INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICIAN •
APPRENTICE
Program Number 50-413-1
4-Year Contract
Work Hours (including related instruction): 8320
Related Instruction Hours: 720 • Night School Hours: 8
ABOUT THE APPRENTICESHIP
Apprenticeships are employer-sponsored training programs. You must have a contract
before being invited to school. A special application process is used for these programs.
Please contact the Apprenticeship Office for the proper forms. Apprenticeship means
you earn while you learn. If you want a career in a skilled trade, apprenticeship is the
best way to get there. You’ll combine on-the-job training with on campus learning—
you’ll have the best of both worlds when it comes to learning the skills you need to get
ahead. And even better, you’ll earn a paycheck while you learn those skills.
ABOUT THE CAREER
Industrial electricians maintain and repair many different types of electrical equipment.
In addition, they modify and install electrical equipment such as motors, transformers,
generators, controls, instruments, lighting systems, and power distribution. Typical
duties of this trade include performing preventative maintenance; replacing units or
parts such as wiring, fuses, circuit breakers, coils or switches; measuring, cutting,
bending, threading and installing conduits; using such devices as test lamps, volt-ohm
meters and oscilloscopes; working from blueprints, drawings, and diagrams; making
mathematical computations to determine the current carrying capacities of electrical
wire and equipment; and troubleshooting AC and DC drives and programmable logic
controllers.
CAREERS
Graduates of LTC’s Industrial Electrician Apprenticeship program work as journey-level
industrial electricians in commercial, industrial, and public establishments.
INDUSTRIAL APPRENTICE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
• Determined by employer
• Wisconsin Apprentice Contract
PROGRAM OUTCOMES
• Apply AC and DC theory to an industrial setting.
• Apply the National Electric Code requirements to industrial equipment and facilities.
• Apply operational and troubleshooting principles to a transformer installation.
• Maintain electric motors and motor controls.
• Test solid-state electronic system components.
• Apply operational and troubleshooting principles to power systems and variable speed
drives.
• Apply operational and troubleshooting principles to programmable logic controllers
and automation equipment.
• Apply operational and troubleshooting principles to fluid power systems.
• Interpret industrial equipment drawings and electrical prints.
• Communicate trade and occupational-related information effectively.
Catalog No.Class Title Credit(s)
Term 1
50413501 Electrical Apprentice 1 3
50413502 Electrical Apprentice 2
3
50413503 Electrical Apprentice 3
3
50413504 Electrical Apprentice 4
3
50413505 Electrical Apprentice 5
3
50413506 Electrical Apprentice 6
3
50413507 Electrical Apprentice 7
3
Term 2
Term 3
Term 4
Term 5
Term 6
Term 7
Term 8
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
50413508 Electrical Apprentice 8
3
3
TOTAL 24
APPROXIMATE COSTS
Contact the LTC Apprenticeship Office or visit www.gotoltc.edu/apprenticeship for
detailed information.
SPECIAL NOTE
You must have a sponsoring employer and contract before attending school.
CAREER & EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
LTC credits transfer to over 30 universities. For more information visit gotoltc.edu/
future-students/transfer.
Curriculum and Program Acceptance requirements are subject to change.
Program start dates vary; check with your advisor/counselor for details.
2016-17
Electrical Apprentice 1...introduces the apprentice to the basic electrical
concepts of structure of matter, electron theory, Ohm’s law for series, parallel and seriesparallel circuits; volt and current measurements; conductors and resistors; electrical
power and energy;and the national electrical code. Also prepares the learner to select
control devices by function and operation; illustrate electrical circuits using symbols,
diagrams, and abbreviations; explain the operation of magnetic devices. CONDITION:
504131 Industrial Electrician Apprentice or 504641 Maintenance Technician Apprentice
requirements met
Electrical Apprentice 2...introduces the apprentice to magnetism, electricity
generation, electromagnetism, application of electromagnetic devices, with continued
study of the National Electrical Code. Also expands the learner’s experience selecting
electromagnetic control devices by function and operation; illustrate electrical circuits
using symbols, diagrams, and abbreviations; explain the operation of magnetic devices.
CONDITION: 504131 Industrial Electrician Apprentice or 504641 Maintenance
Technician Apprentice requirements met
Electrical Apprentice 3...introduces the apprentice to AC circuits, including
mathematics for the circuits, vectors and vector analysis, sine wave characteristics,
resistive AC current, inductance and inductive reactance, and RL circuits with continued
study of the National Electrical Code. Also continues expanding the learner’s experience
selecting electromagnetic control devices by function and operation; illustrate electrical
circuits using symbols, diagrams, and abbreviations; explain the operation of magnetic
devices. CONDITION: 504131 Industrial Electrician Apprentice or 504641 Maintenance
Technician Apprentice requirements met
Electrical Apprentice 4...expands the apprentice’s ability to work with
complex AC circuits including capacitor types, capacitance, capacitive reactance, series
RC circuits, impedance, parallel RL and RC circuits, series and parallel LCR circuit
resonance, power in relative circuits, and basic power correction. Continued study
of the national electric code is included. CONDITION: 504131 Industrial Electrician
Apprentice or 504641 Maintenance Technician Apprentice requirements met
Electrical Apprentice 5...introduces the apprentice to transformers, DC and
AC motor operation; split-phase motors, capacitor motors, shaped pole motors, wound
rotor motors, universal motors, three-phase transformer systems and connections and
three-phase motor operation.Continued study of the national electric code is included.
Also prepares the student to understand basic PLC structure and terminology; learn
to create and troubleshoot basic PLC programs using the RSLOGIX 500 software
and the RSLINX communication software; become familiar with communicating with
programming SLC-500 and Micrologix programmable logic controllers. CONDITION:
504131 Industrial Electrician Apprentice or 504641 Maintenance Technician Apprentice
requirements met
Electrical Apprentice 6...enhances the apprentice’s ability to work with
electrical symbols, line diagrams, manual AC contactors and motor starters, solenoid
characteristics, magnetic starters and contactors, time delay and complex control
circuits, reversing starters, solid state relays, and ladder logic. Also expands the
learner’s ability with programmable logic controllers. CONDITION: 504131 Industrial
Electrician Apprentice or 504641 Maintenance Technician Apprentice requirements met
Electrical Apprentice 7...introduces the apprentice to solid state
fundamentals and the requirements for ground electrical systems in accordance with
the national electrical code. Also expands the learner’s ability upon programmable
logic controllers with CompactLogix, RSLOGIX Studio 5000 software. CONDITION:
504131 Industrial Electrician Apprentice or 504641 Maintenance Technician Apprentice
requirements met
Electrical Apprentice 8...expands the apprentice’s ability to work with
programmable logic controllers with Compact Logix, RSLogix Studio 5000 software
for programming these devices as well as hands-on training into their operation. Also
prepares the learner to explain the function, construction and troubleshoot frequency
drives as well as select and change parameters to meet operational characteristics for
the drive application. CONDITION: 504131 Industrial Electrician Apprentice or 504641
Maintenance Technician Apprentice requirements met
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