Electrician

Electrician — page 1 — Published in the United States of America by Cherry Lake Publishing Ann Arbor Michigan www cherrylakepublishing com Content Adviser Matt Whybark Vedder Electric Ann Arbor Michigan Reading Adviser Marla Conn MS Ed Literacy specialist Read-Ability Inc Photo Credits Phovoir Shutterstock cover 1 11 Jupiterimages Thinkstock 5 Everett Historical Shutterstock 6 Polonez Shutterstock 8 Alexander Gatsenko istock 9 goodluz Shutterstock 10 Constantine Androsoff Shutterstock 13 CHAINFOTO24 Shutterstock 14 John Kroetch istock 16 Lisa F Young istock 19 NathanMarx istock 20 Monkey Business Images Shutterstock 22 SolStock istock 25 Praphan Jampala Shutterstock 26 Gary Whitton Shutterstock 28 Copyright 2017 by Cherry Lake Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher references and index Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names Labrecque Ellen author Title Electrician Ellen Labrecque Description Ann Arbor Michigan Cherry Lake Publishing 2016 Series Cool vocational careers Audience Grades 4-6 Includes bibliographical Identifiers LCCN 2015046146 ISBN 9781634710626 hardcover Subjects LCSH Electricians Juvenile literature Electrical engineering Vocational guidance Juvenile literature Classification LCC TK159 L33 2016 DDC 621 319 24 023 dc23 LC record available at http lccn loc gov 2015046146 ISBN 9781634712606 pbk ISBN 9781634711616 pdf ISBN 9781634713597 ebook Cherry Lake Publishing would like to acknowledge the work of the Partnership for 21st Century Learning Please visit www p21 org for more information Printed in the United States of America Corporate Graphics ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ellen Labrecque is a freelance writer living in Yardley Pennsylvania Previously she was a senior editor at Sports Illustrated Kids Ellen loves to travel and then learn about new places and people she can write about in her books

Electrician — page 2 — TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Light It Up 4 CHAPTER 2 On the Job 12 CHAPTER 3 Becoming an Electrician 18 CHAPTER 4 The Future Is Bright 24 THINK ABOUT IT 30 FOR MORE INFORMATION 31 GLOSSARY 32 INDEX 32

Electrician — page 3 — CHAPTER 1 Light It Up Imagine a world of darkness a place where light comes only from fire and the sun What kind of world would that be Actually it’s the world that people lived in for most of human history It’s the world before humans discovered electricity Electricity has only been used during the past 100 to 150 years Yet think of how important it has become in that time We would not be able to light our homes and businesses without it We need it to power the electronics we use every day Computers TVs and air conditioners run on electricity So do machines in hospitals Don’t forget about equipment in factories You can probably think of many more things that would not work without electricity

Electrician — page 4 — Photo Caption Most people use electrical devices every day

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