TSC1305 - HVAC Industry Overview & Safety

COURSE DESCRIPTION

HVAC Industry Overview & Safety introduces learners to the structure, regulation, hazards, ethics, and customer-safety responsibilities of modern HVAC work. Four connected topics anchor the course: Understanding the HVAC Industry; Regulatory Standards and Compliance; Workplace Safety and Hazard Management; and Professional Conduct and Customer Safety. This progression helps students connect foundational concepts, professional methods, analytical judgment, and applied decision-making in realistic residential, commercial, and industrial HVAC environments.

Scenario-based exercises and a final applied task move the material from explanation to workplace use. Throughout the course, students practice applying OSHA and EPA requirements, assessing hazards, using PPE and lockout/tagout, handling refrigerants responsibly, documenting inspections, and communicating professionally with clients, producing a workplace safety-culture analysis with hazard controls, regulatory requirements, documentation practices, and communication improvements that can be discussed in exam-style questions and transferred to professional assignments.

KEY POINTS

  1. Understanding the HVAC Industry: Establishes the terminology, principles, and professional context needed to understand the topic’s significance and its connection to sound decisions.
  2. Regulatory Standards and Compliance: Examines practical workflows, tools, and standards that support consistent, efficient, and defensible execution.
  3. Workplace Safety and Hazard Management: Develops the ability to recognize risks or constraints, compare alternatives, and select appropriate controls, methods, or responses.
  4. Professional Conduct and Customer Safety: Connects course knowledge to planning, documentation, measurement, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  5. Applied Practice: Uses scenarios and practical exercises to produce a workplace safety-culture analysis with hazard controls, regulatory requirements, documentation practices, and communication improvements and to justify decisions with evidence and accepted professional practice.
  6. Professional Standards and Readiness: Reinforces OSHA safety, EPA refrigerant rules, job-hazard analysis, ethical service, incident documentation, and protection of workers and customers for exam-style review and workplace application.

CORE LEARNING OUTCOMES

  1. Foundational Knowledge: Explain the principles, purpose, and professional significance of Topic 1, “Understanding the HVAC Industry,” within the structure, regulation, hazards, ethics, and customer-safety responsibilities of modern HVAC work.
  2. Methods and Tools: Apply structured methods, appropriate tools, and accepted practices to the work addressed in Topic 2, “Regulatory Standards and Compliance.”
  3. Analysis and Judgment: Analyze the conditions presented in Topic 3, “Workplace Safety and Hazard Management”; identify significant risks or opportunities; and select a defensible response.
  4. Solution Development: Develop and justify a practical approach to Topic 4, “Professional Conduct and Customer Safety.”
  5. Applied Deliverable: Produce a workplace safety-culture analysis with hazard controls, regulatory requirements, documentation practices, and communication improvements that demonstrates accurate, ethical, and well-documented application of course concepts.
  6. Professional Communication: Communicate findings and recommendations using terminology, documentation standards, and evidence appropriate to residential, commercial, and industrial HVAC environments.
TSC1380 - Electrical Safety & OSHA Basics

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Electrical Safety & OSHA Basics introduces learners to electrical hazard recognition, risk assessment, energy control, arc-flash protection, and coordinated compliance with national safety frameworks. Four connected topics anchor the course: Understanding Electrical Hazards and Risk Assessment; Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) and De-Energization Procedures; Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Arc Flash Boundaries; and OSHA, NFPA, and NEC Integration for Electrical Safety. This progression helps students connect foundational concepts, professional methods, analytical judgment, and applied decision-making in realistic residential, commercial, and industrial electrical environments.

Scenario-based exercises and a final applied task move the material from explanation to workplace use. Throughout the course, students practice performing job-hazard analyses, applying lockout/tagout, verifying de-energization, selecting arc-flash PPE and approach boundaries, and integrating OSHA, NFPA 70E, and NEC requirements, producing an electrical-safety plan containing hazard controls, a LOTO sequence, arc-flash PPE decisions, verification steps, and applicable regulatory references that can be discussed in exam-style questions and transferred to professional assignments.

KEY POINTS

  1. Understanding Electrical Hazards and Risk Assessment: Establishes the terminology, principles, and professional context needed to understand the topic’s significance and its connection to sound decisions.
  2. Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) and De-Energization Procedures: Examines practical workflows, tools, and standards that support consistent, efficient, and defensible execution.
  3. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Arc Flash Boundaries: Develops the ability to recognize risks or constraints, compare alternatives, and select appropriate controls, methods, or responses.
  4. OSHA, NFPA, and NEC Integration for Electrical Safety: Connects course knowledge to planning, documentation, measurement, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  5. Applied Practice: Uses scenarios and practical exercises to produce an electrical-safety plan containing hazard controls, a LOTO sequence, arc-flash PPE decisions, verification steps, and applicable regulatory references and to justify decisions with evidence and accepted professional practice.
  6. Professional Standards and Readiness: Reinforces OSHA Subpart S, NFPA 70E, NEC safety provisions, documented energy control, qualified-worker practice, and a proactive safety culture for exam-style review and workplace application.

CORE LEARNING OUTCOMES

  1. Foundational Knowledge: Explain the principles, purpose, and professional significance of Topic 1, “Understanding Electrical Hazards and Risk Assessment,” within electrical hazard recognition, risk assessment, energy control, arc-flash protection, and coordinated compliance with national safety frameworks.
  2. Methods and Tools: Apply structured methods, appropriate tools, and accepted practices to the work addressed in Topic 2, “Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) and De-Energization Procedures.”
  3. Analysis and Judgment: Analyze the conditions presented in Topic 3, “Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Arc Flash Boundaries”; identify significant risks or opportunities; and select a defensible response.
  4. Solution Development: Develop and justify a practical approach to Topic 4, “OSHA, NFPA, and NEC Integration for Electrical Safety.”
  5. Applied Deliverable: Produce an electrical-safety plan containing hazard controls, a LOTO sequence, arc-flash PPE decisions, verification steps, and applicable regulatory references that demonstrates accurate, ethical, and well-documented application of course concepts.
  6. Professional Communication: Communicate findings and recommendations using terminology, documentation standards, and evidence appropriate to residential, commercial, and industrial electrical environments.
TSC1405 - Blueprint Reading & Estimating

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Blueprint Reading & Estimating introduces learners to the interpretation of electrical construction drawings and the conversion of design information into accurate takeoffs, material lists, labor assumptions, and cost estimates. Four connected topics anchor the course: Fundamentals of Electrical Blueprints; Understanding Symbols, Schedules, and Specifications; Performing Takeoffs and Material Lists; and Preparing Cost Estimates and Project Coordination. This progression helps students connect foundational concepts, professional methods, analytical judgment, and applied decision-making in realistic electrical construction planning environments.

Scenario-based exercises and a final applied task move the material from explanation to workplace use. Throughout the course, students practice reading E-sheets, interpreting symbols and schedules, measuring quantities, preparing material and labor takeoffs, pricing direct and indirect costs, and coordinating drawings with specifications, producing an electrical takeoff and cost estimate for a small office project, including materials, labor, costs, assumptions, and coordination notes that can be discussed in exam-style questions and transferred to professional assignments.

KEY POINTS

  1. Fundamentals of Electrical Blueprints: Establishes the terminology, principles, and professional context needed to understand the topic’s significance and its connection to sound decisions.
  2. Understanding Symbols, Schedules, and Specifications: Examines practical workflows, tools, and standards that support consistent, efficient, and defensible execution.
  3. Performing Takeoffs and Material Lists: Develops the ability to recognize risks or constraints, compare alternatives, and select appropriate controls, methods, or responses.
  4. Preparing Cost Estimates and Project Coordination: Connects course knowledge to planning, documentation, measurement, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  5. Applied Practice: Uses scenarios and practical exercises to produce an electrical takeoff and cost estimate for a small office project, including materials, labor, costs, assumptions, and coordination notes and to justify decisions with evidence and accepted professional practice.
  6. Professional Standards and Readiness: Reinforces NEC-aware interpretation, dimensional accuracy, complete takeoffs, transparent assumptions, disciplined cost analysis, and traceable estimating documentation for exam-style review and workplace application.

CORE LEARNING OUTCOMES

  1. Foundational Knowledge: Explain the principles, purpose, and professional significance of Topic 1, “Fundamentals of Electrical Blueprints,” within the interpretation of electrical construction drawings and the conversion of design information into accurate takeoffs, material lists, labor assumptions, and cost estimates.
  2. Methods and Tools: Apply structured methods, appropriate tools, and accepted practices to the work addressed in Topic 2, “Understanding Symbols, Schedules, and Specifications.”
  3. Analysis and Judgment: Analyze the conditions presented in Topic 3, “Performing Takeoffs and Material Lists”; identify significant risks or opportunities; and select a defensible response.
  4. Solution Development: Develop and justify a practical approach to Topic 4, “Preparing Cost Estimates and Project Coordination.”
  5. Applied Deliverable: Produce an electrical takeoff and cost estimate for a small office project, including materials, labor, costs, assumptions, and coordination notes that demonstrates accurate, ethical, and well-documented application of course concepts.
  6. Professional Communication: Communicate findings and recommendations using terminology, documentation standards, and evidence appropriate to electrical construction planning environments.
TSC1455 - Plumbing Safety & Codes Overview

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Plumbing Safety & Codes Overview introduces learners to jobsite hazard control, personal protective equipment, safe tool use, plumbing-code interpretation, inspection, and compliance documentation. Four connected topics anchor the course: Recognizing Plumbing Hazards & Basic Safety Measures; Personal Protective Equipment & Safe Tool Use; Plumbing Codes: Purpose, Types & Interpretation; and Documentation, Inspections & Compliance Workflow. This progression helps students connect foundational concepts, professional methods, analytical judgment, and applied decision-making in realistic residential and commercial plumbing environments.

Scenario-based exercises and a final applied task move the material from explanation to workplace use. Throughout the course, students practice identifying compound jobsite hazards, matching PPE and tools to risks, interpreting code provisions, planning staged inspections, preparing records, and responding to corrective findings, producing a plumbing safety-and-code case study or inspection plan documenting hazards, controls, applicable provisions, compliance outcomes, and lessons learned that can be discussed in exam-style questions and transferred to professional assignments.

KEY POINTS

  1. Recognizing Plumbing Hazards & Basic Safety Measures: Establishes the terminology, principles, and professional context needed to understand the topic’s significance and its connection to sound decisions.
  2. Personal Protective Equipment & Safe Tool Use: Examines practical workflows, tools, and standards that support consistent, efficient, and defensible execution.
  3. Plumbing Codes: Purpose, Types & Interpretation: Develops the ability to recognize risks or constraints, compare alternatives, and select appropriate controls, methods, or responses.
  4. Documentation, Inspections & Compliance Workflow: Connects course knowledge to planning, documentation, measurement, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  5. Applied Practice: Uses scenarios and practical exercises to produce a plumbing safety-and-code case study or inspection plan documenting hazards, controls, applicable provisions, compliance outcomes, and lessons learned and to justify decisions with evidence and accepted professional practice.
  6. Professional Standards and Readiness: Reinforces public-health protection, IPC and local-code awareness, safe tool practice, complete inspection records, regulatory cooperation, and current safety training for exam-style review and workplace application.

CORE LEARNING OUTCOMES

  1. Foundational Knowledge: Explain the principles, purpose, and professional significance of Topic 1, “Recognizing Plumbing Hazards & Basic Safety Measures,” within jobsite hazard control, personal protective equipment, safe tool use, plumbing-code interpretation, inspection, and compliance documentation.
  2. Methods and Tools: Apply structured methods, appropriate tools, and accepted practices to the work addressed in Topic 2, “Personal Protective Equipment & Safe Tool Use.”
  3. Analysis and Judgment: Analyze the conditions presented in Topic 3, “Plumbing Codes: Purpose, Types & Interpretation”; identify significant risks or opportunities; and select a defensible response.
  4. Solution Development: Develop and justify a practical approach to Topic 4, “Documentation, Inspections & Compliance Workflow.”
  5. Applied Deliverable: Produce a plumbing safety-and-code case study or inspection plan documenting hazards, controls, applicable provisions, compliance outcomes, and lessons learned that demonstrates accurate, ethical, and well-documented application of course concepts.
  6. Professional Communication: Communicate findings and recommendations using terminology, documentation standards, and evidence appropriate to residential and commercial plumbing environments.