Basic Electrical Fundamentals

Whether you are new to the industry or are taking on additional responsibilities for electrical maintenance, a solid knowledge of the basics is essential to understanding the operations, maintenance and safety of any facility or factory site. This is a hands-on practical introduction to those concepts and skills that serves as a prerequisite to further training and career enhancements for both technicians and managers.

Course Description: Whether you are new to the industry or are taking on additional responsibilities for electrical maintenance, a solid knowledge of the basics is essential to understanding the operations, maintenance and safety of any facility or factory site. This is a hands-on practical introduction to those concepts and skills that serves as a prerequisite to further training and career enhancements for both technicians and managers.

Prerequisites: None

Course Learning Objective:

• Fundamentals of matter, energy, and electricity
• Direct current (DC) fundamentals, including Ohm’s Law and calculating voltage, current, resistance and power in the DC systems
• Battery theory and operation
• Alternating current (AC) fundamentals, including application of Ohm’s and Kirchoff’s Laws to single- and three-phase circuits.
• How AC is generated
• Inductance, capacitance, and reactance
• How transformers work.