A.S.T.

Construction Technology – Electrical Emphasis

Program Description

Through lectures, demonstrations, shop exercises, and campus work projects, students are prepared for employment in the residential-commercial electrical construction industry. The goal of the program is to prepare students eventually to become leaders at many levels in the construction field: journeyman electrician, job site foreman, construction superintendent, project manager, front office administrator, or owner of a contracting firm.

The program provides thorough instruction and training in residential and commercial electrical construction through lecture and shop demonstrations. The program also covers the processes and procedures necessary for carrying out construction projects from start to finish. Students in this program take courses in the technical, business, logistical, and management aspects of the construction industry.

In the senior year, students take either the advanced trade track or the construction management track, which leads to Certificates of Undergraduate Study (CUGS) in Construction Management and Project Management from Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey.

The ability of students to apply theory to hand skills is monitored through shop projects requiring skill levels of increasing difficulty and through serving the college on supervised building maintenance, renovation, and new construction assignments.

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the requirements for the Construction Technology (Electrical Emphasis) program, graduating students will earn an Associate in Specialized Technology Degree and will demonstrate the necessary knowledge and skills to become apprentice electricians and build a foundation to become master electricians, superintendents, project managers, and construction managers by achieving the following learning outcomes specific to the program.

Program Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate basic knowledge of residential-commercial-industrial electrical construction
Apply appropriate residential-commercial-industrial electrical construction techniques according to industry standards
Demonstrate the safe and effective use of tools and equipment common to residential-commercial-industrial electrical construction
Create accurate and professional construction documents
Interpret architectural and MEP plans for residential, commercial, and industrial buildings
Demonstrate competency in the skills of teamwork, initiative, accountability, and responsibility

Program Tracks

In the senior year, students choose the Advanced Electrical track or the Construction Management track.

Advanced Electrical students spend more hands-on time in shop and receive specialized trade training in security, communications, power transmission and distribution, and electrical construction.

Construction Management students take courses in the technical, business, logistical, and management aspects of the construction industry, leading to Certificates of Undergraduate Study (CUGS) in Construction Management and Project Management from Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey.