Power Generation Design and Function

SCED Code: 20904

Virginia Extended Description: II

Suggested Grade Level: 10, 11

Duration: 36 Weeks

Hours: 140

Credits: 1

Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Power Generation

OSHA Compliance Required?: No

CTSO: TSA

Non-Traditional?: F

In this advanced course, students use hands-on applications like designing circuits, generation systems, and modeling system parts to deepen their knowledge of concepts and policies related to power generation. They explore symptoms of trouble and possible solutions. Students use and interpret engineering and technical drawings and schematics. They explore emerging trends and consider how power generation affects society and the environment. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.

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Course Sequences

A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.

Fundamentals of Power Generation (36 Weeks)

Industry Credentials (Only apply to 36-week courses)

Career Clusters

Pathway	Occupation
Energy Sustainability and Efficiency	Electrical Engineers Electricians Environmental Engineers Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Fuels Production	Chemical Engineers Chemists Continuous Mining Machine Operators First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, All Other Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians Petroleum Engineers Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas Wellhead Pumpers
Power Generation	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Mechanical Engineers Nuclear Engineers Nuclear Power Reactor Operators Nuclear Technicians Solar Photovoltaic Installers
Transmission and Distribution	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters Power Distributors and Dispatchers Wind Turbine Service Technicians

Pathway	Occupation
Engineering & Technology	Chemical Engineers Civil Engineers Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians Computer Hardware Engineers Computer Programmers Electrical and Electronics Drafters Electrical Engineers Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians Environmental Engineers Mechanical Drafters Mechanical Engineers Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians Network and Computer Systems Administrators Nuclear Engineers Petroleum Engineers Power Plant Operators Statisticians Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
Science & Mathematics	Chemists Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers Occupational Health and Safety Specialists

Pathway

Occupation

Engineering & Technology

Chemical Engineers
Civil Engineers
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Computer Hardware Engineers
Computer Programmers
Electrical and Electronics Drafters
Electrical Engineers
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians
Environmental Engineers
Mechanical Drafters
Mechanical Engineers
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Network and Computer Systems Administrators
Nuclear Engineers
Petroleum Engineers
Power Plant Operators
Statisticians
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

Science & Mathematics

Chemists
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists

Pathway	Occupation
Health, Safety, & Environmental Management
Logistics Planning & Management Services
Transportation Systems/Infrastructure Planning, Management & Regulation	Civil Engineers Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

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Power Generation Design and Function

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Industry Credentials (Only apply to 36-week courses)

Career Clusters

Energy

Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics

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