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	2024-2025 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG] 																	 
	    Industrial Automation and Maintenance, A.T.S.
					
						
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				Major Code: (94217) 
Learning Outcomes
The successful student will: 
	- have a working knowledge of AC and DC circuits.
 
	- be familiar with basic electrical test equipment such as multi-meters, oscilloscopes, power supplies and meggers
 
	- be familiar with electrical safety practices and arc flash hazard protection.
 
	- be able to test common industrial electrical components using manufacturers test procedures and basic electrical test equipment.
 
	- be capable of troubleshooting common industrial control circuits.
 
	- be capable of troubleshooting programmable logic control circuits.
 
	- be familiar with closed loop feedback process control systems and related electrical components.
 
	- begin preparation for the Certified Electronics Technician examination (CET).
 
	- demonstrate the habit of practicing safety rules and regulations, including lock/out-tag/out, on a continuous basis.
 
	- read and interpret control circuit ladder diagrams.
 
 
			 
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		General Education must include:
 Total General Education hours: 29
 Major Area required courses
 Total Major Area hours: 36
 Additional Academic Requirements
 Graduation requires students to achieve a 2.00 overall grade point average in all Electronics courses and a 2.00 overall grade point average in all coursework in order to receive an associate’s degree.  To view and/or print a copy of the Electronics-Industrial Automation & Maintenance Fact sheet, which includes a suggested course sequence; visit the program’s website at https://www.rio.edu/academics/find-your-program/industrial-technology  													 | 
												 
											 
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