Electrical Power Industry Driven Competencies for The Electrical Power Technician Program by Dodge City Community College

These industry driven competencies are used in the development of the Electrical Power Technician pathway and curriculum offered at Dodge City Community College. These competencies are used to train participants to work on electrical power systems, construction and maintenance of high-voltage electrical power lines. Combining online instruction with hands-on labs, Electrical Power Technician trainees learn and train in actual pole fields and earn industry-approved credentials.
Date:
2013
Primary Material Type:
Development Tool
Institution:
Dodge City Community College
Project Name:
Technical Retraining to Achieve Credentials (TRAC-7)
Funding Source:
TAACCCT Round 1
Subjects:
industry driven compentencies, Electrical power pathway, electrical power systems, electrical power lines, trainees

Industry / Occupation

Industry Sector:
Construction (23)
Occupation:
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations -- Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers (49-9051)

Education / Instructional Information

Instructional Program:
Construction Trades (46)
Educational Level of Materials:
  • 1st year Community College or equivalent
Educational Use:
Train participants to work on electrical power systems.
Language:
en_US
Interactivity Type:
Mix of Active and Presentation
Quality Rubric:
QM
Quality Note:
If it was determined that the deliverable contained substantive educational content, the deliverable was sent to a third-party subject matter expert for review. A party external to TRAC-7 coordinated this review process. The third-party subject matter experts were identified by the third-party review coordinator as experts in assessing curriculum. The third-party subject matter experts had academic experience in curriculum, assessment, and instruction and primarily consisted of university faculty and administrative staff. Rubrics were chosen by the third-party review coordinator for applicability to the given deliverables. Reviews were conducted by the third-party subject matter experts and sent to the third-party review coordinator, who provided the feedback to grant management. The site coordinators were given the reviewers’ comments from grant management, and had the opportunity to revise deliverables before final submission. The chief academic officers from the consortium institutions certified the deliverables. Grant management uploaded the deliverables to the TAACCCT Repository.
Course Note:
Electrical Power Technician Pathway

Copyright / Licensing

Primary License:
Creative Commons License
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