The Guild · skilled trades & applied crafts
Electrical & Plumbing
The two trades hidden in the walls — safe circuits and sound pipes, taught to code.
Circuits from panel to receptacle — conductors, boxes, and connections made safe by method.
Syllabus · 4 units · ~40 hours
Unit I — Electricity for the Trade
Voltage, current, and resistance in practice · Ohm's law at the panel · AC power in the home: 120 and 240 volts · Grounding and bonding, and why they differ
Unit II — Materials and Safety
De-energizing and verifying before work · Cable types: NM, UF, and conduit basics · Boxes, fill calculations, and connectors · Wire gauge and ampacity
Unit III — Circuits in Practice
Wiring a receptacle circuit · Switch legs: single-pole and three-way · GFCI and AFCI protection · Reading a panel schedule
Unit IV — Rough-In to Trim-Out
Laying out a room's circuits · Pulling cable and securing it to code · Making up boxes · Testing before the walls close
How the NEC is organized and how working electricians find answers in it fast.
Syllabus · 3 units · ~14 hours
Unit I — The Shape of the Code
Chapters, articles, and sections · Definitions in Article 100 · How amendments and local codes layer on
Unit II — Finding Answers
The index method versus the table method · Common lookups: ampacity, box fill, conduit fill · Working a code question end to end
Unit III — The Code in the Field
What inspectors check first · Documenting compliance · When to ask the authority having jurisdiction
Two systems in every wall — pressurized supply in, gravity drainage out, and the traps between.
Syllabus · 4 units · ~36 hours
Unit I — Water In
The service line and the meter · Pipe materials: copper, PEX, CPVC · Sizing supply lines · Valves and where to put them
Unit II — Water Out
Gravity, slope, and the quarter inch per foot · Drain, waste, and vent: three jobs, one system · Traps and the seal that keeps sewer gas out · Venting principles and common layouts
Unit III — Joining Pipe
Soldering copper · Crimping and expanding PEX · Solvent-welding PVC · Threaded connections and pipe dope
Unit IV — Fixtures
Setting a toilet · Installing a lavatory and faucet · Water heaters: tank basics and safety devices
The service call, in order — find the leak, stop the water, make the fix that lasts.
Syllabus · 2 units · ~12 hours
Unit I — Stopping the Water
Shutoffs: fixture, branch, and main · Reading a water meter for hidden leaks · Emergency triage for burst pipes
Unit II — Common Repairs
Rebuilding a running toilet · Faucet cartridges and washers · Clearing traps and short runs with an auger · When a clog means a bigger problem