Electrical & Industrial Maintenance Technology

The courses name says it all. This course will introduce to some of the trades you will be working with on a construction site. Including Carpenters, Plumbers, Ironworkers, HVACR, Sheet rockers, Masons, Welders, Crane operators, etc. 

The construction crafts require a broad array of hand and power tools. Even if you are familiar with some of the tools, all craftworkers need to learn how to select, maintain, and use them safely. It also provides guidance in listening to understand and speak with clarity, it also explains how to use and understand written materials. This module provides rigging operations, various rigging equipment, common hitches that are used along with emergency hand stop signals. Guidelines for the proper PPE’s for the material being handled, proper procedures, and techniques. Discussion on how to prepare to gainfully become employed by skills, knowledge of the construction industry and potential employers operate.

This module is where the students dive into the NEC (National Electrical Code), AC current, AC circuits, load calculations, residential wiring, electrical lighting, electrical standards, AED/First Aid/CPR certification will be included in this module.

This is where the students learn about different types of conduits (EMT, PVC, IMT, RMC, FMC, etc.), wireways, raceways. Hand bending, machine bending conduit, heat bending PVC, saddle bends, offsets, fittings, conductor installations.

This module is where students learn about electrical test equipment, circuit breakers, fuses, over and under current devices, troubleshooting electrical circuits, power relations, circuit breakers and fuses.

The focus of this course is to help students identify and troubleshoot basic PC hardware and software components. Students will have the opportunity to apply the concepts learned through hands-on projects that simulate real-life scenarios. The course will also cover the use of computer applications in low-voltage industries, including installation and configuration of application software. Additionally, students will learn how to install and configure specialized hardware components. They will also learn how to network multiple computers together and connect them to a central computer.

Intro to electrical circuits, DC (direct current) breadboards, resistors, ohm’s law, atomic and basic electrical theory, switching devices, timers, DC motors, ohm’s law, power equations, OSHA 10, Kirchhoff’s law. Parallel - series circuits

This module is where the students dive into the NEC (National Electrical Code), AC current, AC circuits, load calculations, residential wiring, electrical lighting, electrical standards, AED/First Aid/CPR certification will be included in this module.

In this course, students will learn single phase, alternating current, electrical theory and principles, and their application to energy technology and power generation systems. Students will learn (AC) electrical circuit schematics and design, including AC electrical component operation, electrical fundamentals, circuit calculation, circuit design, circuit construction, and proper procedures for testing for advanced electrical functions and troubleshooting. Students will demonstrate complete lab projects, with the use of schematics, troubleshooting electrical faults, disassembly of components for repair, testing, and inspections.

This module is where students learn operating principles of contactors, relays, mechanical and solid state devices, control devices, PLC’s, motors theory and applications. 

In this course, students will utilize the prior learning from DC and AC Electrical Theory for advancing their knowledge of more sophisticated electrical circuits troubleshooting electrical controls like; Programmable Logic Controllers, (PLC’s), Variable Frequency Drives, (VFD’s) and 3 phase power usage. 3 phase motors, transformers and control circuits will be built to support the student’s practical knowledge. Students will demonstrate complete lab projects, with the use of schematics, troubleshooting electrical faults, disassembly of components for repair, testing, and inspections. 

This course is to prepare students for the different match calculation involved in these trades, everything from multiplication, division, adding and subtracting, fractions, volumes, and shapes. They will learn about the different types of drawings and blueprints and how to interpret them. It will be also where they learn about safety on the jobsite and electrical safety, Lockout Tagout, it is also where the students will learn NFPA70e Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace.

In this course, students will use obtained knowledge from prior course content to build up their programming foundations to an industrial control level. Programming will be explored in reference to industry specific control applications such as manufacturing and process control along with additional practical applications. Students will be required to demonstrate their knowledge and skills by completing lab projects which will be further developed for future applications in this program.

In this course, students will be introduced to instrumentation and control theory, design, components, and applications. This gives the students an initial look into functional control loops, sensors, and transducer calibration as well as adjustable control parameters such as the proportional, integral, and derivatives. Students will learn the processes involved with monitoring and controlling of equipment. This course will inform students of utilization and testing of instrumentation and control components. Students will be evaluated on their knowledge of control and instrumentation devices commonly used in the industry.

This course will introduce students to the industrial robots, basic programming methods, safety and maintenance involved with these robots. Students will learn the benefits and needs of integration into robotic systems along with basic of tools need to do the integration. Students will also demonstrate skills learned through lab projects and testing.

This course will build upon many of the skills learned throughout the program. In this course, students will continue to learn about electrical and mechanical relationships and connection used in the electrical mechanical engineering domain with emphasis on industrial and manufacturing applications. This will reinforce earlier concepts learned in the program. Students will also demonstrate skills learned by connecting electrical mechanical systems and testing operation. They will work on projects such as robot guidance, inspection, data collection through vision systems, interface, and communication among other projects. Students will demonstrate management and maintenance of equipment and will be evaluated based on their knowledge through testing and lab projects.