Master Electrician License Exam Preparation Course will begin January
9th, 2010 in Port St. Lucie, Florida
Classes to prepare working electricians who have 4 years
or more of work experience as an electrician for a licensed electrical contractor to take and pass the
Prometric Master Electrician License Exam begin January 9th, 2010, at 9AM.
Registration by December 1st, 2009 is suggested to allow participants adequate time
to complete the precourse checklist of assignments. Class size is limited. If space remains, registration is
permitted right up to the first class day. But to have the best chance to succeed, early registration is recommended. Anyone who does not have work
experience as an electrician adequate to take the exam can not take the exam
upon which this course is based and should not enroll. Although a Journeyman
License by examination is not required to take this course, knowledge of theory,
math and code at the Journeyman Level is essential for successful participation.
The course cost is $600. This pays for 10 classes, study guide for the
course, five Master Electrician 100 question practice examinations, and a 10,000 problem
Master Electrician Calculations Workbook. Here is a list of the workbooks which will
be used in the course: Electrician Vocabulary Improvement,1000 Practical Questions, 10,000 Journeyman Electrician Calculations,
Online audio support for calculations, Reference Formulas
Appendix, Search Term Index, Technical Literacy List, five three hour 80 question simulated
Journeyman license
exams with online audio support for every question, and five Master Electrician
simulated exams of 100 questions each with online audio support.
Click HERE
to purchase any of these study materials by mail.
Each participant should have a copy of a good electrical theory book like
Electricity One-Seven, a 2008 loose-leaf edition of the National Electrical Code, ATP Printreading
2005 or 2008, and a Texas
Instruments TI-30Xa calculator.
Register by December 1st, 2009 for the best chance
at success.
A registration deposit of $300 should be made to enroll. Use the Seat Reservation Form
to enroll. A starter kit
will then be sent. The kit contains assignments to complete before
classes
begin. The remaining $300 of course fee is due on the first day of class.
Refunds are not given after classes begin. There are
no more free repeats for this course.
If you only want the course materials, and can not attend, send $300 to the
course instructor. Use the set reservation form and indicate you will not be
attending but want the course materials. Find other helpful material at http://www.electricianeducation.com
and http://www.electricianmath.com
Classes meet 9AM to 3PM for nine Saturdays and one Friday. This course is
arranged so that on the next Saturday after the course is over, the actual exam is
given.
Everyone who enrolls for this course is expected to take the exam. Find specific
details about class assignments HERE.
There will be two 10 minute
breaks and an hour for lunch at noon. The classes will be held in Port St.
Lucie, Florida at a location to be announced based on enrollment.
Any license exam preparation course must be intense. A tremendous effort
will be needed if success is to follow. Do not consider this course unless you
plan to make a great effort. Unfortunately much of the actual exam is based on
what seems to working electricians as useless information. Please make an
attitude adjustment before classes begin to do what is necessary to pass the
test. Prepare to spend at least 16 hours per week on homework in addition to
class time. Yes, that is 16
hours each week. Also consider
taking the course with someone you know so you can study together. A study
partner will make the time spent studying more profitable. Read my thoughts
about investing in yourself HERE.
If this is a program of instruction that you are
considering for yourself, then begin as soon as possible to refresh your
electrical vocabulary, electrical math, theory, and code knowledge. You do not
need to enroll to begin these activities. Why not get a head start.
First, print the Technical
Literacy List for Apprentice, Journeyman, and Master
Electrician. Then work to develop the definitions for these words, terms, and
abbreviations by memory.
Second, obtain a loose leaf edition of the 2008 NEC.
Begin reading. Start with Article 90. Then on to all the definitions in 100.
Make flash cards as needed to memorize, and understand, all definitions. After
that, go on to read beginning with Article 110. Try to stick with reading an
hour a day in the code book.
Third, refresh you knowledge of calculations. Use the
material presented at http://www.electricianmath.com
Fourth, obtain a copy of Electricity
One-Seven (I have a few for sale at $25 each or go to Amazon.com). Begin reading from page one.
Try to read thirty minutes each day to improve your reading speed and technical
comprehension.
Fifth, obtain a copy of Printreading 2005
or 2008 by Miller.
(I have a few new copies for sale at $40 each and one used copy for sale of the
2005 at $12
or go to Amazon.com).
Sixth, borrow or buy a copy of the American
Electricians' Handbook. Any edition from Tenth on will do fine. (I have a few
for sale at $25 each of various editions.)
If all this seems too much for you, then don't enroll
in the course. This is just the tip of that proverbial iceberg.
David Ullian Larson is the instructor. Ask around about the course he
teaches. Believe what anyone says about it. Listen to what anyone says about how
difficult the course is. There is nothing easy about it. The course is
comprehensive. It is not just classes on how to pass the test. Please don't
start unless you plan to finish.
Topic Outline 2010
Click on class number to see assignments for that class.
CLASS DATE
TOPICS
1 January
9 Introduction - Orientation - Right Triangle Trigonometry
Calculator
Practice Theory NEC90 All 100's
2
16 Alternating Current Calculations
All 200's
3
23 Service Aspects
All 300's
4
30 Voltage Drop
All
400's
5 February
6 National Electrical
Code Calculations
All 500's
6
13
Three Phase Circuits
All 600's
7
20
Residential Multi Family Services
All 700's
Cut Off Day to sign up
for Prometric Exam (estimate)
8
27 Three Phase
transformers
All
800's
March
5
Make Up Day for anyone who
needs extra help
9
6 Commercial Service
Aspects
All
Chapter 9 plus Appendix
10
12 Note: This is a Friday Class
Entire 2008 NEC Final Exam
13 Actual Exam Date -
Prometric
(tentative)