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Electrical
Mechanics
Professional
Education
Programs
Vatterott
College
Electrical
Mechanic:
The
diploma
program
is
designed
to
prepare
the
graduate
for
entry-level
employment
as
an
Electrical
Installation,
Maintenance
and
Repair
Technician.
This
course
consists
of
60
weeks
with
66-quarter
credit
hours
of
theory
and
lab
and
6-quarter
credit
hours
of
Gen
Ed
instruction
in
the
areas
described
below.
Each
term
is
10
weeks
in
length
for
a
total
of
72-quarter
credit
hours.
Each
10-week
term
is
equal
to
12-quarter
credit
hours.
Coursework
includes:
-
Team
Dynamics/Electrical
Theory
-
Creative
Problem
Solving/Wiring
Techniques
-
Orginazational
Communications/Residential
Codes
-
Customer
Service/Electro-Mechanical
Motor
Control
-
Fundamental
Concepts
of
Technical
Writing/Commercial/Industrial
Codes
-
Professianal
and
Social
Development/Solid-State
Motor
Control
-
Electrical
Mechanical
Technology:
This
program
is
designed
to
prepare
the
graduate
with
the
theory
and
working
knowledge
in
Electrical
Installation,
Maintenance
and
Repair
to
go
into
the
field
at
an
entry-level
position.
The
graduate
will
also
be
able
to
wire
and
troubleshoot
programmable
logic
controllers
(PLCs).
The
program
consists
of
90
weeks,
93
Quarter
Credit
Hours
of
Theory
and
associated
lab
instruction
in
the
areas
of
electrical
theory,
residential,
commercial,
and
industrial,
wiring
methods
and
regulations,
motor
control,
computer
aided
drafting,
direct
digital
controls
and
programmable
controllers.
Additionally
students
will
receive
15
Quarter
Credit
Hours
of
General
Education
totaling
108
Quarter
Credit
Hours.
Coursework
includes:
-
Electrical
Schematics/Team
Dynamics
-
Residential
Electricity/Creative
Problem
Solving
-
Commercial
I/Organizational
Communications
-
Industrial
I/Business
Spreadsheets
-
Commercial
II/Fundamental
Concepts
of
Technical
Writing
-
Industrial
II/Professional
and
Social
Development
-
Computer
–
Aided
Drafting
(CAD)/Business
and
Professional
Presentations
-
Programmable
Logic
Controllers/Analysis
and
Development
of
Applied
Technical
Writing
-
National
Electrical
Code
(NEC)
Review/Project
Management/Communication
in
Interviewing
Campus
Locations
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*Salary
information
is
based
on
the
"Occupational
Outlook
Handbook,
2004-05
Edition,"
a
publication
of
the
U.S.
Department
of
Labor.
Individual
student
earnings
vary.
**
Growth
figures
represent
a
ten-year
period
ending
2012.
Source:
"National
Industry-Occupation
Employment
Matrix,"
a
publication
of
the
U.S.
Bureau
of
Labor
Statistics.
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