Second Year Hints and FAQ
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Hands on performance evaluation schedule.
Look at your schedule and note how many weeks have "TEST" as the activity. YOU won't be in for all of those days, but do check to see which day YOU will be in before YOU schedule a vacation.
Your "license" or more properly your training certificate is a legal necessity. DO NOT LET IT LAPSE. This is critically important. You cannot legally work without a valid training certificate, you and the employer are subject to fine if you do so.
Call or come in for help prior to your week of school if needed. We are experimenting with different format of homework check, and may use an open book test to check if you have completed your lessons. So putting "don't know" or other nonsense in the blank in hopes we will see something written and skip it will hurt you. REALLY DO YOUR OWN HOMEWORK.
Week 1
Lesson 2-2 and 2-3; IBEW Constitution and By-Laws come from the Hall. You will receive them when you get obligated. If you aren't yet obligated go to the hall for copies. We have a few copies here but they don't give us enough for the whole class.
Lessons in Codeology will give you an important set of skills for using the NEC. "In Class Participations" are to be done in class, don't do them as homework. Always go by the lesson outline in the syllabus to see which lessons go with which test. For 2007 there is a supplemental syllabus, go by that syllabus instead of the one you got last year listing all four years.
Do all of the Codeology lessons exactly as directed, which includes getting your hands on some hiliters or colored pencils.
We will be doing conduit labs so have appropriate sturdy shoes.
Week 2
Review DC, 3 Phase power basics, conduit bending, blueprints. Remember to do your residential bid. Bring in your prints, you will need them for the test as well as homework.
Week 3
AC Theory. Look at your tech math book regarding vectors if you are at all foggy on this subject. We have computer lab info and activities for AC. Come in or ask for help if you need it. You will need your blueprints for the semester test.
Week 4
More AC Theory. Read the lesson objectives, use the information sheets as tools and templates in problem solving, read the lab introductions and summaries, you will find a lot of great info there. You are solving vector problems using right triangles. If you skip the step of drawing the triangles and insist on memorizing formulas you are missing a golden opportunity to have easy visual memory aids.
Week 5
Transformers and Code. READ the code lesson information sheets. Look at your schedule and note how many weeks have "TEST" as the activity. YOU won't be in for all of those days, but do check to see which day YOU will be in before YOU schedule a vacation.