Course Detail: WTSN112 - Substation Apprenticeship 1B

This 15-week course meets six times. As a result of this course students will be able to demonstrate minimum approach distance and discuss safe work standards and practices when dealing with chemical, physical, and electrical hazards within substations and switchyards and when dealing with substation equipment; describe and demonstrate proper use and reading of multimeters and other measuring instruments; solve for the electrical value of parallel circuits using Kirchhoff's Laws and Norton's and Superposition Theorems; determine correct wire size and calculate wire resistance; and describe safe use of and troubleshoot problems with line test equipment, and bucket trucks, including safety practices, grounding, capacity and load indicators, controls and hydraulic systems.

 Session Information: 24FA-WTSN112-02

Schedule: This is a hybrid course with online and in-person lab work. Online access will be from 08/20/24-12/08/24. Labs will be held twice a month starting on 08/23/24 to 12/06/24 (Class moved from 11/29 to 12/06) on Fridays from 7am to 5:30pm, at either MCPC-120A or pre-determined industry partner locations. The instructor will provide detailed schedule as part of class.
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Times: 07:00am-05:30pm MDT
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Cost : $1300.00

Bulletin

"This course is for registered apprentices with the Intermountain Power Superintendents Association (IPSA). As such SLCC will report student status, participation/attendance, and grade details to the IPSA. ** This is a 15-week Hybrid Course with online and in-person lab work; students should plan to attend 45 hours of labs and complete 30 hours of online coursework per semester as part of their Apprenticeship agreement. ** Students are responsible to ensure the instructor(s) mark them as present and participating in labs to get credit towards their apprenticeship hours.** In-person Labs will be held twice a month on Fridays 7AM-5:30pm at SLCC Miller Campus Miller Corporate Partnership Center Room 120-A, the Miller Electrical Sector Training Pole Yard, or previously determined utility partner locations. Those unsure of which location to attend should contact their employer and/or the instructors.** Apprentices may receive notification from Canvas, their employer, or instructors for changes to the in-person lab schedule based upon outages, availability, and employer needs."

Instructors

Name Additional Resources
Justine Dvorchak-Rodriguez

Class Location

Miller Campus
Miller Campus - MCPC, 120A
9750 S 300 W
Sandy, UT 84070

Cancellation Policy

A cancellation charge of 100.00% will be assessed on cancellations occurring within 2 days of the start of this session.