Electrical Technology

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Jackson County Campus

The Electrical Technology program prepares individuals to install, operate, maintain, and repair electrically energized systems such as residential, commercial, and industrial electrical wiring, DC motors, AC motors, controls, and electrical distribution panels. Instruction in the use of test equipment and meters is included.

This is a competency-based program of instruction. It is open entry/open exit with minimum standards of progress that must be met. Student’s progress according to their ability and determination to a level of competency that is measured by written, oral, and performance evaluations. The instruction is designed for a balance of theory and practical application achieved by individual instruction, a planned written program, audio visual aids and proven practical experiments. A student completing this program must demonstrate a minimum level of competency in all major areas of electricity as prescribed by the curriculum.

A student completing this program should be able to enter the world of work as a second or third year apprentice or a second or first class helper, requiring one or two years of on the job experience prior to receiving first class journeyman classification, based on local methods of certification.