Purpose of Seminar:

A two-day hands-on course for wiring and troubleshooting that will provide students everything they need to know to safely and properly work on residential electrical systems.

Who should take this course?

This course is designed for anyone who works on, or wants to work on residential electrical systems, including maintenance personnel working in apartment buildings, dormitories, hotels, personal residences, or any housing authority building in which people live.

Texts and Materials:

Residential Wiring 2nd Edition. By: Gary Rockis, Suzanne M. Rockis, Thomas E. Proctor, American Technical Publishers

Ugly’s Residential Wiring, Jones and Bartlett

Hands-On Trainers:

Use American Trainco Basic Electricity and Electrical Troubleshooting Trainers

Additional Residential Wiring Devices including:

• 14 AWG Type NMC Cable
• Example of Range and Dryer Receptacles and necessary wiring
• Residential type boxes
• 15A Receptacles
• GFCI Receptacles
• 15A Single-Pole Switches
• 15A Three-way and Four-way Switches

Course Outline / Agenda

I. Understanding Residential Electrical Systems

• a. How electricity is supplied to residential systems
• b. The basics of voltage, current and resistance
• c. Distribution in residential system

II. Electrical Tools and Safety

• a. Hands-on exercises: Using meters, Using Voltage Detectors, Measuring Values on Switches and Receptacles.

III. Electrical Plans

• a. Practical Applications

IV. Making Electrical Connections

• a. Hands-on Exercises: Using Pressure Connectors, Sizing and Using Twist-on Wire Connectors

V. Switches and Receptacles

• a. Hands-on Exercises: Wiring
  • i. Receptacles (115v, 15A and 20A; 220v for residential applications)
  • ii. GFCI Wiring
  • iii. Split-wire Receptacles
  • iv. Lighting and Switches (single-pole, two-way, three and four-way), Switch-loops

VI. Working with Nonmetallic Sheathed Cable

• a. Hands-on exercises

VII. Creating Electrical Systems from Electrical Plans

VIII. Working with Metallic Sheathed Cable

IX. Wiring with Conduit

• a. Typically conduit applications in residential work

X. Service Entrances

• a. Basic Requirements and Sizing

XI. Remodeling, Wiring, and Troubleshooting Electrical Systems

XII. Structured Wiring Systems Overview

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

All students attending our seminars receive a personalized Certificate of Completion and .8 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) per day of training. Over 40,000 employers and government agencies who have sent their employees to our classes accept American Trainco CEUs for continuing education requirements. Our administration and record keeping practices meet or exceed the standards of ACE (American Council on Education) and we are able to provide transcripts of all classes attended and tests taken by individual students. Please contact us if our CEUs are not yet accepted by your authority. We will initiate an application to get the approval process started.