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Variable Frequency Drives Technician Technical Certificate of Credit

Campus Locations: Americus

The Variable Frequency Drives Technician Certificate will give students an understanding of motor drive theory as well as comprehensive hands-on applications using 8 different motor drives including AC and DC drives. Students will take courses on DC circuits, AC circuits, Solid State Devices and Variable Frequency Motor Drives. This will prepare them for a career as an Electrician Technician 3 or equivalent.

Length of Program: 1 term

Curriculum Outline (22 hours)
Occupational 22
ELCR 1125
Corequisite: ELCR 1120

This course continues the development of DC and AC concepts with emphasis on constructing, verifying, and troubleshooting complex circuits and reactive circuits. Topics include safety practices, applied algebraic and trigonometry concepts, complex series, parallel, and series-parallel combination circuits, DC theorems, reactive components, RLC circuits, circuit resonance, passive filters, and non-sinusoidal wave forms.

4
ELCR 1130
Prerequisite: ELCR 1120

This course provides instruction in the theory and application of solid state devices in the electronics industry. Emphasis is placed on the physical characteristics and uses of solid state devices. Topics include safety practices, semiconductor fundamentals, power supplies and voltage regulation, other diode applications, bipolar junction theory and application, and field effect transistors.

4
ELCR 1135
Prerequisite: ELCR 1130

This course provides in-depth instruction on the characteristics and applications of advanced solid state circuits to include linear devices. Topics include safety practices, operational amplifiers, active filters and oscillators, switching circuits and timers, three-terminal voltage regulators, and special transistor applications.

4
Choose one of the following AC courses 3
ELCR 1120
Corequisite: ELCR 1110

This course introduces alternating current concepts, theory, and application of varying sine wave voltages and current. Topics include introduction to safety procedures and regulations, magnetism, AC wave generation, inductance and capacitance, transformer application, and test equipment.

3
IDSY 1105

This course introduces alternating current concepts, theory, and application of varying sine wave voltages and current, and the physical characteristics and applications of solid state devices. Topics include, but are not limited to, electrical laws and principles, magnetism, inductance and capacitance.

 3
Choose one of the following DC courses 3
ELCR 1110
Corequisite: ELCR 1007

This course introduces direct current (DC) concepts and applications. Topics include introduction to safety procedures and regulations, electrical laws and principles, cells and batteries, series, parallel, and series-parallel combination circuits, and test equipment.

3
IDSY 1101

This course introduces direct current (DC) concepts and applications. Topics include: electrical principles and laws; batteries; DC test equipment; series; parallel, and simple combination circuits; and laboratory procedures and safety practices.

 3
Choose one of the following Motor Control courses 4
ELCR 2125
Prerequisite: ELCR 1120

This course introduces the application of motor controls in the industrial environment. Topics include: industrial safety, motor theory and operating principles, principles of motor control, control devices, symbols and schematic diagrams. magnetic starters and braking, NEMA standards, Article 430 NEC, and preventative maintenance and troubleshooting.

4
IDSY 1112

This course introduces the fundamental concepts, principles, and devices involved in industrial motor controls, theories and applications of single and three-phase motors, wiring motor control circuits, and magnetic starters and braking. Topics include, but are not limited to, motor theory and operating principles, control devices, symbols and schematic diagrams, NEMA standards, Article 430 NEC and preventative maintenance and troubleshooting.

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