Program Overview
Computer-based learning enhances student abilities to problem solve and learn with simulators; hands-on lab class time reinforces skills, safety and career readiness.
Program Description
Mechatronics is electro-mechanics. It is the basics of how things work in industry, machinery, and keeping it all operational.
Certificate 1 – courses introduce the beginner to electro-mechanical systems, graphics and print reading, robotic manipulators and concepts of end of arm tooling, gear drives, belt drives, and shaft systems.
Certificate 2 – courses introduce programmable logic controllers (PLC’s), industrial robots and sensors, conveyor systems, control panels, and using prior topics in system-level troubleshooting.
Work and Employment
Graduates of the Mechatronics program are prepared for employment in areas of industrial maintenance technician, robotics automation technician, industrial maintenance mechanic, electrical maintenance technician, and the application of mechanical and electrical technologies. This includes building, maintaining and troubleshooting automated manufacturing systems, servicing and adjusting industrial robots, writing PLC programming, servicing pneumatic and hydraulic equipment, and monitoring manufacturing safety and quality. Automation and machine builders, warehouse and shipping distribution centers, manufacturing and assembly plants have need for skilled technicians with these varied skills.
Requirements
Prerequisite of Fundamentals of Mechatronics Certificate Requirements (16 credits)
And
Advanced Mechatronics Certificate / 8711 (15 credits)
Course Requirements
Additional Courses