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    Dec 12, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Catalog [ARCHIVED]

Electrician Trainee, COA


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The Electrician Trainee Certificate of Achievement is designed to enable students to obtain the necessary entry-level skills to become more employable in the electrical industry in areas such as residential wiring, industrial wiring, commercial wiring, facility maintenance, and troubleshooting of electrical circuits and equipment. Irvine Valley College is a state-approved provider (Approved School Number 125) of Electrician Training under Assembly Bill 1087, which allows students to apply for the electrical trainee in California and receive the Electrician-in-Training Card.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

  • Analyze Students will be able to analyze (predict or calculate the behavior or performance of) specified electrical, residential, or commercial wiring circuit or solar photovoltaic system.
  • Design (specifies all components, values, interconnections and, where applicable, associated hardware or software for) a solar or electrical circuit control system given standards or blueprint.
  • Troubleshoot (locate and identify a faulty electrical component or wiring circuit in) a given non-functioning piece of electrical equipment or residential wiring circuit or solar photovoltaic system and indicate the nature of the fault and remedy of the fault.
  • Properly perform specified tests and measurements on current, voltage, resistance, and efficiency, on electrical motors, power panels, lighting circuits, electrical outlets, transformers, electrical devices, control circuits, and commercial operating systems.
  • Students will be able to pass OSHA exam with a passing grade to receive OSHA card.

Total Units Required: 17


To earn the certificate of achievement:


See Earning a Certificate  for certificate information and requirements.

Third-party credentialing:


Third-party credentialing may be subject to change without notice. This information is accurate as of the publication date of this catalog. For the most current information, please consult with the area dean.

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