TEACH Course and Resource Description


1	Intro to Electrical			Updated	9/15/2021
2	This course introduces electrical wiring materials, tools, and processes with an emphasis on residential wiring. General information is covered about parts and materials commonly used to install power circuits in a building including wires and conductors, service entrance components, safety devices for shock and fire prevention, as well as basic devices like switches and receptacles. This course also covers information about hand and power tools commonly used in the electrical trade including: Tools for installing and removing fasteners, Tools to cut, strip, and attach wires, Tools to cut and bend conduit, Tools for modifying framing for routing cable, Tools for testing and measuring circuits, Tools used to modify a built structure for routing cable and cutting conduit. Specific steps and information about typical wiring practices used to install an electrical circuit in a wood framed structure will be explained and plan sets with schematics are supplied for students to practice basic electrical circuit installations.
3	Course Learning Objectives:
4	1 - Identify different terms and the purpose of different components used for power distribution in a building including: • Cable types and gauges • Circuit breakers and load panels • Enclosures to protect wires like junction boxes and conduit • Wire connection devices
5	2 - Identify parts and the purpose of different hand and power tools and the tasks they perform for an electrician Identify various materials used in the electrical trade
6	3 - Make proper wire connections in a standard electrical circuit
7	4 - Route Romex cable and install electrical devices per plan through wood framing
8	5 - Properly set electrical junction boxes in new construction
9	6 - Demonstrate drilling holes in framing to prepare for circuit cables to be pulled
10	7 - Describe rules and specific hardware used to secure cables
11	8 - Describe and demonstrate stripping Romex jacket and wire insulation to prepare for wire connections, wire splices and terminal connections
12	9 - Identify correct conductor color coding and correct matching of colors to properly wire a circuit
13	10 - Describe and demonstrate the process of isolating outlets from branch circuits using pigtails
14	11 - Finish out basic electrical circuits using junction boxes, romex cable, and standard electrical devices
15	12 - Explain the difference between a single pole switched circuit and 3 way switched circuit
16	TEACH Resource/Type	Notes	Topics Covered
17	Electrical Tools
18	Resource Name
19	Electrician's Hand Tools Lesson/Presentation	Video - 18:34 Slide Count - 27	This lesson covers information about hand tools commonly used in the electrical trade including: • Tools for installing and removing fasteners • Tools to cut, strip, and attach wires • Tools to cut and bend conduit • Tools for modifying framing for routing cable • Tools for testing and measuring circuits
20	Electrical vocabulary		Terms related to electrical
21	Electrical tool ID quiz	19 Questions	Quiz to identify various hand tools used in the electrical trade by name
22	Electrician's Power Tools Lesson/Presentation	Video - 10:58 Slide Count - 14	This lesson covers information about power tools commonly used in the electrical trade including tools used to modify a built structure for routing cable and cutting conduit.
23	Electrical power tool ID quiz	11 Questuons	Quiz to identify various power tools used in the electrical trade by name
24	Electrical Materials
25	Electrician's Materials pt 1 Lesson/Presentation	Video - 22:11 Slide Count - 18	This lesson covers general information about parts and materials commonly used to install power in a building including cables, conductors, and conduit
26	Electrician's Materials pt 2 Lesson/Presentation	Video - 19:27 Slide Count - 19	This lesson covers general information about parts and materials commonly used to install power in a building including service entrance components, safety devices for shock and fire prevention, as well as basic switches, receptacles, and other parts required for proper circuit installation
27	Electrical materials quiz	13 Questions	Quiz to test knowledge of various common materials used in residential electrical installations
28	Electrical Process
29	Electrical process video Lesson/Presentation	Video - 16:00 Slide Count - 34	This lesson covers installing a junction box, running cable, stripping wire, and installing an outlet
30	Electrical process video Pt1	5:48	This lesson video covers installing a junction box and pulling cableElectrical process video Pt1
31	Electrical process video PT2	8:55	This lesson video covers cutting, stripping, ad connecting wire
32	Electrical process video Pt 3	6:14	This lesson video covers wire to wire splices
33	Electrical process video Pt 4	4:32	This lesson video covers wire to terminal connections
34	Electrical process video Pt 5	4:31	This lesson video covers installing an outlet at the end of a circuit
35	Electrical process video Pt 6	9:34	This lesson video covers installing a circuit with a switch and a light
36	Electrical process video Pt 7	16:43	This lesson video covers a 3 way switch circuit
37	Electrical process video Pt 8	5:23	This lesson video covers isolating an outlet with pigtails
38	Electrical process video Pt 9	12:57	This lesson video covers installing a light with a switch leg
39	Electrical process video Pt 10	11:33	This lesson video covers installing a duplex outlet with pigtails
40	Electrical process video Pt 11	3:34	This lesson video covers packing wires in a junction box
41	Electrical process video Pt 12	15:57	This lesson video covers setting a box, pulling cable, stripping wire, installing an outlet
42	Electrical process quiz	14 Questions	Quiz to test knowledge of basic concepts and techniques used in installing an electrical circuit
43	Skills Exercises
44	Electrical circuit skills exercise 1	about 2 hrs	This skills exercise offers instructions and schematics to produce a basic circuit to include a switch and a light
45	Electrical circuit skills exercise 2	about 2 hrs	This skills exercise offers instructions and schematics to produce a basic circuit to include a switch and a light
46	Electrical Exercise - Mini wall testing circuit 2	Video - 10:28	This skills exercise offers instructions and schematics to produce a basic circuit to include a switch, a light, and two outlets
47	Electrical circuit skills exercise 3	about 2 hrs	This skills exercise offers instructions and schematics to produce a basic circuit with a light controlled by two different switches
48	Electrical circuit skills exercise 4	about 2 hrs	This skills exercise offers instructions and schematics to produce a basic circuit with a light controlled by a switch and an outlet controlled by a switch
49	Electrical Exercise - Building The Mini Wall Video	Video - 3:17	This video details the building of the mini wall as a setup for the electrical skills exercise circuits 1-4
50	Electrical Exercise - Testing Presentation	Video - 10:28	This video details the testing procedure to use to evaluate any of the electrical circuit exercise using schematics and a multimeter
51	Electrical Exercise - Basic circuit	about 2 hrs	This is a basic electrical circuit mounted to a shot 2x5 board that includes an outlet, a single pole switch, and a light socket
52	Electrical Exercise - Basic Electrical Circuit Skills Exercise Presentation	Slide Count - 37	This lesson gives a step by step procedure to install the basic electrical circuit skills exercise including schematics
53	Electrical Exercise - mini wall circuit	about 2 hrs	This plan set details the basic electrical circuit installed in the mini wall with an outlet, a single pole switch, and a light socket
54	Electrical Exercise - Full wall circuit	about 3 hrs	This plan set details an installation of a circuit that includes 3 outlets and two lights controlled by separate single pole switches installed in an 8’ x 8’ framed wall with a window RO
55	Competency Crosswalking:
56	Building Credentials Competencies
57	Understand and identify various common tools and materials used in the electrical trade
58	Be able to make and proper wire to wire and wire to device connections in a standard electrical circuit within an electrical enclosure
59	Route and secure Romex cable and properly install electrical devices per plan through wood framing
60	Demonstrate knowledge and safe use of hand tools used in the electrical trade
61	Demonstrate knowledge and safe use of power tools used in the electrical trade
62	Demonstrate knowledge of the steps to complete the electrical process to include the planning, rough, and finish stages
63	Demonstrate knowledge and proper use of tools and materials to complete different wire connections and terminations found in an electrical circuit
64	Demonstrate knowledge and proper use of tools and materials to install and secure electrical cable
65	Demonstrate knowledge and proper use of tools and materials to install wires and devices in enclosures to complete working electrical circuits
66	Demonstrate knowledge of electrical theory as it applies to safely installing and transferring power in a building for the operation of devices, appliances, and fixtures
67	Demonstrate the knowledge and ability to use standard testing equipment to check, diagnose, and correct electrical circuits
68	Demonstrate knowledge and use of the hardware and systems used to mount and support boxes, receptacles, and other electrical components.
69	Demonstrate knowledge of the proper methods, tools, and materials used to make safe and secure conductor terminations and connections
70	Demonstrate knowledge of the proper tools and materials used to install metallic and non metallic junction boxes and enclosures
71	Demonstrate knowledge of the types and applications of conductors and wiring techniques used to install them
72	Demonstrate knowledge and proper installation of different types of electrical lighting fixtures and lamp variations available for them
73	Demonstrate knowledge of overcurrent, ground fault, and arc fault protection devices in electrical circuits and the methods to install them properly
74	Demonstrate knowledge of single phase current and the types of services it supports Demonstrate knowledge of circuit loads and the number of circuits required for electrical projects. Demonstrate proper installation of disconnect switches, distribution panels, panel boards, overcurrent protection devices per NEC guidelines.