Industrial Mechanic Apprenticeship

Industrial Mechanic Apprenticeship - IDEA

Competency-based

ONET: 49-9041.00

2

Years

100

Skills

400h

Related instructions

Classroom instruction topics

Basic & Intermediate Hydraulics
Pumping Systems
Precision Measuring Tools
Mechanical Drives 1
Mechanical Drives 2
Mechanical Drives 3
Intro Into Bearings
Fasteners & Gaskets
Advanced Pneumatics
Troubleshooting Pneumatics
Advanced Hydraulics
Troubleshooting Hydraulics
Welding
Basic Pneumatics
Basic & Intermediate Pneumatic
Intermediate Hydraulics

On-the-job training

Industrial Safety
- Summarize OSHA Act/General Safety and Health Provisions according to standards
- 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
- Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures and strategies related to employer
- Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, and quality control
- Operate equipment to demonstrate proper use or to analyze malfunctions
- Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly
- Return machine to service
- Test for proper operation
- Comply with environmental regulations
- Identify, report & take corrective action on unsafe & out-of-compliance conditions and behaviors regarding safety
- Comply with safety requirements and standards and initiate safety protocols at all times
- Install lockout protective devices
- Acquire PPE and tools according to safety protocol
Preventative Maintenance
- Operate welding equipment
- Analyze test or performance data to assess equipment operation
- Observe equipment in operation to detect potential problems
- Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair and maintenance
- Examine parts for defects, such as breakage or excessive wear
- Clean, lubricate or adjust parts, equipment or machinery
- Maintain inventories of materials, equipment or products
- Maintain work equipment or machinery
- Maintain repair or maintenance records
- Adjust equipment to ensure optimal performance
- Monitoring/assessing performance of machines and equipment
- Conducting tests and inspection of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance
- Watching gauges, dials or other indicators to make sure machine is working properly
- Maintain equipment logs that record performance problems, repairs, calibrations or tests
- Perform scheduled preventative maintenance tasks, such as checking, cleaning or repairing equipment, to detect and prevent problems
- Perform preventative maintenance and calibration of equipment and systems
- Develop and upgrade preventative maintenance procedures for components, equipment, parts and systems
- Perform preventative maintenance on the various production and warehouse systems
Troubleshooting/Repair/Installation - Mechanical Equipment
- Inspect mechanical equipment to locate damage, defects or wear
- Lubricate equipment to allow proper functioning
- Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes
- Cut and weld metal to repair broken metal parts, fabricate new parts or assemble new equipment
- Analyze test results, machine error messages, or information obtained from operators to diagnose equipment problems
- Operate newly repaired machinery or equipment to verify the adequacy of repairs
- Reassemble equipment after completion of inspections, testing or repairs
- Observe and test the operation of machinery or equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using voltmeters or other testing devices
- Disassemble machinery or equipment to remove parts and make repairs
- Repair or replace broken or malfunctioning components of machinery or equipment
- Repair or maintain the operating condition of industrial production or processing machinery or equipment
- Test mechanical equipment to ensure proper functioning
- Replace worn, damage or defective mechanical parts
- Repair worn, damaged or defective mechanical parts
- Servicing, repairing, adjusting and testing machines, devises, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles
- Inspecting equipment, structures or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects
- Installing equipment, machines, wiring or programs to meet specifications
- Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed
- Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it
- Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools
- Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair and maintenance
- Examine work orders and converse with equipment operators to detect equipment problems and to ascertain whether mechanical or human errors contributed to the problems
- Connect motor controllers for specific applications
- Properly demonstrate correct use of motors and controls
- Identify different motor control operating principles
Troubleshooting/Repair/Installation - Electrical Equipment
- Inspecting equipment, structures or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects
- Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning or testing machines, devices and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles
- Installing equipment, machines, wiring or programs to meet specifications
- Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed
- Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it
- Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools
- Install repaired equipment in various settings, such as industrial establishments
- Inspect components of industrial equipment for accurate assembly and installation or for defects, such as loose connections or frayed wires
- Repair or adjust equipment, machines or defective components, replacing worn parts, such as gaskets or seals in watertight electrical equipment
- Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment or software
- Emergency repairs for temporary maintenance of service
- Modify electrical prototypes, parts, assemblies, and systems to correct functional deviations
- Identify and resolve equipment malfunctions
- Assemble and test electrical equipment
- Adjust and replace defective or improperly functioning circuitry and electrical components as needed
Identify, Care and Use of Tools of the Trade
- Clean equipment, parts or tools to repair or maintain them in good working order
- Identify and demonstrate the use of measurement instruments
- Determine types of equipment, tools or materials needed for jobs
- Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job
- Identifying the types of tools needed for a job
- Calibrate testing instruments and installed or repaired equipment to prescribed specifications
Maintaining of Fluid Power Systems (Hydraulics & Pneumatics)
- Troubleshoot fluid power systems
- Set up and adjust variable proportional control valves
- Install and maintain linear and rotary actuators
- Lay out, install and maintain fluid conductors
- Install and maintain filters, strainers and related contamination-control equipment
- Install, start up, maintain and repair power units and associated fluid power circuitry
- Select and replace fluids for specific applications
- Install and maintain regulators
- Install and maintain control valves
- Explain pneumatic safety and pneumatic transmission of energy
- Apply fluid power formulas and principles during installation and maintenance procedures of fluid power systems in accordance with accepted scientific principles
Demonstrated Use of Drawings, Schematics, etc.
- Translate assignments into a ladder diagram
- Take readings and plot them in a chart
- Read and interpret line diagrams, signals, decisions and action
- Infuse hydraulic symbols with electrical diagrams to complement the drawings
- Apply the electrical symbols to schematic drawings
- Understand the interpretation of one line diagrams and electrical symbols pertaining to industrial controls
- Design series/parallel circuits
- Interpret blueprints, specifications or diagrams to inform installation, development or operation activities
- 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
- Knowledge of design techniques, tools and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings and models
- Study blueprints, schematics, manuals or other specifications to determine installation procedures