Fundamental electrical theory including electrical components and their effects on AC and DC circuits. Covers electrical measurement with emphasis on circuit analysis using Ohm's law, circuit testing equipment, and the use of each instrument.

Basic study of the electrical safety guidelines for wind industry.

Basic study of safety, equipment safety, structural awareness, environmental hazards, fall protection, non-climbing techniques, rescue plans, and physical demands for wind technician.

The lab will cover hands on training with the various mechanisms of a wind turbine. Students will understand and follow all safety standards related to wind turbine systems.

Practical source on various circuits commonly used to control electrical motors, including practice in troubleshooting and wiring control circuits in a laboratory situation.

Study of electrical and structural blueprints used in the wind industry. Course includes creating a materials list and cost estimates for constructing wind turbines. Students will also learn how to use a CAD program to blueprint electrical and electromechanical devices used in the operation of wind turbines.

Students will understand the relationship of Programmable Logic Controllers, software programming, and communication protocols to various control systems. Students will engage in common programming techniques, and demonstrate safe programming standards.

Practical application in the safe use of high pressure hydraulic fluids. Students will also work as a team to draw and construct a simple hydraulic circuit, analyze a hydraulic system and demonstrate the use of flow control components.

Students will utilize various test equipment and demonstrate safe practices. The labs will demonstrate, with multiple circuits, the effects various components have on each other.

Student will assemble and disassemble a small scale generator with safe work practices. Various testing equipment will be demonstrated.

Students will understand the various industrial control systems that utilize advanced electrical and electronic components and devices such as sensors, relays, proximity switches and controllers.

Students will have an understanding of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition and relate the information to wind energy efficiency.

Students will have an introduction to the generation of electrical power with a wind turbine generator moving that power through a transmission system to a substation. This course will cover the aspects of working with substations, voltage regulations, capacitors, and experience in a substation. This course will also cover substation grounding, substation inspection for maintenance, switching orders of high voltage circuits, installations of high side fuses. Student will experience making terminations on underground high voltage cable.

Exposure to practical information from psychology for use in everyday human relations and to improve communication skills.

Development of both oral and written communicative skills. Students will be able to organize and present effective presentations gaining audience rapport and sending appropriate nonverbal messages as well as formulate effective letters, memos, and reports for business and industry.

Begins development of math skills for success in specific vocational and technical fields with major emphasis on problem solving through numerical methods using a scientific calculator and graphing. The major topics include numeration and operations, measurement, number representation, and formulas. Designed for students in building construction, drafting, electrician, industrial maintenance, utility line, and welding or machinist.

An introduction to basic computer operations using personal computers operating in a Windows environment. Students learn to use the computer to create and edit word processing and spreadsheet documents and use the Internet as a resource for information.

Covers the basic principles needed for effective personal and business finance management, including the practical applications of budgeting, credit, insurance, taxes, along with business overhead, break-even analysis, and return on investment.