Introduction to Basic Electricity Course from BSST

Introduction to Basic Electricity from Bay State School of Technology is a home study course that provides an opportunity to get a jump start on a high paying job as: electrical technician, electrician, computer electronics technician, alarm security technician, appliance repair technician, or other careers that require a solid knowledge of basic electricity and electrical principles as a starting point.

The need for experienced individuals to install heating and air conditioning systems, wire homes, repair computers, maintain office building, repair appliances, install cable, and more is ever growing. However, with each of these jobs there is a requirement to be fully knowledgeable of basic electricity and electrical principles.

An introduction to basic electricity, a home study course will give you the knowledge you need to take the next step to advanced training for almost any profession that deals with electricity and electronics. This course will provide you with a solid foundation on which you can build. Whether you intend on continuing your education or apprenticing in any of the aforementioned trades you will start with a firm footing beneath you.

Who Should Take This Course?

If you are interested in pursuing a career in anyone of the fields listed below should take this program first. By learning the fundamentals now you will be gaining a fast track to your career of choice.

• Appliance Service Technicians
• Automobile Mechanics
• Office Machine Technicians (for copiers, faxes, printers, etc.)
• Computer Service Technicians
• Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technicians
• Alarm Technicians
• Boat Mechanics
• Hotel & Apartment Complex Maintenance Mechanics
• TV & Home Entertainment Sound System Repairers
• Home Owners who want to understand Electricity and Wiring Diagrams
• Medical Equipment Technicians
• Vending Machine Service Technicians
• Hobbyists (Electric Trains and cars, electronics, etc.)
• Anyone working on electro/mechanical equipment

What will the Student Learn?

With this online basic electricity course students will study the history of electricity, its origin, its discovery, and further development to present day. The elements of Ohms Law, namely; current, voltage and resistance, will be covered and explained. The theory behind Series and Parallel Circuits will be discussed. Electrical components such as resistors, capacitors, motors, relays, transformers, and switches along with others will be studied.

This online course is designed with 9 training segments:

1. History, Safety, Atomic Structure and Electron Flow
2. Voltage, Current, Resistance and Ohms Law
3. Introduction to Meters, Voltage Sources, Electrical Circuits and Series Circuits
4. Parallel Circuits, Series/Parallel Circuits, Magnetism and Induction
5. AC Generation, Transformers and Capacitance
6. AC Motors
7. Switches, Relays, Solenoids, Fuses and Circuit Breakers
8. Wire Size, Power Cords, Receptacles, Plugs, Wire Connectors and Wiring Diagrams
9. Final Review

About the Bay State School of Technology

For almost 25 years, the Bay State School of Technology has been providing technology training to men and women at there school located in Canton, Massachusetts. The first full-time students were enrolled by August of 1983, and the first full-time programs started on September 12, 1983.

The Bay State School of Technology was accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools, Colleges and Technology (formerly the Accrediting Commission of the National Association of Trade and Technical School) on April 23, 1986.

Bay State School of Technology, Inc (BSST) is proprietary (for-profit), co-educational, technical school committed to providing students with an accelerated but thoroughly comprehensive training program in Major Appliances and Basic Electric, Domestic Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Commercial Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, or our new Digital Age Technology.