This course provides complete coverage of all certification areas required by the EPA, including the four licensing areas for stationary air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment. The directed study of specific certification areas provides thorough coverage of CFC regulations, ozone depletion, the Clean Air Act, and the current EPA rulings and regulations. This course is designed to prepare the student for EPA Refrigerant Transition and Recovery Certification examination. It includes material for Type I, Type II, Type III, and Universal certification. Recovery techniques and required paperwork are practiced. Upon completion the student should have the knowledge and confidence necessary to pass the exams and properly, efficiently, and responsibly handle refrigerants as set forth in the Clean Air Act of 1990.
Prerequisites: MRT 125, MRT 225
Credits: 4
This course will prepare students to pass the air conditioning and gas sections of the NATE Certification exam. Emphasis will be placed on techniques and skills to repair and service air conditioning and heat pump systems. This course will discuss theory and apply learned concepts in a laboratory environment.
Prerequisites: TEC 100, TEC 101, TEC 105, MRT 115, MRT 125, MRT 225, MRT 245
Credits: 3
The course is essentially designed to assist the student in developing the skills necessary to attain employment upon graduation. Topics include Personal Skills Appraisal, How to Develop a cover letter/T-letter, Employer Expectations, Resume Writing, Referral Letters, Job Search, Interview Skills, Thank You letter writing, and Dressing For Success.
Prerequisite: None
This course introduces various software
applications that are used in today’s business world. Topics and software
introduced in this course include word processing, spreadsheet, database, electronic
presentations, and communication and managing personal information in Outlook.
The skills developed in this course include the ability to create, edit, format,
analyze and enhance documents, workbooks, slides and reports.
Prerequisite: None
This course helps the student to develop computational and problem solving skills involving fractions, decimals, percentages, ratios and proportions, graphs, equations and formulas.
This course is designed to develop and reinforce concepts and computational skills in working with whole number arithmetic, prime numbers, the order of operations, fractions, decimals, ratios and proportions.
Prerequisite: None
This course is designed to provide students the fundamentals of human resource planning, from job design to employee recruitment, training and career development, including the different types of employees. This course also provides students the resources needed to design a meaningful compensation program, including benefits and incentives, as well as the rights of employees and employers, and how disciplinary actions and discharge are done ethically and legally.
Prerequisite: BUS 130
This course is designed to train students how to identify and understand low voltage control circuits. Students are introduced to Ohms and Watts law. Students will gain an understanding of how low voltage controls operate within HVAC systems, pilot duty controls, parallel and series circuits, and the role of transformers. Students will be able to draw low voltage control schematics and learn how to use their digital meters.
Prerequisite: None
Credits: 4
This course provides the student with the opportunity to practice, in a laboratory environment, electrical theory as applied to the field of refrigeration, heating and air-conditioning systems. Electrical circuitry is discussed in detail and augmented with practical experience using volt, ohm and ammeters. Electrical schematics are studied with emphasis on system controls, and troubleshooting.
Prerequisite: None
Credits: 2
This course introduces the student to basic electrical concepts, schematic reading, and troubleshooting procedures. Ohm's law, series circuits, AC instruments, transformers, and three phase motors are also presented.
Prerequisite: None
Credits: 4