2022-2023 College Catalog

Associate in Applied Science

Transferable Degree

Program Website: RockValleyCollege.edu/Electrician

Program Overview

The Electrician Apprentice (ELC) Program consists of a series of technical core courses covering the required classroom-related instruction for people who wish to become journeyman electrical workers. The program requires a minimum of 800 hours of related instruction and 8,000 hours of on-the-job training.

Work and Employment

Those who successfully complete the Electrician Apprentice Program are employed as residential or commercial wiremen, linemen, and/or advanced journeypersons.

Cooperative Partners Involved

Both the National Electrical Contractors Association and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers recognize, sponsor, and support this program to provide the highly-skilled workforce necessary to meet customer needs and ensure job satisfaction for electrical workers.

Applying for the Program

Students interested in applying for the Program need to go through a selection process established by the JATC Local Union 364.

For more information, go online to: http://www.ibew364.org/Training.

Requirements

Electrician Apprenticeship

ELC-120Introduction to Apprenticeship

4

ELC-121Electrical Theory and Code

4

ELC-122Lighting and Transformers

4

ELC-123Motors and Wiring Systems

4

ELC-125Safe Electrical Work Practices

1

ELC-140The Labor Movement 1865-1980

1

ELC-141Labor Movement 1975 to Present

1

ELC-142Labor Movement, Present & Future

1

ELC-243Alternating Current

4

ELC-244Electronics Circuitry

4

ELC-245Motor Control

4

ELC-246Power Controls

4

ELC-247Advanced Studies I

4

ELC-248Advanced Studies II

4

ELC-249Electrician Internship I

1

WLD-180Independent Study in Welding

1-5

WLD-181Special Topics Welding

1-3

Total Credit Hours:49

General Education

ENG-101Composition I

3

- 

ENG-103Composition II

3

-Or

ENG-110Introduction to Technical Writing

3

- 

SPH-131Fundamentals of Communication

3

BUS-170Introduction to Organizational Behavior

3

ELC-130OHSA 30 and Disaster Response

3

Total Credit Hours:15

Total Credit Hours: 64