STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 I.      Match common industry terms with their proper definitions

 II.     List qualities a potential employer will look for in an employee

 III.    Complete statements concerning the occupational outlook in refrigeration and air conditioning

 IV.     Identify risks associated with the air conditioning and refrigeration industry

 V.      List safe practices to be followed to eliminate or reduce risks of injury.

 VI.     Identify OSHA safety color codes.

 VII.    Match fire extinguishers with the types of fires they should be used on.

 VIII.   Select safe lifting practices.

 IX.     List steps for proper ladder usage

 X       Match common electrical tools with their proper names.

 XI.     Match common electrical tools to their common trade uses.

 XII.    Match common specialty tools to their correct uses.

 XIII.   Demonstrate an understanding for the basic structure of matter and its relationship to electrical potential

 XIV.    Interpret scales on analog meters.

 XV.     Describe the steps used when setting up a volt meter.

 XVI.    Identify parallax error on analog

 XVII.   Determine correct polarity of DC electrical potentials

 XVIII.  Select the proper sequence for using digital meters to check potential

 XIX.    List advantages and disadvantages of analog and digital meters.

 XX      Measure the potential available from varied power supplies.

 XXI.    Define terms related to electron flow.

 XXII.   Measure current flow within line ammeter in a DC circuit.

 XXIII.  Measure current flow in an inductive ammeter.

 XXIV.   Solve problems related to energy consumption.

 XXV.    Determine correct resistances of series circuits with analog and digital ohmmeters.

 XXVI.   Use Ohm¿s Law to demonstrate the relationships of potential, current and resistance of circuits

 XXVII.  Use Ohm¿s Law for power to determine the watts used in an electrical circuit.

 XXVIII. Use Ohm¿s law to determine the resistance in a multiple resistor series circuit.

 XXIX.   Use Ohm¿s law to determine the resistance of a multiple parallel resistor circuit.

 XXX     Use Ohm¿s Law to determine the resistance of combined series parallel circuits.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      Introduction, Safety and Tools

 II.     Fundamentals of Electricity

 III.    Power Generation and Distribution