1. Review & understand electronic system requirements & documentation (blueprints, etc)
2. Perform site survey
3. Develop overall job plan
4. Organize technical work plan
5. Complete pre-assemblies & fabrication of sub systems
6. Gather inventory/parts
7. Pre-test components
8. Inventory tools

1. Use documentation to lay out components
2. Secure area – drop cloths­ safety cones, etc.
3. Rough in device component locations
4. Install cable support structure or drill wire paths
5. Pull & secure wire
6. Label tag wire /cable per documentation

1. Pre-termination functions
2. Connect passive devices
3. Splicing
4. Intermediate termination

1. Remote location components
2. Central /main location

1. Calibrate & align electronically and physically
2. Install or enter control programs, if applicable (complex)
3. Setup system instructions labels, etc (simple)

1. Power up
2. Operate and test functions
3. Evaluate performance
4. Identify problems, errors, discrepancies
5. Diagnose causes of problems
6. Take remedial action
7. Document actions (See documentation section)

1. Review user documentation manuals & instructions
2. Identify training objectives
3. Confirm actual users and their requirements
4. Procure – develop training & user aids manuals tip sheets
5. Demonstrate system function­ guide user through system
6. Observe user using the system­ have customer demonstrate knowledge of system
7. Communicate results of training back to all relevant parties

1. Review final blueprints, wiring diagrams, and hookup instructions
2. Complete work reports and time sheets
3. Provide/prepare/deliver system documentation

1. Perform scheduled preventive maintenance
2. Diagnose problems

Reviews the purpose and scope of the electronic systems industry. Explains the technician's role in the industry. States the rules for professional and ethical conduct. Describes the importance of codes and standards and explains how they affect the work of an EST (Electronic Systems Technician).

Provides a comprehensive overview of safety rules and precautions for working on construction job sites.

Provides refresher practice in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole, decimal, and fractional numbers.

Explains the selection, inspection, use and maintenance of common hand tools.

Explains the selection, inspection, use and maintenance of common power tools.

Reviews the basic components of blueprints, including title blocks, lines, symbols, and revision symbols.

Explains rigging safety, allows for practice. Reviews types of rigging equipment, inspection procedures. Reviews crane hand signals, types of derricks and cranes. How to tie different types of knots. How to estimate size, weight, and center of gravity.

Covers the uses and composition of common types of residential and commercial building materials. Reviews the major structural components of residential and commercial buildings and common methods of construction, including suspended ceilings, cable raceways. Explains how to select the appropriate drills, bits, and cutting tools for making openings in various types of construction materials. Explains how to install plywood on a gypsum board wall.

Orients apprentice to various types of cable trays, raceways, fittings, and provides strategies for selecting the appropriate size and type for a given application. Reviews methods used to install raceways. Reviews NEC® raceway requirements. Reviews procedures for installing and leveling D­rings and mushrooms, making a conduit­to­box connection, selecting cable support hardware for a given application, and installing an outlet box in drywall.

Reviews and explains the use of threaded and non­threaded fasteners, anchors. Reviews the correct application of fasteners and anchors and how to install them.

Reviews the various methods of hand­bending and installing conduit. Reviews how to use math formulas to determine conduit bends. Provides practice in making various kinds of conduit bends, and cutting, reaming, and threading of conduit.

Covers atomic structure as it is related to electricity. Reviews the definition of voltage and the ways in which it can be produced. Reviews the difference between conductors and insulators. Defines the units of measurement that are used to measure the properties of electricity. Explains how voltage, current, and resistance are inter­related. Reviews Ohm's Law and describes how to calculate an unknown value. Reviews the different types of meters used to measure voltage, current, and resistance. Describes how to use the power formula and calculate the amount of power used by a circuit.

Reviews safe working procedures in a construction environment. Explains the purpose of OSHA and how it promotes safety on the job. Reviews electrical hazards and how to avoid or minimize them in the workplace. Explains safety issues concerning lockout/tagout procedures, personal protection using assured grounding and isolation programs, confined space entry, respiratory protection, and fall protection systems.

Explains the various sizes and gauges of wire in accordance with the American Wire Gauge (AWG) standards and describes how to determine the proper gauge for an application. Reviews how to read and identify markings on conductors and cables. Describes the different materials from which conductors are made. Describes the different types of conductor insulation. Describes the color­coding of insulation. Reviews selected NEC low­voltage cable classifications. Reviews procedures to plan and set up for a cable pull. Explains how to properly install a pull line for a cable pulling operation. Explains how to prepare the ends of conductors for pulling and safely pull cable through conduit in vertical and horizontal pathways. Reviews how to wrap, tie, fasten, label, and protect cable, and explains the importance of maintaining the proper slack. Describes the installation of cables in cable trays. Reviews the restrictions imposed by the NEC® on the uses of various types of cable.

This instruction expands on the knowledge gained in the Basic Math module. Emphasis is placed on the metric system, including how to convert between corresponding English and Metric system units. Also covered are the use of scientific notation, powers and roots, and the basic concepts of algebra, geometry, and right­angle trigonometry.

Introduces series, parallel, and series­parallel DC circuits. Covers Kirchoff's Voltage and Current Laws, and circuit analysis. Also provides an introduction AC theory, components, and circuits.

Covers the principles of electronics and provides an introduction to semiconductor theory, components, and applications.

Covers selection, inspection, use, and maintenance of common electrical test equipment, including meters, oscilloscopes, meggers, wattmeters, frequency meters, time domain reflectometers, continuity testers, recording instruments, and RF analyzers.

Covers the purpose for grounding and bonding of electrical systems. NEC regulations pertaining to grounding and bonding are thoroughly covered. Equipment and devices used for grounding and bonding are covered including their methods of installation. Also introduced in this module is an explanation of power quality, along with the causes and effects of poor power quality. Equipment and devices used to maintain good power quality are covered.

Covers electrical prints, drawings, and symbols. Apprentices learn the types of information they can find on schematics, one­line drawings, and wiring diagrams.

Presents background information for the installation and termination of telephone and data systems. Emphasis is placed on the different schemes used for premises wiring of these systems. Cables, cabling terminating devices, installation guidelines, and troubleshooting methods used with voice and data system cabling are also introduced.

Presents the principles of operation and describes the different types and configurations of switches, relays, timers, and photoelectric devices. Guidelines for the selection of appropriate devices using specification sheets are also covered.

Provides information and detailed instructions for selecting, installing, and testing connectors and other terminating devices on the various cables used in low­voltage work, including telecommunications, video and audio, and fiber optic.

This module describes the scope and content of the major codes and standards that apply to the telecommunications, life safety, security, and other low­voltage systems. Emphasis is placed on the familiarization and use of the National Electrical Code® (NEC®).

Reviews common terms related to computers and computer networks. Reviews the components of a personal computer and explains the function of each. Reviews the procedures for uploading and downloading files to security, lighting control, or fire systems. Explains how to build and test a null modem cable. Describes how to set up and configure a personal computer. Steps trainee goes through procedures on how to use the application of loading software onto a computer and on using the computer to perform a task. Explains the function of each level of the open systems, interconnection (OSI) and reference model for data communication. Describes the characteristics of and uses for various types of data transmission media. Describes the function of the internet as it relates to network protocols.