Course Details/Schedule

Day 1

• Measuring voltage, current, power (wattage), power factors, and resistance in AC and DC circuits
• Testing solid state components
• Resetting circuit breaker after overload
• Testing and replacing faulty electrical control components
• Installing electric motors
• Defining theory of Ohm’s law
• Wiring low voltage (less than 110 volts) control circuit
• Installing raceways and wiring on equipment

Day 2

• Installing PLC
• Installing motor control circuitry on equipment
• Installing variable speed AC/DC drive on equipment
• Maintaining proper ground requirements
• Determining appropriate types of motors for a given mechanical load and determine the over-current protection
• Interfacing a robot to external peripheral equipment
• Electrical Electronic Mechanic
• Measuring synchronous data communication equipment

Day 3

• Installing pre-manufactured fiber optics lines
• Ordering materials needed for a job
• Recording preventive maintenance activities
• Observing corrective maintenance/repair on machinery
• Interpreting charts, table, and graphs
• Understanding the principles of quality assurance
• Participating in the implementation of quality assurance programs

Day 4

• Identifying the effects of continuous quality improvement
• Utilizing problem solving and critical thinking techniques to identify and solve problems
• Discussing data collection techniques for the quality assurance and problem solving process
• Identifying opportunities for applying problem solving skills
• Discussing different types of drawings
• Interpreting drawings
• Interpreting symbols

Day 5

• Identifying types of measuring instruments
• Using appropriate measurement instrument for a measurement task
• Reading measuring instruments
• Identifying the appropriate formula and units for a measurement task
• Differentiating between English and Metric measurement systems, when necessary
• Communicating measurements using proper symbols or words
• The importance of calibration