NC3 and Greenlee partnership introduces students to hand bending concepts, techniques, and hand bender functionality. Course content covers theory and principles of bending conduit, STEM activities connecting math to real-world layouts, functionality of hand benders and related tools, conduit characteristics, and safety and regulations. Students demonstrate proficiency by bending conduit to make 90-degree, offset, back-to-back, and saddle bends, applying mathematics to calculate and lay out the most common bends used in the electrical trades.

Hand Bending

National Coalition of Certification Centers (NC3)

Certification

Greenlee-sponsored introduction to hand bending conduits and raceways using STEM learning activities.

Format

Hybrid

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

Bend conduit with hand benders
Make 90-degree bends
Make offset and back-to-back bends
Make saddle bends
Calculate bend layouts mathematically
Apply STEM principles to conduit bending

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Mastery: developing (Level 2)(based on Certification)

Branch circuits and feeders — install routinely from prints in a commercial tenant build-out.
Service panels and subpanels — terminate and label correctly in residential and light-commercial work.
Conduit bending (EMT, IMC, rigid) — fabricate offsets and saddles independently on a multi-room install.
Common code violations — recognize and flag during rough-in inspections of commercial spaces.
Lighting controls and dimmers — wire, test, and commission in standard commercial layouts.
Grounding and bonding — execute per NEC Article 250 in single-phase residential services.
Motor starters and disconnects — install and verify rotation in light-industrial maintenance contexts.
Troubleshooting (open, short, ground fault) — isolate on familiar branch-circuit problems.
Material take-offs from prints — produce for a defined room or floor under supervision.
Apprentices on routine tasks — direct and check on day-to-day residential or commercial work.

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