Hutchinson Community College

On-the-job Training

• Preliminary Work
• Electrical Maintenance Task
• Instrumentation & Control Task
• Troubleshooting and Service Work
• Safety
  • Student will be able to properly identify electrical hazards.
  • Student will be able to demonstrate working safely.
  • Student will be able to list the personal protective equipment (PPE) needed when working with electricity.
  • Student will be able to identify electrical safety and principles.
  • Student will be able to demonstrate working safely with electricity.
• Fundamentals
  • Student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the fundamentals of electricity.
  • Student will be able to list the different types of test equipment to troubleshoot electrical circuits.
  • Student will be able to define the purpose of the National Electrical Code (NEC).
  • Student will be able to series, parallel, and combination circuits.
  • Student will be able to describe precision Ohms, Watts, and Kirchhoff Laws.
• Design and Testing
  • Student will be able to identify tools and test instruments.
  • Student will be able to explain electrical standards and codes.
  • Student will be able to read drawings and specifications.
  • Student will be able to calculate the size of electrical loads.
  • Student will be able to identify raceway systems.
  • Student will be able to list examples of devices and circuits.
  • Student will be able to summarize electrical symbols and diagrams.
• PM & Troubleshooting
  • Student will be able to interpret basic control logic diagrams.
  • Student will be able to demonstrate understanding of power distribution systems.
  • Student will be able to evaluate contractors, magnetic motor starters and reversing motor starters.
  • Student will be able to differentiate among solid state devices, solid state starters, relays, solid state relays and system integration.
  • Student will be able to conduct preventive and predictive maintenance.
• NEC Navigation
  • Student will be able to describe precision circuits and feeders' requirements -Article 100 of the NEC.
  • Student will be able to explain services - Article 230.
  • Student will be able to recall size conductors and overcurrent Protection - Article 310.
  • Student will be able to recite the importance of grounding - Article 250.
  • Student will be able to demonstrate wiring methods for support - Article 300.
  • Student will be able to classify switches, switchgear and panelboards - Article 404.
  • Student will be able to prepare equipment for general use - Article 400.
  • Student will be able to identify Motors, Generators - Article 430.
• Hard-Wire Controls
  • Student will be able to maintain timers, relay, and time delay relays.
  • Student will be able to electromagnetic motor starters.
  • Student will be able to overload/over current protection and monitoring circuits.
  • Student will be able to solenoid operated devices.
  • Student will be able to basic electrical circuits.
  • Student will be able to a manual electric motor control circuit.
  • Student will be able to transformers.
• PLC Controls
  • Student will be able to describe precision the invention and the development history of programmable logic controller (PLC systems).
  • Student will be able to properly set up communications to a PLC.
  • Student will be able to create correct relay logic circuits using the standard relay logic rules.
  • Student will be able to create PLC ladder logic programs.
  • Student will be able to create PLC ladder logic diagrams that incorporate one or more subroutines.
  • Student will be able to distinguish between fixed and modular PLC devices.
• Control Networking and Communications
  • Student will be able to explain the concepts of data communications.
  • Student will be able to explain and set up Internet IP networks.
  • Student will be able to properly set up a Device Net network.
  • Student will be able to properly set up a wireless device into a network.