This course provides practical experience in the field early in the student’s training as an electrician’s helper on the job, working a special project or conducting research in a directed area of the field. Emphasis is placed on gaining hands on experience with tools of the trade as well as a better understanding of NEC directives. Upon completion, students should possess a higher state of proficiency in the basic skills of connecting electrical wiring and conduit; this course may be repeated with the instructor’s permission.