Program:

• 12 weeks Training (Morning and Afternoon)

   

Locations:

• 5 Kodiak Crescent, Unit #8, Toronto ON, M3J 3E5 in the OEL Training
• 64 Saltsman Drive, Cambridge, ON N3H 4R7 in the CLAC Training Facility

Electricians in this unit group lay out, assemble, install, test, troubleshoot and repair electrical wiring, fixtures, control devices and related equipment in buildings and other structures. They are employed by electrical contractors and maintenance departments of buildings and other establishments or may be self-employed.

Students who complete our structured Pre-Apprenticeship course will receive theory instruction together with the hands-on training methodology taught by highly trained instructors in the following areas:

Electrical Safety: Students learn about the electrical safety requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, safe work practices and procedures, WHMIS, Fall Protection, Lock Out & Tag Safety, Confined Spaces Hazard Awareness, Elevating Work Platform, Traffic Control, and Scaffold Training Users' Hazard Awareness.

Electrical Installation Methods: Students demonstrate the operation of hand and power tools as well as installation procedures for switching devices and various cables, tubing and conduits.

Electrical Code: Students learn the rules and regulations of the Canadian Electrical Code (CEC). As well, students learn how the code is organized, how to identify new rules, the scope and objectives of administrative requirements, tables and appendices.

Blueprint Reading: Students obtain information from architectural, structural and mechanical drawings, specifications, the building code and CEC to complete an electrical installation for a single dwelling.

Employability Skills Include: Resume Writing, Interview, Customer Service, Communications and Timesheet Skills Training.

A Mathematics component is delivered to ensure that all students reach a common level of competency in basic mathematical skills. Our goal is to provide a sound foundation of mathematical techniques in differential and integral calculus necessary to prepare them for challenging the Level 1 apprenticeship exemption test.

Training may qualify for up to 4 Credits towards completion of the Ontario Secondary School Diploma.

Successful candidates who complete the Construction and Maintenance Electrician Pre-Apprenticeship Program will have the required skills to succeed in the following areas of industry:

• Construction Electrician
• Industrial Electrician
• Plant Maintenance Electrician
• Communications Cabling
• Fibre Optics
• Industrial Motor Controls
• Robotics
• CATV Technician
• PLC (Programmable Logic Controllers)
• Estimating
• Production Distribution
• Manufacturing
• Electrical Contractor
• Management/Supervisor
• Fire Alarm Technician
• CATV Technicial