Industrial Automation Certificate of Achievement

Program Description

Students will be prepared for high paying careers in the many existing and future automated manufacturing plants, smart warehouses, and high technology distribution and material handling centers, usually located near major railroad hubs, airports, and interstate freeways. Nearly every product in the supply chain is processed through a complex network of automated material handling, transportation, and logistics centers. This certificate program focuses on the electronic technology responsible for monitoring, controlling, and actuating automated processes involved with all phases of material processing, packaging, and handling systems. Students will be equipped with technical information on mechanical, electrical, analog and digital electronics, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Programmable Automation Controllers (PACs), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, fluid power systems, computer hardware and software, networking, interfacing, robotics, sensors and actuators typically used in automated equipment.

The pathway below represents an efficient and effective course taking sequence for this program.  Individual circumstances might require some changes to this pathway.  It is always recommended that you meet with an academic counselor to develop a personalized educational plan.

Division

Applied Technology, Transportation & Culinary Arts

Department

Electricity/Electronics

Career and Academic Pathway (CAP)

Manufacturing, Industry, Transportation

Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Create Radio Frequency identification (RFID) and optical bar-code reading and communication systems.

  2. Use PLCs, VFDs, and HMIs in the design, configuration and control of conveyor belt systems for the supply chain industry.

  3. Compose written documents on occupation safety and health in general industry, demonstrating a high level of competency.

  4. Use quantitative measurement of electrical circuit parameters; assemble and test, both direct current (DC), and alternating current (AC), series, parallel, and combination series parallel circuits.

  5. Deliver formal presentations as required by technicians working the field of supply chain technology, on a variety of subjects, to a wide range of audiences.

Program Map

GE General Education
O Available Online
Program Requirement
P Program Prerequisites

1st Semester

6 units
ELECTR 110
Direct Current Circuit Analysis
This is a comprehensive course in direct current circuit analysis including Ohm's law, series and parallel circuit analysis, voltage and current dividers, DC meters, Kirchhoff's laws, magnetic circuits, and network theorems.

Course Details:

  1. Corequisite: ELECTR 111
ELECTR 111
Direct Current Circuit Laboratory
This course is the laboratory complement to ELECTR 110 including experiments reinforcing the theory of electricity and the necessary technical skills.

Course Details:

  1. Corequisite: ELECTR 110
OSHA 035
Federal OSHA Outreach: General Industry Safety
This course provides outreach training and gives general industry workers information about rights, employer responsibilities, how to identify, abate, avoid and prevent job- related hazards on a job site. Lessons will emphasize hazard identification, avoidance, control and prevention of illness, injury, or death. Successful completion may qualify students for the Federal OSHA minimum 30-hour General Industry card.

Course Details:

  1. Departmental Advisory: Federal OSHA requires each student be 18 years of age in order to qualify for an OSHA card.

2nd Semester

8 units
ELECTR 115
Alternating Current Circuit Analysis
This course is an in depth analysis of alternating current circuits to include AC generation and transformation, inductance and inductive circuits, capacitance and capacitive circuits, time constants, rectangular and polar notation, AC circuit analysis, resonance, and filters.

Course Details:

  1. Prerequisite: ELECTR 110
    2. and
  2. Prerequisite: ELECTR 111
  3. Corequisite: ELECTR 116
ELECTR 116
Alternating Current Circuit Laboratory
This course is the laboratory complement to ELECTR 115 including skill training in reading and interpreting measurements on an oscilloscope, using QT boards, function generators, and other test equipment.

Course Details:

  1. Prerequisite: ELECTR 110
    2. and
  2. Prerequisite: ELECTR 111
  3. Corequisite: ELECTR 115
ELECTR 265
Digital Logic Design
This course covers combinational logic utilizing Boolean algebra and the binary numbering system.  Topics include Karnaugh maps, truth tables, coding, switching circuits, converters, logic circuit elements, timers, digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital conversions, decoders, multiplexers, demultiplexers, and displays.

Course Details:

3rd Semester

12 units
ELEC 215C
Electrical Control of Hydraulic-Pneumatic Systems
This course introduces hydraulic/pneumatic fundamentals, principle of electrical control of hydraulic/pneumatic systems, electrical concepts of ladder diagrams, functional systems of electrical/hydraulic/pneumatic sequencing of actuators, industrial applications, industrial-type hydroelectric and electro pneumatic circuits, and troubleshooting electrically-controlled hydraulic/pneumatic systems.

Course Details:

  1. Prerequisite: ELECTR 115
    2. and
  2. Prerequisite: ELECTR 116
ELEC 217C
Industrial Electricity
This course covers the study of DC motors, single and polyphase AC motors, and the necessary controls and measuring equipment used for industrial circuit protection and switching equipment.

Course Details:

  1. Prerequisite: ELECTR 115
    2. and
  2. Prerequisite: ELECTR 116
ELEC 218C
Controlling Industrial Electricity
This course covers the study of DC, AC, and polyphase motor operation, mechanical and programmable machine controls, relays and programmable logic controllers (PLCs), ladder logic diagrams and the communication network linking the programmer, the controller, the laptop computer and the machine.

Course Details:

  1. Prerequisite: ELECTR 115
    2. and
  2. Prerequisite: ELECTR 116

4th Semester

7 units
ELEC 219C
Industrial Electronic Systems Controls II
This course examines system application of industrial electronic systems (PLC) including industrial production and processes, automation, and programmable motor controllers. Emphasis is on programmable logic controllers.

Course Details:

  1. Prerequisite: ELEC 218C
ELEC 101
Supply Chain Technology
This course is an industrial technology overview covering the basic knowledge and skills needed for supply chain technicians to successfully work in automated factories, warehouses, and distribution centers. Introduction to the troubleshooting and maintenance of complex electromechanical systems is a major focus of this class.

Course Details:

  1. Prerequisite: ELECTR 110
  2. Prerequisite: ELECTR 111