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LWC-401 Advanced Electrical Series
LWC-401 Motor Control & Signal Circuits
This course is based on Mike Holt’s Motor Control and Signal Circuits book and it covers the following topics:
- Basic principles of motor controls
- Definitions, abbreviations and symbols
- Common control equipment, devices and symbols
This course enables you to:
- Read basic motor control schematics
- Identify symbols used in schematics
- List how motor controls are used in practical applications
- Access information on NEC requirements for motors in the following areas:
- Wiring methods used to install the control wiring
- Overcurrent protection of the conductors
- Total class hours available: 42
- Standard Tuition Fee: $530
- Approximate textbooks/reference materials costs: $115 – NEC 2005: (NEC) National Electrical Code - ISBN # 0877656231 and Mike Holt’s Motor Controls and Signaling Circuits - ISBN # 978-1-932685-32-9 – www.mikeholt.com (888) 632-2633 (888) 632-2633 for Mike Holt’s books ONLY
- PLEASE REVIEW THE TEXTBOOK INFORMATION for LWC Courses to ensure you have the applicable textbooks.
* This course includes classes that are conducted on one or more Saturdays and/or Sundays. LWC-402 Advanced Electrical Series LWC-402 Meters, Testing Equipment and Electrical Troubleshooting LWC-402 is a blended learning course, it
combines 9 hours of classroom training with 33 hours of home study training. The home study training is completed using a series of 3 units of instruction on computer-based circuit troubleshooting simulations to build skills and knowledge on troubleshooting. You will learn by using a systematic approach to testing and troubleshooting. This approach emphasizes the importance of working safely and of measuring your skills based on time and materials standards to save you and your employer money on troubleshooting projects.
This course enables you to:
- Select and use testing and measuring instruments/equipment
- Review NEC requirements for electrical testing
- Perform electrical troubleshooting activities just like on real equipment
- Benefit from the skills of expert troubleshooters as you are “Guided” through sample faults to solving more complex faults using realistic simulations
- Measure yourself on safety, time and materials standards for excellence
Course materials include a Troubleshooting CD ROM which is provided to you by ABC GGC and is included in the tuition cost.
- Total class hours available: 42
- Standard Tuition Fee: $495
- Approximate textbooks/reference materials costs: PLEASE REVIEW THE TEXTBOOK INFORMATION for LWC Courses to ensure you have the applicable textbooks.
- Must have access to a computer with internet access in order to complete the 33 hour home study portion of this course. Contact ABC Golden Gate Chapter for more information and for recommended resources if needed.
ALL CLASSES START AT 5:30 P.M. FOR EACH OF THE TIME ZONES
Monday classes are scheduled for students in the Pacific Time Zone at 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday classes are scheduled for students in the Mountain and Central Time Zone at 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time which is 5:30 p.m. Mountain/Central Time
Wednesday classes are scheduled for students in the Eastern Time Zone at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time which is 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time
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LWC-403 Advanced Electrical Series (42 hour course) LWC-403 – Introduction to Foremanship Skills LWC-403 is designed to tie together the technical skills on which the preceding LWC Curriculum has been based, with an emphasis on leadership or related electrical installation projects. Beyond a reinforcement of electrical skills and plan reading as emphasized in earlier courses, this course introduces the student to such foremanship skills as job estimating, job project management, and jobsite communications. Students get the opportunity to tackle electrical construction projects from a ground-up planning perspective, and will have the opportunity to learn and practice leadership skills as they do so. Managing a project installation during the course on-site day, a student gets hands on experience not only completing an installation but also supervising the installation.
Goals of the course include:
- Facilitate achievement of career development for those students who are now foreman or who want to be promoted to foreman positions
- Develop competencies to set foreman up for success since successful foremen save time and money not only by managing jobs successfully but also by managing people in a way that reduces turnover and contributes to overall productivity.
- Total class hours available: 42
- Standard Tuition Fee: $425
- Approximate textbooks/course materials costs: Textbook/course materials costs vary depending on when, where and how you purchase them. The average cost is $200.00.
PLEASE REVIEW THE TEXTBOOK INFORMATION for LWC Courses to ensure you have the applicable textbooks.
- Webcast System Requirements: A valid e-mail address is required at time of sign-up. In order to be able to be invited to the class, you must have an e-mail address.
LWC-404 Advanced Electrical Series (42 hour course)LWC-404: 2008 Test Preparation Course for the California State Certification Exam
LWC 404 Test Prep (42 hours) is a fast-paced, highly interactive course that focuses on using the NEC to answer exam questions and re-enforcement in electrical fundamentals. Students across California can take this course beginning November 2011. This online, instructor-led, course replaces the popular 14-day test prep classroom course.
A 2008 NEC textbook is required.
- Total class hours available: 42
- Standard Tuition Fee: $395
- Approximate textbooks/course materials costs: Additional textbook/course materials costs vary depending on when, where and how you purchase them. The average cost is $102.00.
PLEASE REVIEW THE TEXTBOOK INFORMATION for LWC Courses to ensure you have the applicable textbooks.
Registration with the State of California: ABC Golden Gate Chapter is registered with the State of California. Registration means we have met certain minimum standards imposed by the state for registered schools on the basis of our written application to the state. Registration does not mean we have met all of the more extensive standards required by the state for schools that are approved to operate or licensed or that the state has verified the information we submitted with our registration form.