems. Topics include:
- Basic processor functions and communication types
- Setup, troubleshooting, programming
- Memory organization, program files and data tables
- Communication systems
- Editing online and offline, searching
- I/O forces
- Special troubleshooting software features and shortcuts
PLC Troubleshooting for Electricians – 40 - 80 hours
This course is designed to assist participants in developing better troubleshooting skills through hands-on exercises on various controllers and software. Topics can include:
- Conventional controls, hardwire relay logic
- Introduction of basic PLC’s
- File manipulation using windows
- File manipulation using DOS commands
- Computer communication skills, setting up ports
- Programming ladder logic
- Troubleshooting and debugging
- Upload/Download of PLC’s
- Cable Connectors
- Specific troubleshooting information and lab exercises related to the following PLC’s:
- Allen Bradley SLC 500
- Allen Bradley Logic 5000
- Allen Bradley PLC-2 with Taylor software
- Modicon 484 with Taylor software
- Modicon 984 with Taylor software
- Modicon 984 with ProWorxs NXT software
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