Mar 28, 2024  
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog and Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ELAP 1550 - Union Electrical Apprentice V (5CR)


(5L) Casper College partners with the Wyoming Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (WJATC) to provide extensive training designed to complement on-the-job training received by electrical apprentices. Classes meet several times a year for a week at a time over the 4-year apprenticeship program duration. The combination of course work and training prepare an apprentice electrician to take the journeyman electrician exam administered by the State of Wyoming Department of Fire and Electrical Safety. Course ELAP 1550 is a second year course scheduled for completion during the spring semester. This course is designed to provide the beginning electrical apprentice the necessary skills and knowledge to ensure safe and efficient work practices on the job. Topics of study include: safety, introductions to the National Electrical Code, basic electrical theory and wiring methods. Additionally, the course will cover grounding, bonding and transformers.

Prerequisites: Acceptance into the WJATC apprenticeship program, successful completion of ELAP 1540, recommended status as a second-year Electrical Apprentice with a WJATC approved contractor and registered with the State of Wyoming Electrical Board of the Department of Fire and Prevention and Electrical Safety as an apprentice electrician.



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