MCCCD Program Description

Major: 3855 Catalog Year: 2023-2024 Effective Term: 2017 Fall Last Admit Term: 2020 Summer Award: AAS Total Credits: 61-64 CIP Code: 46.0303	Primary College: Initiating College: Chandler-Gilbert Community College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: College-Specific Program Availability: College Specific Field of Interest: Applied Technology Instructional Council: Occupational Deans (53) GPA: 2.0
SOC Code: 49-9051

Description: The Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Electric Utility Technology program is designed to prepare the student for the position of an apprentice-level line worker who is familiar with the use of tools, materials, and the equipment of the electric utility industry. Students will be trained in power line installation and maintenance, pole climbing and use of tools, truck and equipment operation, and overhead and underground distribution, construction, and maintenance of electrical lines.

Required Courses

Students must obtain First Aid/Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification by the completion of EUT215.
+ ENG101 First-Year Composition 3

+ ENG111 Technical and Professional Writing (3) OR
+ ENG102 First-Year Composition (3) 3

EUT103 Introduction to Rigging 2
EUT104 Equipment Safety and Operation 2
EUT110 Line Work I 2
+ EUT112 Basic Electricity: AC and DC 4
+ EUT115 Field Training I 4
+ EUT210 Line Work II 2
+ EUT211 Electrical Apparatus 4
+ EUT215 Field Training II 4
+ MAT122 Intermediate Algebra 3

Credits: 33

Restricted Electives
Selection must be from a minimum of 2 different course prefixes. Selected courses will not apply in both the Required and Restricted Electives areas. ACC+++++ Any ACC Accounting courses BPC+++++ Any BPC Business-Personal Computer courses CAD+++++ Any CAD Computer-Aided Drafting courses CIS+++++ Any CIS Computer-Information Systems courses COM+++++ Any COM Communication courses DFT+++++ Any DFT Drafting courses EEE+++++ Any EEE Electrical Engineering courses ELE+++++ Any ELE Electronic courses ELT+++++ Any ELT Electronics Technology EMT+++++ Any EMT Emergency Medical Technology courses HES+++++ Any HES Health Science courses GBS+++++ Any GBS General Business courses MET+++++ Any MET Manufacturing Technology courses NET+++++ Any NET Networking Technology courses PED+++++ Any PED Physical Education courses PHY+++++ Any PHY Physics courses PPT+++++ Any Power Plant Technology courses SPA+++++ Any Spanish Courses	Credits: 15

General Electives
	Credits:

General Education Requirements

General Education Requirement	Credits: 13-16

General Education Core	Credits: 3-6

First-Year Composition	Credits: 0
+ Met by ENG101 and ENG102 or ENG111, in Required Courses area 0

Oral Communication	Credits: 3
Any approved general education course in the Oral Communication area. 3

Critical Reading	Credits: 0-3
+ CRE101 College Critical Reading and Critical Thinking (3) OR Equivalent by assessment. 0-3

Mathematics	Credits: 0
+ Met by MAT122 in Required Courses area 0

General Education Distribution	Credits: 10

Humanities, Arts and Design	Credits: 3
Any approved general education course from the Humanities, Arts and Design area. 3

Social-Behavioral Sciences	Credits: 3
Any approved general education course from the Social-Behavioral Sciences area. 3

Natural Sciences	Credits: 4
Any approved general education course from the Natural Sciences area. 4

Program Competencies
1. Demonstrate standard English writing skills. (ENG101, ENG102) 2. Organize, research, analyze, write and present technical reports for job-related audiences. (ENG111) 3. Present an overview of line work including the equipment and tools, pole climbing techniques, safety practices and procedures related to pole climbing. (EUT110) 4. Explain the basic principles of AC and DC electricity and describe the uses of electricity in the utility industry. (EUT112) 5. Identify and use the components necessary to build series, parallel and series parallel DC circuits. (EUT112) 6. Describe the appropriate care and handling techniques for the types of rope and rigging equipment used in the utility industry. (EUT103) 7. Tie the major types of knots used in the industry and describe the appropriate use of each. (EUT103) 8. Use the appropriate tools and equipment to climb utility poles. (EUT115) 9. Demonstrate techniques approved by the industry to set poles manually and with equipment. (EUT115) 10. Frame single and double cross arms and build single-phase lines. (EUT115) 11. Identify and describe the proper equipment, techniques, procedures and industry safety practices used in hot sticking. (EUT210) 12. Identify and describe the proper equipment and techniques used in lock out and tag out procedures and describe the industry safety practices and procedures related to each. (EUT210) 13. Explain the structure and function of transformers and outline the construction of the major types of transformer connections used in the industry. (EUT211) 14. Demonstrate the safe set-up and operation of the major types of equipment used in the utility line industry. (EUT104) 15. Construct, install and provide maintenance for two-phase and three-phase systems (EUT215) 16. Practice rubber gloving and hot sticking techniques and the trenching and construction of underground power lines. (EUT215) 17. Demonstrate the procedures used in pole top and bucket truck rescue. (EUT215) 18. Analyze rational, radical, quadratic and exponential equations, expressions, functions, applications and associated graphs. (MAT122)
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites. ++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected. MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: April 25, 2017

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