Select the correct application and install tie wraps, screws, hammer-driven pins and studs, masonry anchors, and hollow-wall anchors.
Select wires sizes, conductor materials, and conductor insulation for a residential structure.
Select fixture wiring, cable types, and instrumentation control wiring for a specified project.
Install conductors using a fish tape.
Calculate the electric service load and apply demand factors for a given scenario.
Calculate appliance amperage loads to determine breaker size.
Determine what size breaker boxes are needed in given scenarios.
Size grounding electrodes and main bonding jumper for a given residential building.
Identify service drop and panelboard location in a given residence.
Select and install electrical cable systems.
Examples: nonmetallic-sheathed cable, metal-clad (MC) cable, underground feeder cable, service-entrance cable
Design and install a branch circuit for a residential building.
Select and install receptacles and switches in a residence.
Incorporate safety procedures in handling, operating, and maintaining tools and machinery; handling materials; utilizing personal protective equipment; maintaining a safe work area; and handling hazardous materials and forces.
Demonstrate effective workplace and employability skills, including communication, awareness of diversity, positive work ethic, problem-solving, time management, and teamwork.
Explore the range of careers available in the field and investigate their educational requirements, and demonstrate job-seeking skills including resume-writing and interviewing.
Advocate and practice safe, legal, responsible, and ethical use of information and technology tools specific to the industry pathway.
Participate in a Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) to increase knowledge and skills and to enhance leadership and teamwork.
Interpret information on electrical drawings to determine exact locations for fixtures and fittings.
Example: Locate switch and receptacle boxes on an electrical plan.
Measure items on scale drawings, using an architect’s scale to determine the actual dimensions of a given component of a drawing.
Integrate specifications with electrical drawings to choose components for an electrical system.
Examples: wiring size, lighting fixtures
Identify various types of electrical test equipment and indicate when they are used.
Describe meter category ratings and safety requirements.
Measure voltage from line to neutral and neutral to ground.
Describe AC waveforms, including nonsinusoidal waveforms, using correct sine wave terminology.
Explain AC phase relationships.
Determine unknown values in purely resistive, inductive, capacitive, and combination AC circuits, using Ohm’s law.
Identify various types of transformers and their applications.
Identify the basic components in a transformer and explain how they operate.
Examples: an iron core which serves as a magnetic conductor, a primary winding or coil of wire, a secondary winding or coil of wire
Calculate turns and voltage ratios of various transformers.
Create conduit bends following National Electric Code (NEC) requirements.
Summarize the minimum radius bend requirements for various types of conduit.
Calculate the number of bends per run of conduit.
Determine conduit bend distances using equations and circumference of a circle.
Select and use hand bending equipment to make 90° bends, back-to-back bends, offsets, and saddle bends.
Cut, ream, and thread conduit.
