Industrial Maintenance Level 1

(Craft Assessments in Industrial Maintenance Electrical and Industrial Maintenance Mechanic are available upon request)

• Electrical Safety
  Covers safety rules and regulations for electricians.

• Hand Bending
  Provides an introduction to conduit bending and installation.

• Fasteners and Anchors
  Covers the hardware and systems used by an electrician to mount and support boxes, receptacles and other electrical components.

• Electrical Theory One
  Provides a general introduction to the electrical concepts used in Ohm’s law applied to DC series circuits.

• Electrical Theory Two
  Introduces series, parallel and series-parallel circuits.

• Electrical Test Equipment
  Focuses on proper selection, inspection, use and maintenance of common electrical test equipment.

• Introduction to the NEC
  Provides a navigational roadmap for using the NEC.

• Conductors
  Focuses on the types and applications of conductors and covers proper wiring techniques.

• Introduction to Electrical Blueprints Focuses on electrical prints, drawings, and symbols.

• Oxyfuel Cutting
  Explains the safety requirements for oxyfuel cutting as well as cutting and setup requirements.

Industrial Maintenance Level 2

• Wiring: Commercial and Industrial
  Covers the electrical devices and wiring techniques common to commercial and industrial construction and maintenance.

• Alternating Current
  Focuses on forces that are characteristic of alternating-current systems and the application of Ohm’s law to AC circuits.

• Motors: Theory and Application
  Covers both AC and DC motors including the main parts, circuits and connections.

• Grounding
  Focuses on the purpose of grounding and bonding electrical systems.

• Boxes and Fittings
  An NEC-driven module that explains how to select and size outlet boxes, pull boxes and junction boxes.

• Cable Tray
  Focuses on NEMA and NEC installation methods for cable tray, including modifications and cable installations.

• Conductor Terminations and Splices
  Describes methods of terminating and splicing conductors of all types and sizes, including the preparation and taping of conductors.

• Installation of Electric Services
  Covers methods and techniques for both single and three-phase services, including metering equipment and NEC requlations.

• Circuit Breakers and Fuses
  Describes fuses and circuit breakers along with their practical application.

• Contactors and Relays
  Gives basic descriptions of various types of contractors and relays, along with their practical applications.

• Lubrication
  Explains lubrication safety, storage, classifications and selecting lubricants, additives, lubrication equipment and lubricating charts.

• Introduction to Bearings
  Introduces plain, ball, roller, thrust, guide, flanged, pillow block, and takeup bearings.

• Copper and Plastic Piping Practices
  Covers the selection, preparation, joining and support of cooper, plastic piping and fittings.

• Ferrous Metal Piping Practices
  Covers various types of iron and steel pipe and fittings, and provides step-by-step instructions for cutting, threading and joining ferrous piping.

• Piping Systems
  Introduces chemical, compressed air, fuel oil, steam and water systems.

• Equipment and Setup
  Describes shielded metal arc welding(SMAW) and welding safety.

Industrial Maintenance Level 3

• Overcurrent Protection
  Stresses the use of fuses for overcurrent protection in all types of electrical systems.

• Distribution Equipment
  Explains distribution equipment including grounding, switchboard and ground fault maintenance, transformers and electrical drawing identification.

• Motor Controls
  Begins with simple cord-and-plug motor controllers and continues through conventional controllers up to highly sophisticated electronic controls.

• Motor Maintenance, Part One
  Covers proper maintenance of motors in use and in storage.

• Motor Maintenance, Part Two
  Covers cleaning, vibrations testing, magnetic centering, testing and metering power factors, testing running temperatures and similar maintenance techniques.

• Installing Couplings
  Identifies various types of couplings and covers installation procedures using the press-fit method and the interference-fit method.

• Installing Mechanical Seals
  Covers function and advantages of mechanical seals, identifies parts and types of seals and includes procedures for removing, inspecting and installing mechanical seals.

• Installing Belt and Cain Drives
  Covers the sizes, uses and installation procedures of six types of drive belts and two types of chain drives.

• Installing Bearings
  Explains how to remove, troubleshoot and install tapered, thrust, spherical roller, pillow block and angular contact ball bearings.

• Gaskets and Packing
  Teaches how to recognize various types of gaskets, gasket materials, packing, o-rings and how to properly install each.

• Installing Seals
  Covers the applications, removal and installation procedures for dynamic and static seals, o-rings, lip, cup, oil and labyrinth seals.

• Pumps
  Explains centrifugal, rotary, reciprocating, metering and vacuum pump operation and installation methods.

• Basic Hydraulic-Systems
  Explains hydraulic system safety and basic principles of hydraulics, including Pascal’s law and Bernoulli’s principle.

• Basic Pneumatic Systems
  Covers pneumatic safety, characteristics of gases and how they are compressed, pneumatic transmission of energy and compressor operation.

• Basic Electronic Theory
  Explains the function and operation of basic electronic devices, including semiconductors, diodes, rectifiers and transistors.

Industrial Maintenance Level 4

• Practical Applications of Lighting
  Covers various lighting installations, applications and wiring systems.

• Standby and Emergency Systems
  NEC installation requirements for electric generators and storage batteries are fully explained.

• Advanced Controls
  Explains operating principles of sold-state controls along with their practical applications.

• Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration
  Covers components and operation of refrigeration systems, with emphasis on systems used in cold storage and other commercial food preservation applications.

• Electricity in HVAC Systems
  Covers the basic principles of refrigeration and air conditioning, NEC requirements, compressors and HVAC control wiring and troubleshooting.

• HVAC Controls
  Focuses on advanced HVAC controls in utilizing solid-state circuitry.

• Conventional Alignment
  Covers types of misalignment, aligning couplings using a straightedge and feeler gauge, adjusting face and OD alignment using a dial indicator, and eliminating coupling stress.

• Maintaining Valves
  Explains how to remove and install threaded and flanged valves, how to replace valve stem o-ring and bonnet gaskets and how to repack a valve stuffing box.

• Identifying and Installing Valves
  Identifies and provides installation methods for different types of valves.

• Steam Traps
  Identifies types of steam traps, including mechanical, thermostatic and thermodynamic steam traps, as well as strainers.

• Steam Systems
  Covers safety procedures, turn-on, operation and shutdown as well as preventative maintenance procedures, piping systems associated with steam heating systems, and steam traps.

• Programmable Logic Controllers
  Enables the trainee to properly describe the general functions, parts and uses of programmable logic controllers.

• High-Voltage Terminations/Splices
  Offers an overview of the NEC and cable manufacturer’s requirements for high voltage terminations and splices.

• Vibration Analysis
  Covers the causes for vibration, vibration monitoring programs, vibration test equipment and how to field balance machines.

• Commercial Heating and Cooling Systems
  Covers operating principles, safety concerns, piping systems and service requirements associated with different types of boilers, chillers, chilled water systems and absorption equipment.

Industrial Maintenance Level 5

• Preventive and Predictive Maintenance
  Covers nondestructive testing, ultrasonics, radiography, eddy current inspection, magnetic particle inspection, acoustic emissions, infrared testing, vibration analysis and tribology.

• Performing Reverse Alignment
  Using the reverse dial indicator method, trainees will identify improper pipe hanger placement, measure shaft runout, and set up complex reverse dial indicator jigs and chart alignment.

• Performing Laser Alignment
  Covers the use and operation of laser alignment systems and how to measure shaft sag, perform vertical alignment and align machinery trains.

• Troubleshooting and Repairing Pneumatic Equipment
  Covers how to perform preventative maintenance, inspect components and read schematic diagrams.

• Troubleshooting and Repairing Pumps
  Covers how to inspect, troubleshoot and prepare pumps for shutdown.

• Troubleshooting and Repairing Hydraulic Equipment
  Explains how to inspect, troubleshoot and reapir hydraulic systems and components.

• Troubleshooting and Repairing Gearboxes
  Explains how to inspect, remove, reassemble, install and maintain gearboxes.

• Programmable Logic Controllers
  Covers the hardware and software used in modern programmable logic control systems.

• Instrument Drawings and Documents
  Familiarizes trainees with instrument symbols, abbreviations and specific types of drawings and documents.

• Flow, Pressure, Level and Temperature
  Presents devices used to measure flow, pressure, level and temperature along with their principles of operation.

• Process Control Theory
  Offers a comprehensive introduction to basic components and principles of operation of typical control systems found in industrial settings.

• Precision Measuring Tools
  Explains how to select, inspect, use and care for levels, feeler gauges, calipers, micrometers, height gauges and surface plates, dial indicators, protractors, parallels and gauge blocks, trammels and pyrometers.

• Forklifts
  Covers basic operation of rough terrain forklifts with an emphasis on safety.

• Fiber Optics
  Explains the Theory of Operations of fiber-optic systems, how they are constructed and different types of splicing and testing methods used in today’s systems.