Mechatronics Junior Technician Apprentice
Competency-based
ONET: 17-3024.00
1
Years
55
Skills
350h
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Curriculum
- Industrial Safety/PPE/First Aid/NFPA70e/Lockout-Tag out-LOTO
- Fundamentals of electricity; including voltage, current, resistance, and power; circuit wiring and electrical measurements.
- Operate, install, design, and troubleshoot three phase electric motors, as well as their control circuits.
- Wiring power and control circuits in an industrial electrical control cabinet; Wire sizes, types, and proper routing.
- Equipment mounting and leveling chain drive, belt drive and gear drive fundamentals, installation, maintenance and alignment.
- Advanced topics in chain and belt drive systems; Advanced coupling of shafts; Lubrication.
- Basic concepts of using compressed air in industrial applications: air powered motors and cylinders and their control systems.
- Pneumatic control circuits and system maintenance.
- Calculating and measuring force outputs in pneumatic systems and vacuum system operation.
- Principals of using compressed oil in an industrial environment; Hydraulic cylinders and motors, and their control systems.
- Safely controlling system pressure and actuator sequence.
- Electrical control systems and control devices, power devices, control relays, sequencing control, timer control, pressure control applications, and circuit applications.
- Identify and install components used in pneumatic and hydraulic system construction; Hose and pipe types, fitting types including thread types and sizes.
- How to test for failures in each type of pneumatic component while the component is still attached to the system.
- Methodical troubleshooting procedures.
- PLC Orientation, PLC Operation & Communication, Monitoring PLC Operation, Nonvolatile Memory and Memory Backup
- Capstone Project
On-the-job training
- Follows work processes closely to ensure a safe environment.
- Identifies contact points within organization.
- Follows company policies and regulations.
- Recognizes safety, health and environmental requirements.
- Recognizes safety machinery procedures.
- Communicates and works well within a team environment.
- Ensure proper communication between shifts, operations and supervision.
- Establishes trust and rapport with operators, supervisors and others.
- Willingly asks questions about things not fully understood.
- Maintains proper documentation, logs and calibration records.
- Regards the safety of others by assisting and teaching.
- Willingly asks questions when not fully understood.
- Reliably follows the instructions of others.
- Works capably with technical documentation.
- Reads and interprets vendor information.
- Reads and interprets Process & Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) and process and control loop drawings.
- Reads and interprets electrical drawings.
- Reads and interprets fluid power (hydraulics/pneumatics) drawings.
- Reads and interprets mechanical drawings.
- Works capably with a computer.
- Installs and uses anti-virus software according to security policy.
- Adds user accounts to a PC.
- Uses a tablet device.
- Access the internet to retrieve information, configures wired and wireless networking. Installs applications.
- Uses basic computer office tools.
- Uses a PC with appropriate Windows or Linux operating systems.
- Installs and sets up a machine.
- Machine Install and Setup - Checks, lubricates and powers up equipment.
- Verifies proper current draw of equipment and equipment operation according to sequence of operation.
- Verifies proper operation of all safety devices and circuits on equipment, checks and verifies circuits on the equipment.
- Aligns and adjusts shafts, motors, belts and chains on equipment.
- Adds pneumatic or hydraulic components and lines to a machine.
- Connects compressed air to a machine from a supply header and verifies proper air pressures and volumes for equipment.
- Properly lays out, cuts, drills, taps and assembles a control station for an addition to existing equipment.
- Properly sizes, installs, labels and tests circuit conductors for adding a component or interlocking equipment.
- Installs proper mounts and raceways for adding a component (such as a sensor) or interlocking equipment.
- Verifies proper voltage and phasing, grounding and proper guards are in place.
- Verifies circuit size and protection.
- Levels a machine (non-critical machines +/- 1/8").
- Locates machine according to print.
- Performs work with material transfer conveyors.
- Conveyor Expertise - Adjusts and modifies guards and validates safe operation meets compliance.
- Determines if proper guards are in place.
- Measures and adjusts belt speed.
- Sets and adjusts tracking.
- Reverses direction of travel.
- Adjusts height and distance to adjoining belts.
- Assembles rollers and belts.
- Troubleshooting & Return to Service.
- Installs and troubleshoots vacuum systems components.
- Installs and troubleshoots fluid power components.
- Installs and troubleshoots electrical control components.
- Installs and troubleshoots electronic sensors and components.
- Installs and troubleshoots electrical components.
- Installs and troubleshoots key mechanical components.
- Works with Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC).
- Troubleshoots equipment or process utilizing PLC or PAC that implements closed loop process control and general purpose multi-axis motion control.
- Properly installs and terminates wiring for low level analog signals.
- Troubleshoots a PLC or a PLC controlled machine or process by observing input and output conditions and monitoring program in real-time.
- Troubleshoots equipment by observing PLC indicator lights and PLC ladder diagram (relays, timers and counters).
- Configures and connects a laptop or other programming device to a PLC to upload, download and save program.
- Selects and appropriately connect sinking and sourcing inputs and outputs.
- Connects power and digital input/output wiring to PLC.
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