Industrial Maintenance Electrician (CSI) 2018
Competency-based
4
Years
113
Skills
476h
Related instructions
Classroom instruction topics
- Cable Networking the Physical Layer
- Fiber Optic Cabling the Physical Layer
- Transistor Amplifier Circuits
- Transistor Power Amplifiers
- Transistor Feedback Circuits
- Analog Communications
- AC & DC Variable Speed Drives
- Hydraulics I & II
- Electro-Pneumatics I & II
- Instrumentation & Process Controls I
- Troubleshooting Electrical Control Circuits
- OSHA Safety with NFPA 70B
- Basic Industrial Electricity
- Motors and Controls
- Electrical Blueprints
- Basic PLCs
- Advanced PLCs
- NEC
On-the-job training
- Industrial Safety
- Acquire PPE and tools according to safety protocol
- Install lockout protective devices
- Comply with safety requirements and standards and initiate safety protocols at all times
- Identify, report & take corrective action on unsafe & out-of-compliance conditions and behaviors regarding safety
- Comply with environmental regulations
- Test for proper operation
- Return machine to service
- Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly
- Operate equipment to demonstrate proper use or to analyze malfunctions
- Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, and quality control
- Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures and strategies related to employer
- Interpret the National Electrical Code (NEC) and use its applications in the field
- Select and analyze the proper codes for any application of the code in the field
- Properly examine material safety data sheets, lockout/tag out procedures, and protective clothing
- Summarize OSHA Act/General Safety and Health Provisions according to standards
- Preventative Maintenance
- Perform preventative maintenance on the various production and warehouse systems
- Develop and upgrade preventative maintenance procedures for components, equipment, parts and systems
- Perform preventative maintenance and calibration of equipment and systems
- Perform scheduled preventative maintenance tasks, such as checking, cleaning or repairing equipment, to detect and prevent problems
- Maintain equipment logs that record performance problems, repairs, calibrations or tests
- Watching gauges, dials or other indicators to make sure machine is working properly
- Conducting tests and inspection of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance
- Test electrical equipment or systems to ensure proper functioning
- Adjust equipment to ensure optimal performance
- Maintain repair or maintenance records
- Maintain work equipment or machinery
- Maintain inventories of materials, equipment or products
- Connect a voltmeter, ammeter, wattmeter to a circuit and record readings
- Connect a DC series motor and in parallel
- Connect a capacitor, resistor and an inductor in series and calculate the voltages drop
- Define the differences between single and three phase transformers related to industry applications
- Define the differences between single and three phase motors related to industry applications
- Calculate values pertaining to three-phase motor controls and wire the same
- Analyze the basic construction of an AC axis drive control section
- Monitoring/assessing performance of machines and equipment
- Troubleshooting/Repair/Installation - Electrical Equipment
- Perform diagnostic testing and root cause analysis
- Adjust and replace defective or improperly functioning circuitry and electrical components
- Assemble, test, and maintain electrical equipment
- Identify and resolve equipment malfunctions
- Modify electrical prototypes, parts, assemblies, and systems to correct functional deviations
- Emergency repairs for temporary maintenance of service
- Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment or software, and applying knowledge of the functional operation of electronic units and systems
- Repair or adjust equipment, machines or defective components, replacing worn parts, such as gaskets or seals in watertight electrical equipment
- Inspect components of industrial equipment for accurate assembly and installation or for defects, such as loose connections or frayed wires
- Install repaired equipment in various settings, such as industrial establishments
- Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools
- Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it
- Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed
- Installing equipment, machines, wiring or programs to meet specifications
- Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning or testing machines, devices and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical)
- Inspecting equipment, structures or materials to identify the cause of erros or other problems or defects
- Inspect equipment to locate or identify electrical problems
- Install electrical components, equipment or systems
- Evaluate the different types of wire insulation
- Calculate what wire size to use for controls based on ampacity loads
- Analyze and troubleshoot solid state components in operational amplifiers (op amps)
- Analyze the basic adjustments that can be made to a velocity feedback control circuit
- Compare hardwire problems with PLC ladder diagrams
- Demonstrate troubleshooting skills using a PLC
- Troubleshooting/Repair/Installation - Mechanical Equipment
- Identify different motor control operating principles
- Properly demonstrate correct use of motors and controls
- Connect motor controllers for specific applications
- Examine work orders and converse with equipment operators to detect equipment problems and to ascertain whether mechanical or human errors contributed to the problems
- Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair and maintenance
- Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools
- Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it
- Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed
- Installing equipment, machines, wiring or programs to meet specifications
- Inspecting equipment, structures or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects
- Servicing, repairing, adjusting and testing machines, devises, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles
- Repair worn, damaged or defective mechanical parts
- Replace worn, damaged or defective mechanical parts
- Test mechanical equipment to ensure proper functioning
- Create different motor control operations and apply assignments into hardwire system
- Identify, Care and Use of Equipment & Tools of the Trade
- Calibrate testing instruments and installed or repaired equipment to prescribed specifications
- Identifying the tools needed for a job, which may include wrenches, air compressors, ammeters, articulating boom lift, calibrated resistance measuring equipment, calipers, circuit testers, conduit benders, drill bits, and more
- Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job
- Determine types of equipment, tools or materials needed for jobs
- Properly use the Volt-Ohmmeter to take measurements of resistors
- Identify and demonstrate the use of measurement instruments
- Identify and be able to test diodes, transistors, and solicon controlled rectifiers
- Identify the field and commutator on a DC motor/generator
- Programming of Equipment/Systems
- Connect and operate a general purpose AC drive
- Preventative maintenance of PLCs
- Perform diagnostic testing on PLC equipment
- Repair or install parts for PLC system and equipment
- Suggest ways to prevent future equipment malfunction or improve equipment performance
- Enter information into computer to copy program or to draw, modify or store schematics, applying knowledge of software package used
- Develop or modify industrial electronic devices, circuits or equipment, according to available specifications
- Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment and computer hardware and software, including applcations and programming
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations and the environment will affect outcomes
- Controlling operations of equipment or systems
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance
- Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes
- Calibrate equipment to specifications
- Enter codes or other information into computers
- Develop equipment or component configurations
- Draw a ladder diagram using RSLogics program in a computer
- Analyze and verify the ladder diagram using a computer
- Use the computer to communicate with the PLC
- Edit programs in a PLC that includes timers, counters and master control relays
- Interpret PLC diagram to facilitate troubleshooting of equipment input/output signals
- Demonstrated Use of Drawing, Schematics, etc.
- Study blueprints, schematics, manuals or other specifications to determine installation procedures
- Knowledge of design techniques, tools and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings and models
- Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained or used
- Interpret blueprints, specifications or diagrams to inform installation, development or operation activities
- Design series/parallel circuits
- Understand the interpretation of one line diagrams and electrical symbols pertaining to industrial controls
- Apply the electrical symbols to schematic drawings
- Infuse hydraulic symbols with electrical diagrams to complement the drawings
- Read and interpret line diagrams, signals, decisions and action
- Take readings and plot them in a chart
- Translate assignments into a ladder diagram
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