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EPU-251 Electric Power/Utility Tech Internship 3 Credits
This course will cover a variety of topics that consist of practical work experience in the
NSTAR workforce environment involving working on line trucks and learning and performing
all of the tasks of an overhead line worker. The course will also cover the instruction and
practical exercise of soft skills in today’s work environment. Soft skills are those skills used
everyday in the workplace to assist in making assigned tasks easier to accomplish through
teamwork and collaboration in a multi-cultural environment. Soft skills are increasingly being
incorporated in job descriptions throughout the workforce as companies and institutions
seek to employ students that have had successfully incorporated soft skills as part of their
curriculum. Prerequisites: College Writing I (ENG111), Fundamentals of Single Phase and
Polyphase Metering (EPU151), Underground & Substation Operations (EPU153), and Group
Dynamics (PSY107).
EPU-253 Fundamentals of Overhead Linework I 4 Credits
This course introduces students to the basic fundamentals of overhead line work and begins
to perform more advanced pole work techniques. During this intensive training period
students will learn to become comfortable working at heights in excess of 35’ by performing
industry approved procedures. Students will be introduced to and become familiar with
important sections of the Safety Manual as they pertain to Overhead Line Work. Hand tools
will be assigned and students will learn how to care for and use their equipment. Prerequisite:
Electric Power/Utility Tech Internship (EPU251).
EPU-255 Fundamentals of Overhead Linework II 4 Credits
Lectures on basic electricity will be performed and students will become familiar with
voltage test instruments. The proper usage of power tools will be introduced and a basic
introduction to NSTAR vehicles and state Public Safety Laws when using a bucket truck and/
or digger derrick. During this semester students will use geometric functions for ladder and
pole work. Students will excavate holes to set poles, use Ohm’s Law to determine wire size,
and be shown safe cutting techniques. Holes will be bored in poles at various heights and
appropriate cross arms will be installed. Prerequisite: Electric Power/Utility Tech Internship
(EPU251).
EPU-257 Power and Distribution Systems 4 Credits
This course introduces the basic concepts of electrical power systems. Subject areas include
on electrical power generation, transmission, and distribution. Distribution system layout,
distribution transformers, transmission line fault calculations and transmission line protection
will also be covered. Prerequisite: AC Circuit Theory (EPU104).
EPU-259 Intermediate Overhead Linework I 4 Credits
This course introduces students to more advanced tasks and functions associated with
overhead line work. Students will continue to lash poles, run wire and install cross arms of
various types and heights. Guy wires and anchors will be installed using geometric functions
to determine their location. Single and three phase electrical services will be installed from a
bucket truck using concepts learned in AC/DC theory courses. Hands on usage of 600-voltage
test equipment will be demonstrated and performed by the students. Students will also begin
installing streetlights using Ohm’s Law to determine wattage and wire size. Prerequisites:
Fundamentals of Overhead Linework I (EPU253) and Fundamentals of Overhead Linework
II (EPU255).
EPU-261 Intermediate Overhead Linework II 4 Credits
Students will become quali�ed by issuance of a state approved hoisting license to operate
bucket trucks and corner mounts. Trainees will also become familiar with various types
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of equipment and understand transformer theory and installation. Heat shrink joints and
Underground Residential Distribution (URD) services will be explored. The job speci�cations
for a Grade C Line Worker will also be distributed and discussed. Prerequisites: Fundamentals
of Overhead Linework I (EPU253) and Fundamentals of Overhead Linework II (EPU255).
Emergency Medical Technician
EMT-103 Emergency Medical Technician 7 Credits
This course covers the rendering of emergency care to the sick and injured promptly
and ef�ciently. It conforms to the EMT-B national standard curriculum, as adopted by the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is a prerequisite for taking the state EMT Exam.
Students are responsible for taking the certi�cation examination for EMT. Additional expenses
may include supplies, equipment, and/or uniforms.
Engineering
ENR-101 Introduction to Engineering/Lab 4 Credits
This course provides an overview of the engineering profession. Topics to be discussed
include �elds of study within engineering; the engineering profession, including engineering
ethics; and engineering design and problem- solving. Emphasis is on team-building and
teamwork approach to engineering projects. Course meets 3 hrs. lecture - 3 hrs. lab. Pre/
co-requisite: Grade of C or better in College Algebra – STEM (MAT194).
ENR-260 Engineering Statics 3 Credits
This course will apply the laws of Newtonian mechanics to help students attain the
basic engineering science concepts that serve as the building block for further courses
in engineering analysis and design. The course applies the equations of mechanics to
the general engineering sciences, including solid, �uid mechanics, and materials, thereby
contributing to the success of students as practicing engineers after graduation. Course meets:
3 hour lecture. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in College Physics I/Lab (PHY251). Pre/
co-requisite: Grade of C or better in Calculus II (MAT282).
ENR-265 Engineering Dynamics 3 Credits
The course covers Kinematics and Kinetics of particles and rigid bodies, with the application
of Newton’s Second Law and the principles of work-energy and impulse. The course enables
students to distinguish statics problems from dynamics problems and to identify inertial
effects. The course also enables students who are interested in Engineering Mechanics or
related disciplines to comprehend the vast applications of the principles of dynamics ranging
from structural design of vehicles, electro-mechanical devices such as motors and movable
tools, biomedical devices such as arti�cial heart and bladder, to predictions of the motions of
satellites, spacecraft, etc. Course meets 3 hours lecture. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in
Engineering Statics (ENR260). Co-requisite: Ordinary Differential Equations (MAT285).
ENR-270 Strength of Materials 3 Credits
The course extends the equilibrium analysis covered in statics to deformable bodies,
especially to various members that make up structures and machines. Students will learn the
three fundamental concepts in this course, i.e. Equilibrium, Force-Temperature-Deformation
Behavior of Materials, and Geometry of Deformation. The course includes the following
concepts: stress and strain, stress transformation, temperature stresses, stress and deformation
in bodies under axial, shearing, �exural, torsional and combined loadings, shear and bending
moment diagrams, and Euler”s columns. Course meets: 3 hour lecture. Prerequisite: Grade
of C or better in Engineering Statics (ENR260). Co-requisite: Ordinary Differential Equations
(MAT285).
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