Industrial Automation & Mechatronics Technician

Industrial Automation & Mechatronics Technician - 2020

Competency-based

ONET: 49-2094.00

3

Years

19

Skills

576h

Related instructions

Classroom instruction topics

Technical Communications (ENE-27/ELE-27/DFT-27)
Blueprint Reading (ENE-51/DFT-51)
Survey of Electronics (ELE-10)
Industrial Wiring and Controls (ELE-74/ELC-74/MAN-74)
Programmable Logic Controllers Using Allen Bradley PLCs (MAN-64/ELE-64)
Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Standards for General Industry (MAN-55/ELE-55)
Hydraulic and Pneumatics Systems (MAN-60)
Math for Automation (ENE-62)
Apprenticeship Work Experience (APP-450)

On-the-job training

Occupational Skills
- Study blueprints, schematics, manuals, or other specifications to determine installation procedures.
- Repair or adjust equipment, machines, or defective components, replacing worn parts, such as gaskets or seals in watertight electrical equipment.
- Maintain equipment logs that record performance problems, repairs, calibrations, or tests.
- Inspect components of industrial equipment for accurate assembly and installation or for defects, such as loose connections or frayed wires.
- Perform scheduled preventive maintenance tasks, such as checking, cleaning, or repairing equipment, to detect and prevent problems.
- Calibrate testing instruments and installed or repaired equipment to prescribed specifications.
- Examine work orders and converse with equipment operators to detect equipment problems and to ascertain whether mechanical or human errors contributed to the problems.
- Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly.
- Operate equipment to demonstrate proper use or to analyze malfunctions.
- Coordinate efforts with other workers involved in installing or maintaining equipment or components.
- Consult with customers, supervisors, or engineers to plan layout of equipment or to resolve problems in system operation or maintenance.
- Enter information into computer to copy program or to draw, modify, or store schematics, applying knowledge of software package used.
- Maintain inventory of spare parts.
- Install repaired equipment in various settings, such as industrial or military establishments.
- Develop or modify industrial electronic devices, circuits, or equipment, according to available specifications.
- Send defective units to the manufacturer or to a specialized repair shop for repair.
- Determine feasibility of using standardized equipment or develop specifications for equipment required to perform additional functions.
- Advise management regarding customer satisfaction, product performance, or suggestions for product improvements.
- Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment or software, and applying knowledge of the functional operation of electronic units and systems.