The Electrical Learning Journey

The following are a sampling of some of the journey level electrical courses one can take to advance his or her learning in his or her chosen electrical field.

The first, an eight hour training session in Leviton, teaches students about the installation of cable, about its use and termination and about how to install and handle a multiple pair. They learn as well about installing a twisted pair, as well as fibre optic and coax cables. This is one of the electrical courses in the UK that offers continuing education credits towards electrician license renewal. Six credits are awarded with successful completion of this course.

For certification in various elements of electrical course there are a number of UK electrical courses available. The first is that for the certification in residential general electrician and life and fire safety. The instructors in these electrical courses look at the various principles of the federal National Electrical Code of 1999, Ohms law and the basic principles that must be adhered to and learned for certification. Students are able to participate in practice tests. To attend these certification electrical courses each student must bring his or her own copy of the NEC book. These electrical courses are available as classroom lectures during the day or online for those who cant attend the lectures.

One of the more introductory of the electrical courses for journey level electricians is the instrumentation intro class. An introduction into industrial instrumentation, the course teaches flow, pressure, temperature and monitoring of all these levels as part of working in process control. The nine week course teaches students who are just starting out in the instrumentation field as well as those who want to bone up on the lessons of instrumentation for their ISA exam to become a certified control systems technician.

Three follow up electrical courses expand the instrumentation lessons. Instrumentation 102 is nine weeks too, and in this session students work in a laboratory environment applying the classroom lessons learned in the introductory courses. They learn calibration techniques and methods, and more closer examine the fundamentals and operations of indicators, switches, recorders and transmitters. This course is ideal for loop check workers and those involved in the installation of instrumentation equipment.

This course is then followed by a chance to learn about why process control systems are important, and why control logic is crucial to every industry. Every student in this class will have to apply prior knowledge in the electrical laboratory. Theyll use electrical equipment to calibrate, wire and test it under the watchful eye of the trained instructor. Theyll construct their own process system, demonstrating safe procedures for start-up and tuning. This training is one of the electrical courses that teach and hone troubleshooting capabilities and apply the knowledge theyve learned about maintaining electrical instruments.

The final one of the instrumentation electrical courses refines the former training and looks at advanced instrumentation practices. In addition, students will learn about MMI and computer graphics and how important they have become in electrical instrumentation.