This course is an entry-level course in the Industrial Maintenance Program. Topics will include alternating and direct currents, including circuit basics, construction, and testing of industrial electrical circuits and applications for relays, transformers, and relay ladder logic. Fundamentals of industrial electronics and solid state devices will be studied, in addition to magnetism, dc and ac motors, and their applications. Other topics will be digital electronics, standards and codes.

This course is an entry level course in the Industrial Maintenance Program. Topics to be studied will be industrial machining to include the lathe and milling machines. Other topics will be GMAW, SMAW, and GTAW welding (mig, stick, and tig). Industrial safety and preventative maintenance are studied.

Topics will be GMAW, STAW, and GTAW welding (mig, stick, and tig). Industrial safety and preventative maintenance are studied. Practical applications will be in creating projects in steel and stainless steel using all three modes of welding. Students will become competent in all three modes.

This is a course in industrial computers and Programmable Logic Controllers. The student will be able to use a personal computer to identify parts of a PLC, program and troubleshoot the PLC upon completion of this course.

The function and application of programmable logic controllers. Topics covered include bit-level instructions, timers, counters, compare instructions, PID control, data manipulation, sequencers, I/O configuration, electrical wiring of PLC hardware, memory organization, documentation, and troubleshooting. Lab exercises will provide hands-on activities with hardware and software used in the industry.

Advanced course in the function and application of programmable logic controllers. Topics covered include arrays, analog and digital I/O configuration, memory organization, data manipulation, sequencer functions, math instructions, array instructions, subroutines, programs, tasks, produce/consume tags, load cells and weigh scales, remote I/O, and networked applications.

Methods of automatic measurement and control used in industrial applications. Study of open and closed loop control systems. Loop controllers and programmable logic controllers. Closed loop control block diagrams. Sensing elements, transmitters, transducers, controllers, and final control elements. PID control theory, system response curves, and basic tuning principles. Wiring, programming, operating, and troubleshooting closed loop control systems and the devices they consist of.

The theory and application of instrumentation in the manufacturing industry. Interpreting process documentation such as P&IDs and loop diagrams. Measurement and transmission of process variables such as temperature, pressure, level, and flow. Analog signal transmission, engineering units, scaling, programmable logic controllers, instrument calibration, diagnostic strategies, control valves, and process safety.

This course is designed to instruct the student in the design, repair, and specification of the industrial mechanical equipment. Topics to be studied will be mechanical power transmission equipment, gear reducers, chains and belts, pumps, compressors, and motors. The student will learn to repair equipment according to new equipment manufacturers standards.

The course provides an introduction to the basic methods used to treat water supplies for domestic drinking water purposes. The course introduces and works with the supporting water treatment principles, operations and maintenance considerations and water-related mathematics. The course fulfills the specialized education/training requirement that is necessary for water treatment plant or distribution system operator certification by State Water Resources Control Board. The course prepares students for the Grade T1 and T2 water treatment plant operator certification exams.

The course provides an introduction to the basic methods used to treat domestic and industrial wastewater prior to disposal and/or reuse. The course introduces and works with the supporting wastewater treatment principles, operations and maintenance considerations and wastewater related mathematics. The course fulfills the educational point requirement that is necessary prior to State Water Resources Control Board operator certification. The course prepares students for the Grade 1 and 2 operator certification exams.

This course offers theory and application of solid state devices used to control industrial machinery. The devices include power supplies, smart relays, variable frequency drive motor controllers, DC motor controllers, sensors, and discrete and analog input and output modules. Programming of the common proprietary languages will be covered as well as troubleshooting and repair of the devices.

This course offers instruction in the practice and theory of SMAW (stick) welding. This course also offers practice and theory in gas and plasma arc cutting. The student will be able to make welds in mild steel and stainless steel.

This course offers instruction in fluid power as used in an industrial environment. The course covers theory of fluid power, system design, troubleshooting, and repair of both hydraulic and pneumatic systems. A hands-on lab provides job-ready experience and skills for students.

This course in PLC is for technicians and will involve wiring, installation, and programming at an intermediate level.

Operation and programming of industrial robots used in manufacturing processes. Study of automated robot work cells, servo motors, servo drives, closed-loop control, PLC control of servo systems, and safety devices.

This course covers methods of electric motor control using variable speed drives. Students will install, wire, program, and troubleshoot variable speed drive applications. Lab activities will be provided with equipment and software used in the industry.

The theory and implementation of industrial automation networks, including digital data, industrial control networks, instrumentation and process control bus and network standards.

This is a capstone course which utilizes the knowledge and skills gained from all of the courses of the Industrial Automation program. The student will design and implement an automated process that incorporates the program curriculum to produce a functional industrial automation system using hardware and software used in industry.