Division of Business and Technology
An academic division of the College of Southern Maryland.
Electric Power Technician
Award: Associate of Applied Science degree
Number of credits required: 61
Locations: LAPL, PRIN
Offered: days and evenings
Contact: Jeff Tjiputra, Chair
Description:
This program is offered through a partnership between the College of Southern Maryland, which provides the general education courses, and Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO), which provides the technical courses. Individuals must be employed by SMECO to participate in the technical courses. Successful students will be prepared for electrical power technician careers ranging from apprentice to journeyperson.
Graduates will be prepared to repair, maintain, install, and service a power distribution system to residential homes and commercial businesses. Technical courses adhere to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations. In addition to the technical courses offered at SMECO, students complete general education requirements designed to develop skills in writing, computing, managing personnel, and communicating.
Students who choose this curriculum should recognize that the specialized courses may not transfer to most four-year colleges. Credits for the technical courses will be transferred into the college based upon the recommendations of the American Council of Education as published in the current edition of the National Guide to Education Credit for Training Programs.
The maximum number of credits accepted in transfer from other institutions to this program is 45.
REQUIRED COURSES (offered at CSM):
| Number | Title | Credits |
| ACC 2010 | Principles of Accounting I | 3 |
| BAD 1210 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| BAD 1680 | Customer Relations | 3 |
| COM 1450 | Groups, Teams, and Leadership | 3 |
| ECN 1015 | Introduction to Business in a Market Economy | 3 |
| ENG 1010 | Composition and Rhetoric | 3 |
| ENV 1300 | Environmental Science (lecture & lab) | 4 |
| ITS 1015 | The Information Age: Emerging Technologies | 3 |
| Mathematics elective | ||
| Acceptable: See General Education Courses listing | 3 | |
| Electives: | ||
| Acceptable: See General Education Courses listing | 3 | |
REQUIRED COURSES (offered at SMECO):
| Number | Title | Credits |
| EPT 1110 | Industrial Safety | 2 |
| EPT 1120 | Rural Electrification History and Trends | 2 |
| EPT 1130 | Electrical Construction I | 2 |
| EPT 1140 | Advanced Safety Practices | 2 |
| EPT 1150 | Basic Electricity | 2 |
| EPT 1160 | Electrical Construction II | 2 |
| EPT 1170 | Instrumentation for Electrical Power | 2 |
| EPT 1180 | AC Circuitry | 2 |
| EPT 1190 | High Voltage Electric Theory | 2 |
| EPT 1200 | High Voltage Power Troubleshooting | 3 |
| EPT 2000 | High Voltage Distribution (lecture and lab) | 4 |
| EPT 2010 | High Voltage Distribution Technology | 3 |
| EPT 2020 | Advanced Industrial Safety | 2 |
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:
electric power technician