MedVance Institute

The Electrical Trades program provides students with the professional skills and knowledge they need to begin a career as a residential, commercial or industrial electrician. Students will learn the importance of safe work habits, as well as how to comply with both OSHA and National Electric Code standards. This program covers simple atom and magnetic theory and the process of electrical production, knowledge that remains important no matter how electrical equipment and products change in the future.

Other core classes include Alternating Current Theory (A.C.), A.C. Motors and Control, and Three Phase Power and Transformers. Graduates of the Electrical Trades program should be knowledgeable about conduit bending, motors and controls, electrical schematic interpreting, and troubleshooting techniques — talents employers desire in a prospective employee. Don't wait — find out how you can get started in this exciting program.

Heating and air-conditioning systems control the temperature, humidity, and the total air quality in residential, commercial, industrial, and other buildings. Refrigeration systems make it possible to store and transport food, medicine, and other perishable items. Heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers—also called technicians—install, maintain, and repair such systems. Because heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration systems often are referred to as HVACR systems, these workers also may be called HVACR technicians.

Heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration systems consist of many mechanical, electrical, and electronic components, such as motors, compressors, pumps, fans, ducts, pipes, thermostats, and switches. In central forced air heating systems, for example, a furnace heats air that is distributed throughout the building via a system of metal or fiberglass ducts. Technicians must be able to maintain, diagnose, and correct problems throughout the entire system. To do this, they adjust system controls to recommended settings and test the performance of the entire system using special tools and test equipment.

Upon graduation from the HVACR program, students will be qualified for entry-level work as Heating, Air Conditioning and/or Refrigeration technicians in both residential and commercial sites. The graduate will be adept at using a variety of tools, including hammers, wrenches, metal snips, electric drills, pipe cutters and benders, measurement gauges, and acetylene torches, to work with refrigerant lines and air ducts. They use voltmeters, thermometers, pressure gauges, manometers, and other testing devices to check airflow, refrigerant pressure, electrical circuits, burners, and other components.