From the DAS website: http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/ecu/ElectricalTrade.html
Legislation passed in 1999 requiring
all
electricians who work for a C-10 electrical contractor to be
certified
by the state of California. Regulations from that
legislation were put
in place in 2002, setting deadlines for all categories of
electricians.
Many of those deadlines have already passed.
To continue to work as an electrician
after
the deadline has passed, a person must be one of the
following:
certified by having taken and passed the exam or an
apprentice in a
state approved program or an electrician trainee.
If a person wants to perform electrical
work
for a C-10 contractor and does not yet qualify to take the
certification exam because of lack of work experience or
related
instruction, can do so legally by registering as an
electrician
trainee.
Why Enroll in an Electronics
Program at
Pierce College for Electrician Certification?
Disclaimer: The following is unofficial and any
information given
here is only an attempt at explaining how and why an
Electronics
program became a certified provider under the law.
Please go to
DAS website linked above for any and all official
requirements and
explanations!
Legislation
has passed that requires persons to be certified
electricians. Even though the law was passed some time
ago,
apparently implementation of the law has been delayed
(extended).
Now it seems that by January 2007, there will be no more
extensions. Realizing that thousands of electricians
will be
affected by the law, and there was going to be a tremendous
need for
"approved schools," in the San Fernando Valley, the Pierce
College
Electronics Program went through the extensive process of
becoming
"approved." One of the goals of the legislation is to
improve the
education of electricians.
So how does an electronics class meet the needs of
electrician
trainees?
What we do NOT teach:
- We do not teach the electrical "code."
- We do not try to directly teach to pass an exam (the
memorize and
pass method).
- We do not teach electrical
construction
techniques such as conduit bending, mechanical tools
usage, wire
pulling, cable splicing, etc.
What we DO teach:
- Fundamental electrical theory called
electronics or electricity, its all the same. This
includes Ohm's
Law, voltage, current, resistance, series and parallel
circuits,
magnetics, relays, solenoids, etc.
- Calculations using Ohm's law and the power equations
utilizing a
scientific calculator.
- Hands on laboratory use of digital multimeters,
power
supplies, computers, and in advanced courses, signal
generators,
oscilloscopes, etc.
- AC fundamentals including inductance, capacitance,
transformers,
etc.
- And many more topics in
advanced
classes: Please see our Electronics
Program
Web Page
for a
complete course outline of every class.
What class should I begin
with?
The beginning classes in our
program are
Electronics
4A (lecture) and
4B (lab) taken
concurrently.
Please
see
the
Electronics
Program
Web Page for course content and
schedule
links. Courses that are approved for electrician trainees
include:
- Electronics 4A&4B Fundamentals of Electronics I
- Electronics 6A&6B Fundamentals of Electronics II
- Electronics 8A&8B Electron Devices
- Electronics 72A&72B Digital Circuits
