“WE ACCEPT CREDITS FROM OTHER APPROVED SCHOOLS AND MILITARY SCHOOLS”
If you have completed courses from other schools that are approved by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards or have attended electrical classes while in the military, we will accept those credits. You can complete the full curriculum with us. Upon completing our curriculum we will give you a completion certificate which allows you to take the state certification examination for General, residential, and non-residential lighting tech, even if you have not obtained the required hours for the respective classification. California Electrical Training students passing rate is 97%. If you go through our full curriculum your chances of passing the state electrical certification is 98%. There is no school that can meet our success rate. All of our instructors are certified in their respective classification.
CURRICULUM INCLUDING MANDATORY LAB CLASSES
ELECTRICAL YEAR ONE
ELECTRICAL SESSION 1
12 WEEKS
Safety
Emergency Procedure
Compliance with OSHA
Substance Abuse
Conduit Bending 101
ELECTRICAL SESSION 2
12 WEEKS
Wiring- Residential 101
Wiring- Commercial 201
Rigging - Techniques
Digging - Techniques
Proper use of Motorized Tools
ELECTRICAL SESSION 3
12 WEEKS
Proper Management of Material
Math
Basic
Algebra
Trigonometry
Electrical Theory
Basic Fire Alarm
ELECTRICAL YEAR TWO
ELECTRICAL SESSION 4
12 WEEKS
National Electrical Code (NEC)
NEC-
Conductors/Cables
NEC-
Raceway/Panels/Switchboard
NEC-
Lighting
NEC-
Overcurrent Devices
ELECTRICAL SESSION 5
12 WEEKS
NEC-
Grounding& Bonding
NEC-
Prints and Specification
NEC-
Motor- Motor Controls
NEC-
Process Control
NEC-
Motor Installation
ELECTRICAL SESSION 6
12 WEEKS
NEC-
Switches and Relays
NEC-
Generator and Power Conditioning
NEC-
Transformers
Personal Development
Jobsite Management
Testing
Specialty System
LAST SIX MONTHS
ELECTRICAL SESSION 7
20 WEEKS
STUDENT MUST HAVE COMPLETED ALL PREVIOUS SESSION TO QUALIFY FOR THE LAST SESSION NO EXCEPTIONS
PRINCIPLES
INSTALLATION
FUNDAMENTALS
SERVICE, FEEDERS & BRANCH CKTS
GROUNDING AND BONDING
CONDUCTORS AND CABLES
LOW-VOLTAGE AND COMMUNICATION
SPECIAL OCCUPANCY
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
MOTORS
POWER AND CONDITIONING EQUIP.
TEST/TEST EQUIPMENT
LIGHTING
RACEWAYS AND BOXES
EMERGENCY SYSTEMS
FIRE DETECTION ALARM SYSTEMS
MANDATORY LAB CLASSES
Electrical trainee must attend 12 lab classes during the 30 month program. There will be a lab class offered one weekend a month which will be posted on our website. The fee for each lab class must be paid prior to attending. This fee is an addition to the course fee. The classes are limited to the first 20 that sign up.
Aside from the required lab classes these are other labs we offer: