Electrical power program gets financial jolt

By TAYLOR BROWN

tbrown@yourmvi.com

Students in the Electrical Power Technology Program at the Mon Valley Career and Technology Center in Speers have received support to increase their skills and enhance their education.

A $1,000 grant from the Mon Valley Alliance Foundation and the FirstEnergy Foundation will help students from six area school districts enrolled in the program.

The Electrical Power Technology career pathway is a three-year program that offers hands-on application, state-of-the-art technologies and an individualized curriculum for students who learn to design, install, troubleshoot and test residential, commercial and industrial electrical apparatus and electrical circuits. 

Students train in entry-level power line safety, utility pole climbing and underground utility work and gain experience fixing residential electrical issues, performing routine maintenance throughout the school and completing live work projects using virtual motor control circuit design and Delmars Industrial Motor Control.

Upon completion, students are prepared for an entry-level position as a construction electrician or maintenance electrician or use earned applicable credits to enter into post-secondary education, with an advantage to enter the Power Systems Institute through FirstEnergy as a lineman.

The Electrical Power Technology program is one of 12 programs offered at the CTC, which is has been attended since 1972 by students from Bentworth, Bethlehem-Center, California, Charleroi, Monessen and Ringgold school districts. 

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