Overview and Award Outcomes
Overview
The Manufacturing Support Technician Level I occupational certificate will provide students with the skills needed to build a base knowledge of manufacturing equipment, operating practices, and is generally suited for entry-level positions. The award introduces hydraulics, pneumatics, industrial electricity, ladder logic, relay control circuits, electrical motor operation, electrical motor control circuits, and programmable logic controls. Graduates can use the knowledge gained within this award to build upon future manufacturing career paths, leading to higher-level positions within manufacturing, production support, fluid power, and maintenance mechanic.
Award Outcomes
- Demonstrate teamwork
- Demonstrate safe shop safety practices
- Solve fluid power mathematical formulas
- Identify components that are utilized in the fluid power industry
- Experiment with various components utilized in the fluid power industry
- Solve electrical mathematical formulas
- Construct electrical circuits
- Utilize tools to examine and troubleshoot electrical circuits
- 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
- 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