Provides practice in using basic word processing functions and features of MS Word.

Develops skills in using basic spreadsheet functions of MS Excel for business users.

Introduces general safety for a manufacturing environment while raising the awareness of the worker to the hazards around them, and how to best protect themselves while working safely. Students will earn an OSHA 30 card and confined space certificate upon completion.

Students will learn how to operate the Basic Hydraulic Trainer and draw the schematic symbols in a circuit.

Students will learn about Pascal's law and the relationship between pressure, force and area.

Students will identify different hydraulic valves and use them in an application.

Students will learn how to operate the Basic Pneumatic Trainer.

Students will understand how air compression will affect an actuator.

Students will learn how to measure voltage, current and resistance in an electrical circuit.

Students will learn how to define and calculate incuctance and capacitance in an electrical circuit.

Students will learn how to size a transformer and how to identify the step up and step down transformers.

Develops writing skills which include prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing. A variety of writing assignments is designed to help the learner analyze audience and purpose, research and organize ideas, and format and design documents based on subject matter and content. Also develops critical reading and thinking skills through the analysis of a variety of written documents.

Students will learn how to install a drive and properly align a shoaft.

Students will learn how to properly install and adjust drive components.

Students will learn about proper lubricants and seals for an application.

Students will learn about several bearing styles and common use in a gear drive application.

Students will be able to identify common air valves and understand how air logic is used.

Students will understand air filtration and component lubrication in an air circuit.

Students will learn how to identify various DCV's and use them in an application on the trainer.

Students will learn the schematic symbols of a check valve and their application.

Students will learn how to charge an accumulator and use them in an application.

Students will learn drawing symbols and understand how to interprete drawing dimensions.

Students will learn about safety, 3 phase power transformation and manual control of three phase motor control systems.

Students will learn about the types and methods of troubleshooting for 3 phase motor control systems.

Students will examine the function and troubleshooting of reversing, automatic and timer controlled industrial motor control systems.

An activity based approach is used to explore numerical relationships, graphs, proportional relationships, algebraic reasoning, and problem solving using linear, exponential and other mathematical models. Students will develop conceptual and procedural tools that support the use of key mathematical concepts in a variety of contexts. This course is not designed for Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) students and/or others who require calculus. Prerequisite: 7785478000 Principles of College Math (C or better) or Accuplacer Algebra score >=35 or UW Math Placement Basic Math Skills score >=250 or ACT Mathematics score >=18 or Tailwind Math College Math Fund score >=16.

Students will learn how to safety start a pump and proper pump installation.

Students will learn about cavitation and simulate on the pump trainer.

Students will learn how fluid enters a pump safely.

Students will learn about various piping materials and components.

Students will construct piping material and components into a circuit using a drawing.

Students will learn about the main components of a PLC and how to write a program.

Students will learn how to troubleshoot a faulty PLC program.

Students will learn how to identify a PLC input/ output and how their application.

Emphasizes understanding basic physics concepts through laboratory investigation and applications. Topics include kinematics, dynamics, work, energy, power, temperature, heat, waves, electricity, magnetism, electromagnetic waves, optics, and atomic and nuclear physics.

Provides a basic understanding of the theoretical foundations of ethical thought. Diverse ethical perspectives will be used to analyze and compare relevant issues. Students will critically evaluate individual, social and/or professional standards of behavior, and apply a systematic decision-making process to these situations.

Focuses on improving personal and job-related relationships through understanding and applying sound psychological principles. Topics include self-concept, motivation, emotions, stress management, conflict resolution, and human relation processes.

Students will explore and perform basic welding techniques.

Students will learn how to idenify circuit tags on the trainer as well as on a diagram.

Students will learn how to install PID parameters.

Students will change parameters in a program to maintain fluid levels.

Students will learn how to follow a PM checklist and understand the importance of using proper safety protocol.

Students will learn how to create a PM checklist and develop a maintenance interval for an industrial machine.

Common core competency project

Focuses upon developing speaking, verbal and nonverbal communications, and listening skills through individual presentations, groups activities, and other projects.