Arizona Public Service

Classroom Instruction Topics

• Safety Awareness – On the Job
• Use & Care of Hand Tools
• Hazard Awareness
• Climbing Equipment Inspection & Care
• Climber Cutouts
• Pole-Top Rescue
• Sexual Harassment
• IBEW & It’s History
• Shock, Arc, & Blast
• Protective Line Devices: Care & Use
• Safety Meetings, Tailboard (Job Briefing) Discussions
• Hand Signals
• Wood Poles – Inspection & Maintenance
• Digging Holes & Trenches
• Math Basics with Whole Numbers
• Decimals
• What is Electricity?
• Electrical Units I & II
• Identify Some Basic Tools of the Trade
• Introduction to OSHA
• Energized & Non-Energized Parts
• Fall Protection
• Climbing Poles
• Bucket Rescue
• Marketing I
• NECA’s Structure and Heritage
• Rubber Gloves and Sleeves, Care & Use
• Working in Confined Spaces/Vault Rescue
• First Aid, Safety & Health
• Powered Equipment Safety – Compressors & Portable Generators
• Setting Poles & Setting Poles Near or Around Energized Circuits
• Avoiding the Hazards of Drug Abuse
• Fractions
• Percentages
• Electron Theory
• Sources and Effects of Electricity
• Ropes, Knots, Hitches & Splices
• Ladders/Step Bolts
• Hazard Communication
• How to Solve Basic Algebraic Equations
• Solving Power Calculations
• Slings & Chokers
• Guy Types, Guy Strength Sizes
• Anchors
• Crossarms & Attachments
• Resistance in Series Circuits
• Voltage in Series Circuits
• Math for Parallel Circuits
• Resistance in a DC Parallel Circuit
• How to Calculate Power in a DC Parallel Circuit
• Working with Ratios & Proportions
• Wire Sizes, Types & Characteristics
• Sagging & Tying in Conductors
• Insulate or Isolate
• Good Housekeeping
• How Current Reacts in Combination Circuits
• How to Calculate Power in DC Combination Circuits
• Underground Systems
• Laying Conduit
• Cable Types
• Planning & Design for Underground Systems
• Grounding & Protective Grounds
• Lockout/Tagout – Substation Applications
• Wire Rope
• Powered Equipment Safety – Underground & Digger Derricks
• Personal Protective Equipment
• The Electrical Circuit & Ohm’s Law
• Use & Operations of Blocks
• Rigging Tools & Rigging Equipment
• Guy Installation
• Line Conductors
• Insulators – Types & Installation
• Current In Series Circuits
• Power in Series Circuits
• How Voltage Functions in a DC Parallel Circuit
• How Current Reacts in a DC Parallel Circuit
• Magnetic Induction
• The Electric System
• Stringing Wire
• Connecting an Overhead Service
• Insulated Platforms & the Second Point of Contact
• Understanding Resistance in DC Combination Circuits
• How Voltage Functions in DC Combination Circuits
• Two-Way Radios – Proper Use & Procedures
• Excavation & Shoring
• Manholes & Handholes
• Pulling Cables
• Baskets, Aerial Lifts & Platforms
• Taking a Line Out of Service
• Becoming Familiar w/IBEW Constitution
• Understanding Your Local Union By-Laws
• Absenteeism
• Emergency Response
• Reviewing the Applications of DC Theory
• Parliamentary Procedure and How It Works
• Professional Personal Conduct
• Working Outdoors
• Introduction to 1910.269, Electric Power, Generation and Transmission
• Comparing Direct Current to Alternating Current
• Fundamentals of Alternating Current
• Understanding How the DC Generator Works
• Introduction to Test Instruments
• Transformer Construction
• Transformer Operation
• Transformer: Completely Self-Protected
• Single-Phase Transformer Connections
• Conducting Transformer Load Checks
• Vectors
• The Customary and Metric Systems of Measurement
• Area and Volume
• Right Triangles
• Introduction to Blueprints and Specifications
• Symbols, Conventions and Abbreviations
• Civil Drawings
• Staking Sheets and Stakes
• Introduction to Inductance
• Metering
• Fault Indicator
• Tower Erection
• Sagging Conductors
• Phasing & Tying IN Circuits
• Phase Sequence
• Locating Faults & Restoring Service
• Cable Splicing
• Mobile Cranes
• Practical Applications – Rigging - Vectors
• Traffic Signal Industry Overview
• Introduction to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
• Underground Installations – Caissons
• Introduction to Traffic Signal Cabinets & Equipment
• An Introduction to Three-Phase Systems
• Understanding the Design and Function of AC Generators
• General Use Test Instruments
• Transformer Information Characteristics
• Transformer Polarity/Connections
• Installing Transformers
• Transformer Protection
• Specific Hazards Working with Transformers
• Working with Powers of 10 and Metric Prefixes
• The Circle
• Measuring and Drawing Angles
• Blueprint Lines
• Blueprint Fundamentals
• Electrical Drawings and Diagrams
• Reading Maps, Plans, and Profiles
• Introduction to Measuring and Leveling Devices
• Voltage Drop
• Overvoltage Protection
• Tower Footings
• Joining High-Line Conductors
• Dampers/Hold Down Weights & Armor Rods
• Overload Capabilities of Electrical Equipment
• Back-feed
• Introduction to Medium Voltage Cable Power Cable
• Confined Spaces
• Boom Capacities & Load Charts
• Lifting & Digging Operations
• Flagging, Signs & Barricades
• Traffic Signal Hardware & Equipment
• Introduction to Basic Signal Blueprints
• Phasing & Traffic Flow
• Introduction to COMET Program
• Productivity
• Distribution Circuits
• Alternating Current Theory Terms and Definitions
• Capacitors
• Transformers—Three-Phase Voltages
• Transformers —Connections
• Labor-Management Relations/LMCC’s
• PPG - Basic Electric Circuits
• PPG — Equipotential Zone Grounding
• PPG — Installation of Grounds
• PPG — Induced Voltage and Multiple Grounds
• PPG — Underground Distribution Grounding
• PPG During Construction Activities
• Lightning Protection
• Live-Line Tools: Introduction, Identification and Care
• Live-Line Tools: Maintenance with Hot Sticks III
• Live-Line Tools: Maintenance with Hot Sticks V
• Live-Line Tools: Maintenance with Hot Sticks VII
• Live-Line Work Practices: Insulator and Crossar Changes
• Live-Line Work Practices: Helicopter Timber Changes
• Primary Metering
• Introduction to Substations
• Substation Construction – Safety and First Aid
• Substation Construction – Print Reading
• Substation Construction – Function and Types of Stations
• Substation Construction – Foundations
• Substation Const. – Underground Power Cables
• Substation Const. – Steel Superstructure Assembly
• Substation Const. – Installing Control Cables and Devices
• Reclosers and Sectionalizers
• Substations – Oil Circuit Breakers
• Substations – Oil Care and Filtering
• Substations – Substation Control Equipment
• Review of Alternating Current
• Inductance
• Distribution Capacitors
• Transformers—Three-Phase Connections
• Troubleshooting Three-Phase Banks
• Personal Protective Grounding—Body Currents
• PPG – Grounding History
• PPG — Selection of Equipment
• PPG — Step and Touch Potential
• PPG —Truck Grounding
• PPG — Grounding in Substations
• Testing Ground (Earth) Resistance
• Applying Rubber Protective Devices
• Live-Line Tools: Using Hot Sticks
• Live Line Tools: Maintenance with Hot Sticks IV
• Live-Line Tools: Maintenance with Hot Sticks VI
• Live-Line Work Practices: 138kV Insulator and Crossarm Changes
• Live-Line Work Practices: Tower Insulator Changes
• Live-Line Work Practices: Special Practices
• Single-Phase Revenue Metering
• Substations – Safety Procedures
• Substation Construction – Federal Regulations
• Substation Construction – Making Connections
• Substation Construction – Spill Prevention, Containment, and Countermeasure Plans
• Substation Const. – Installing Grout
• Substation Const. – Grounding/Grounding Grids
• Substation Const. – Installing Insulators
• Primary Fusing/Fuse Principles
• Substations – Equipment Identification
• Substations – Batteries
• Substations – Air Switches
• Fault Current
• Testing For Line Faults
• Step Regulators and Tap Changing
• Power Factor
• The Economics of Unemployment
• The National Electrical Benefit Fund
• Fiber-Optic Network Installation
• Fiber-Optic Network Cable
• Alternative Energy Source – Photovoltaics
• After Apprenticeship
• Soon To Be an Instructor
• Voltage Regulators
• Capacitors and Capacitor Switching
• Power Harmonics
• Keys to Success – Motivation and Leadership
• Introduction to Fiber Optics
• Fiber-Optic Network Design
• Alternative Energy Source - Wind
• Extra High Voltage Lines
• Foremanship
• Your Career – Journeyman Responsibilities
• Equipotential Grounding
• Transformer Troubleshooting
• Transformer Connections
• Pad-Mounted Transformers & Switchgear