Electronics Technician
This program is designed to give students the technical skills, as well as interpersonal skills, that will prepare them for placement into electronics technician positions. Students gain theoretical knowledge and hands-on experience with both basic and advanced electronics including circuits, controllers, and the machine to system interface. Upon completion of this program, students will:
Analyze, configure, troubleshoot and assist in designing and measuring electrical and electronic circuits and systems;
Read and describe the characteristics of basic circuitry and compute circuit capacity;
Demonstrate wiring design and identify basic electrical components;
Troubleshoot analog and digital circuits using standard and specialized test equipment;
Program and troubleshoot PLC systems for basic system control;
Describe how various industrial processes are coalesced using advanced PLC techniques;
Demonstrate the use of electrical, electronic solid state, digital, and pneumatic transmitters in practical process control instrumentation; and
Effectively communicate during problem solving and troubleshooting.
- Date:
- 2014-08-07
- Primary Material Type:
- Collection
- Institution:
- Flathead Valley Community College
- Project Name:
- Amplifying Montana's Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Industry (AMAMII)
- Funding Source:
- TAACCCT Round 2
- Subjects:
- Amplifying Montana's Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Industry, AMAMII, Manufacturing, Electronics, Flathead Valley Community College, FVCC
Industry / Occupation
- Industry Partner:
- None
- Industry Sector:
- Manufacturing -- Machinery Manufacturing (333)
- Occupation:
- Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations -- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (49-2094)
Education / Instructional Information
- Instructional Program:
- Technology Education/Industrial Arts (21)
- Credential Type:
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- Certificate
- Associate Degree
- Educational Level of Materials:
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- 1st year Community College or equivalent
- 2nd Year Community College or equivalent
- Time Required:
- 1 to 4 semesters
- Language:
- English (United States)
- Interactivity Type:
- Mix of Active and Presentation.
- Quality Rubric:
- Other
- Quality Note:
- The AMAMII courses are evaluated using internal Hybrid or Online Course Review Tools based on criteria from project colleges' Quality Assurance Standards developed by faculty and instructional designers. Periodic course review is ongoing.
- Quality of Subject Matter was assured by:
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- Consultations during development of instructional materials
- Participation as an ongoing member of team developing the instructional materials
- Conducting an evaluation of the instructional materials and providing a report
- Using an approved rubric to conduct the evaluation of the instructional materials and providing a report
- SME Quality Report is posted in Skills Commons
- Quality of Online/Hybrid Course Design assured by:
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Accessibility
- Accessibility Features:
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- Text Access - Text to Speech
- Text Adjust - Compatible
- Text Adjustment - Adjust Font and Colors
- Reading Layout - Reflow the Text
- Reading Layout - Page numbers match printed material
- Reading Layout - Reflow the Text
- Reading Order - Digital resource layout
- Structural Markup - Navigation Text
- Structural Markup - Lists
- Structural Markup - eReader application
- Table Markup
- Hyperlinks Rendered As Active
- Colors Compatible With Assistive Technology
- Contrast Ratio of at Least 4.5:1.
- Language - Markup
- Language - Passage Markup
- Non-Decorative Images Have Alt Text
- Decorative Images Marked With Null Alt Text
- Complex Images, Charts, and Graphs Have Text Descriptions
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