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Industrial Automation Fundamentals Certificate of Achievement


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The Industrial Automation Fundamentals Certificate of Achievement trains workers for entry-level employment and provides skill upgrading for existing workers in companies related to Industrial Automation. Typical jobs include: Automation Control Specialist/Technician, Motion Control Specialist/Technician, Industrial Control Specialist/Technician, Electrical and/or Electronics Engineering Technician, ElectroMechanical Technician, Industrial Engineering Technician, and Mechanical Engineering Technician. Major topics include: electronics fundamentals, microcontroller programming and interfacing, robotics fundamentals (theory, construction, and programming), modern manufacturing processes and techniques, and basics of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) programming.

Program Student Learning Outcomes


Students who complete this program will be able to:

  • Demonstrate knowledge of common electronic components, circuits, and test equipment: identify, describe, and determine the performance of common electronic components and circuits and properly use electronics test equipment to measure the performance.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of common microcontrollers, software for programming them, and hardware interfacing with sensors: program a microcontroller to acquire information from sensors, perform analysis, and properly control an electronic circuit or system.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of common industrial robots, including their hardware, software, and sensors: program a robot to perform specified tasks and respond properly to position and environmental sensors.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of how common materials are used in modern manufacturing: identify and describe the processing steps for metals, plastics, composites, and other common materials.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the major steps in Computer Numerical Control (CNC) programming: identify and describe CNC milling, programming, cycles, and completion of the production run.

REQUIRED CORE:

Course ID Title Units
ET 133   DC and AC Fundamentals 4
ET 200  * Digital Signal Processing and Microcontrollers 4
ET 114  * Digital Electronic Circuits 4
ET 201   Robotics Fundamentals 2
MFG 203   Introduction to Manufacturing Processes 2
MFG 207   CNC Computer Numerical Control Programming I 3

TOTAL UNITS FOR THE CERTIFICATE:


19

*Course has a prerequisite, corequisite, limitation, or recommended preparation; see course description.
 

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