Electrician
11 courses · Santiago Canyon College · 2025-2026 Catalog
ELCT 041 General Electrician 1
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 80 contact hours total
First semester of a five-year program for certified electrical trainees. Covers tools and fasteners, knot tying, math and materials, building materials and safety, and residential blueprints. Meets the requirement as a state-certified training course. Open Entry/Open Exit
ELCT 042 General Electrician 2
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 80 contact hours total
- Prerequisite
- ELCT 041 (General Electrician 1)
Second semester of a five-year program for certified electrical trainees. Covers DC theory, series circuits, parallel circuits and combination circuits. Meets the requirement as a state-certified training course. Open Entry/Open Exit
ELCT 043 General Electrician 3
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 80 contact hours total
- Prerequisite
- ELCT 042 (General Electrician 2)
Third semester of a five year program for certified electrical trainees. Covers codeology, test instruments and sine waves, three-phase systems, residential and commercial blueprints, mechanical bending. Meets the requirement as a state-certified training course. Open Entry/Open Exit
ELCT 044 General Electrician 4
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 80 contact hours total
- Prerequisite
- ELCT 043 (General Electrician 3)
Fourth semester of a five-year program for certified electrical trainees. Covers electrical theory, transformers, and National Electrical Code application. Meets the requirement as a state-certified training course. Open Entry/Open Exit
ELCT 045 General Electrician 5
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 80 contact hours total
- Prerequisite
- ELCT 044 (General Electrician 4)
Fifth semester of a five-year program for certified electrical trainees. Covers the National Electrical Code, grounding, industrial blueprints, and earth testing. Meets the requirement as a state-certified training course. Open Entry/Open Exit
ELCT 046 General Electrician 6
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 80 contact hours total
- Prerequisite
- ELCT 045 (General Electrician 5)
Sixth semester of a five-year program for certified electrical trainees. Covers advanced motor control and code as applied to motor protection. Meets the requirement as a state-certified training course. Open Entry/Open Exit
ELCT 047 General Electrician 7
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 80 contact hours total
- Prerequisite
- ELCT 046 (General Electrician 6)
Seventh semester of a five-year program for certified electrical trainees. Covers electronics and programmable logic controllers. Meets the requirement as a state-certified training course. Open Entry/Open Exit
ELCT 048 General Electrician 8
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 80 contact hours total
- Prerequisite
- ELCT 047 (General Electrician 7)
Eighth semester of a five-year program. Provides related and supplemental instruction in code calculations and electrical grounding and bonding. Meets the requirement as a state-certified training course. Open Entry/Open Exit
ELCT 049 General Electrician 9
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 80 contact hours total
- Prerequisite
- ELCT 048 (General Electrician 8)
Ninth semester of a five-year program for certified electrical trainees. A cover-to-cover study of the National Electrical Codebook to prepare for the California State Electrical Examination. Meets the requirement as a state-certified training course. Open Entry/Open Exit
ELCT 050 General Electrician 10
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 80 contact hours total
- Prerequisite
- ELCT 049 (General Electrician 9)
Final semester of a five-year program. Provides related and supplemental instruction in jobsite management and photovoltaic systems. Meets the requirement as a state-certified training course. Open Entry/Open Exit
ELCT 051 Quality Safety Program and First Aid
- Units
- 1.5
- Hours
- 30 contact hours total
OSHA workplace requirements, the identification and use of safe work practices, coping with accidents and emergency situations, and one person CPR for inside wireman apprentices. American Red Cross certificate available upon successful completion. Open Entry/Open Exit