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PHILADELPHIA JOINT APPRENTICESHIP AND
 TRAINING COMMITTEE

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• Organization description

• Source of official student records

• Titles of all evaluated learning experiences

• Descriptions and credit recommendations

The Philadelphia Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee is a co-sponsored electrical training program between IBEW Local Union #98 and the National Electrical Contractors Association, Penn-Del-Jersey Chapter. Formally approved in September 1970, this partnership was formed to oversee the development and preparation of apprentices selected to enter the Apprentice Inside Wiremen/Women program.

The apprentices are trained to perform installations in residential, commercial, and industrial occupancies. This training takes place during a four-year apprenticeship program that emphasizes hands-on application of the latest technologies.

Source of official student records: Director, Apprentice Training for the Electrical Industry, 1719-29 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130.

Titles of all evaluated learning experiences

Philadelphia Regional Course for Apprentice Inside Wiremen/Women

Descriptions and credit recommendations

Philadelphia Regional Course for Apprentice Inside Wiremen/Women
Location: 1719-29 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA.
Length: Version 1: First Four Years: Classroom Instruction-average of 768 hours. On-the-Job Training-minimum of 7,000 hours. Fifth Year: Classroom Instruction-on average, an additional 192 hours. On-the-Job Training-minimum of an additional 1,000 hours. Version 2: Four-Year Curriculum: Classroom Instruction-average of 960 hours. On-the-Job Training-minimum of 8,000 hours.
Dates: Version 1: Four-Year Curriculum: September 1970 - June 1991.* Fifth Year: November 1991 - October 1994. Complete Five-Year Curriculum: January 1988 - October 1994. Version 2: Four-Year Curriculum: August 1995 - March 2009.
Objectives: Version 1: First Four Years: Read and interpret blueprints; read and interpret the National Electrical Code utilizing techniques of codeology; apply appropriate electrical, physical, and mathematical concepts to accomplish the typical duties of a journeyman electrician, such as running conduit, pulling wire, installing power panels and switchgear, making cable terminations (high and low voltage), installing fixtures and devices, wiring motors and motor controls, installing transformers and making connections, circuit testing and trouble shooting, installing fiber optic links, installing process controls, and testing systems for proper operation; installing and troubleshooting air conditioning and refrigeration equipment and electronic control systems; installing ground systems. Fifth Year: Install fire alarms and alarm initiating and indicating devices; install motor branch circuits, protection, and motor disconnect sizing; determine residential, multi-family, and commercial loads; install transformer overcurrent protection; explain wire tables, raceway, and cable tray fills and their uses; install process controls, including proportional, proportional plus integral, and derivative controls; perform high voltage testing and insulation testing; define cost awareness; describe planning and managing for productivity; describe cable faults and the techniques for locating cable faults; explain earth testing; install, analyze, and test telephone systems and security alarm systems. Version 2: Objectives the same as Version 1, covering the entire five-year curriculum; in addition, configure and install structured wiring systems, shielded and unshielded twisted pair, and coaxial system, based on safety codes; discuss transmission fundamentals, pathways, and spaces; calibrate pressure, temperature, level, and flow instruments; calculate for electrical systems using the National Electrical Code, such as branch circuit and feed continuous and noncontinuous loads, and heating and air conditioning loads.
Instruction: Version 1: First Four Years: Classroom- Applied mathematics; basic AC and DC (including 3-phase) circuitry; blueprint reading; conduit and other raceway fabrication; basic process control; principles of transformers, motors, and generators; motor controls; single pole, three and four way switches; residential electrical service sizing and installation; air conditioning and refrigeration principles; grounding systems; industrial electronics and power supplies; fiber optics; safety considerations; standard trade practices; national electrical code. Fifth Year: Classroom -Cost awareness; planning and managing work to improve productivity; fire alarm systems and installation; wiring tables; raceways and cable trays; motor branch circuits and protection; residential, multi-family, and commercial loads; transformer overcurrent protection. On-the-Job Training, First Four Years and Fifth Year- Tools, equipment, and materials; communication, data and signal systems; conduit bending; raceway fabrication; proper wiring methods; installation and termination of high and low voltage wiring; control wiring terminations; electrical equipment, maintenance and repair; house wiring; fixture and device installation; motor work; temperature and other sensing devices; blueprint reading and layout; panels and switchgear; fiber optic cable installation and termination; air conditioning and refrigeration; light and power distribution systems. Version 2: Four-Year Curriculum: Instruction the same as Version 1; covering the five-year curriculum and on-the-job training; in addition, structured wiring systems; shielded and unshielded twisted pair; coaxial cabling system; transmission fundamentals, pathways and spaces; pressure, temperature, level, and flow instruments; electrical systems; branch-circuit and feeder continuous and noncontinuous loads; heating and air conditioning loads.
Credit recommendation: Version 1: First Four Years: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 41 semester hours in Electrical Construction and Maintenance, distributed as follows: 3 semester hours in Applied Math, 6 semester hours in Basic Electrical Theory, 6 semester hours in Electrical Machinery and Controls, 6 semester hours in Industrial Electronics, 4 semester hours in Electrical Print Reading and Estimating, and 16 hours in Shop; or 15 semester hours in Electrical Technology, distributed as follows: 3 semester hours in General Physics, 3 semester hours in Applied Math, 2 semester hours in Basic Electrical Theory (no laboratory credit recommended), 3 semester hours in Electrical Machinery and Controls, 1 semester hour in Industrial Electronics (no laboratory credit recommended), and 3 semester hours in Electronics (no laboratory credit recommended) (2/93) Fifth Year: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 2 semester hours as Electrical Utility Systems in Electrical Construction and Maintenance (2/93). NOTE: A total of 43 semester hours of credit in Electrical Construction and Maintenance or 15 semester hours in Electrical Technology is recommended for the successful completion of all five years of the apprenticeship program. *NOTE: The four-year curriculum became a five-year curriculum beginning with the apprenticeship class starting in January 1988. The final group of apprentices of the four-year curriculum completed training in June 1991. Version 2: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 43 semester hours in Electrical Construction and Maintenance, distributed as follows: 3 semester hours in Applied Math, 6 semester hours in Basic Electrical Theory, 6 semester hours in Electrical Machinery and Controls, 6 semester hours in Industrial Electronics, 4 semester hours in Electrical Print Reading and Estimating, 2 semester hours as Electrical Utility Systems, and 16 hours in Shop; or 15 semester hours in Electrical Technology, distributed as follows: 3 semester hours in General Physics, 3 semester hours in Applied Math, 2 semester hours in Basic Electrical Theory (no laboratory credit recommended), 3 semester hours in Electrical Machinery and Controls, 1 semester hour in Industrial Electronics (no laboratory credit recommended), and 3 semester hours in Electronics (no laboratory credit recommended) (10/98 revalidation) (3/04 revalidation).

Updated 2/26/09

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