Appliance Repair

Instruction Sets
Your program consists of six Instruction Sets which will take you step-by-step through the techniques and skills you'll use in your new career.

Here's how it works
Your first Instruction Set will be sent immediately after your enrollment has been accepted. Other Instruction Sets will follow as you complete your exams, so that you will always have training materials to work with. Here is an overview of what you'll learn and the order in which you'll receive your lessons.

Instruction Set 1

• Learning Strategies
  • The advantages of learning at home, types of study materials, types of examinations, accessing and using the features of our website, determining what kind of learner you are, establishing a study schedule, using study tips, preparing for and taking examinations.
• Electric Appliance Tools and Testers
  • Your career in appliance repair, safety in your work, tools needed.

Instruction Set 2

• Testing Electric Appliances
  • About electricity, test appliance circuits, tests in combination circuits.
• Solenoids, Relays, and Motors
  • Solenoids, split-phase motors, capacitor-start motors, permanent magnetic DC motors.
• Supplement: How Appliances are Changing

Instruction Set 3

• Electric Heating Appliances and Fans
  • Working with line cords and plugs, electric room heaters, combination of heating elements.
• Cooking Appliances
  • Coffee-making appliances, table ovens, miscellaneous cooking appliances
• Motor-Driven Small Appliances
  • Gear-driven small appliances, appliances with reciprocating motion,
    wet/dry vacuums, wet carpet cleaners.
• Electric Power Tools
  • Electric drills and power drivers, electric jigsaws, electric sanders, power drills, power drivers, polishers and grinders.
• Supplement: Lawn and Garden Equipment

Instruction Set 4

• Electric Ranges and Water Heaters
  • Electric ranges, testing and repairing ranges, electric water heaters.
• Electric Washing Machines
  • Electric washing machine parts and circuits, washing machine troubleshooting.
• Electric Clothes Dryers, Dishwashers, Compactors, and Disposals
  • Electric clothes dryers, repairing trash compactors and garbage disposals.
• Learning Aids:
  • Digital Multimeter
  • Multimeter Operation Manual

Instruction Set 5

• Microwave Ovens — Part 1
  • Microwave fundamentals, principles of operations and construction.
• Microwave Ovens — Part 2
  • Microwave repair, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Supplement: Cordless Appliances
• Learning Aid: Multi-Tip Screwdriver Bit Set

Instruction Set 6

• Electric Refrigeration
  • Electric refrigerators, main parts, testing and servicing mechanical parts of refrigeration systems, domestic freezers.
• Air Conditioners, Dehumidifiers, and Air Cleaners
  • Operating principles and servicing air conditioners, dehumidifying and humidifying systems, heat pumps.
• Your Career in Appliance Repair
  • Your shop, business equipment, starting your own business.
• Supplements:
  • Starting a Mobile Business
  • Service Parts Locator

Graduation Set (Sent to you when all program requirements and financial obligations have been met.)

• Pliers Set
• Circuit Tester
• Electrical Repair Kit
• Flashlight
• AC Amp Clamp; Amp Clamp Instruction Manual
• Toolbox
  

We reserve the right to change program content and materials when it becomes necessary.

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