Overview and Award Outcomes
Overview
The Industrial Maintenance Mechanic performs routine maintenance on production equipment such as die casting, plastic manufacturing, food processing, machining and automated woodworking equipment. The job responsibilities include adjusting machines, scheduling preventative maintenance, changing filters, troubleshooting and repairing production machines.
The Industrial Maintenance Mechanic must be able to complete detailed tasks in today`s high speed production environment. The mechanic will read electrical, fluid power and mechanical schematics to ensure machines are operating efficiently.
Award Outcomes
- Demonstrate teamwork
- Adhere to Occupational Safety & Health Administration (O.S.H.A.) safety guidelines and practices
- Identify components that are utilized in the fluid power industry
- Apply engineering concepts as they relate to fluid power applications
- Employ fluid power best-practices methods when troubleshooting and repairing fluid power systems
- Apply National Electrical Manufacturers Association (N.E.M.A.) and International Electrotechnical Commission (I.E.C.) electrical standards and practices as they relate to electrical concepts and equipment
- Utilize calculations as they relate to the design of efficient fluid power applications
- Examine engineering design practices as they relate to the transmission of power
- Develop programmable logic controller (PLC) programs using Boolean algebra methods and computer software applications
- Integrate electrical, programmable logic controller (PLC) and electronic hardware with motion control components
- Instrument fluid power systems
- Utilize data acquisition methods when analyzing fluid power application efficiency
- Produce engineering drawings and schematics using American National Standards Institute (ANSI), International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and industry symbols and standards
- Use applied physics to investigate power transmission methods
- Collaborate with others to create a capstone project that utilizes the engineering portfolio concept