WORK PROCESSES
CONTROL EQUIPMENT ELECTRICIAN-TECHNICIAN
O*NET/SOC CODE: 49-2094.00 RAPIDS CODE: 0693
Description : Installs, troubleshoots, repairs, replaces, and calibrates electrical, electronic, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment, apparatus, controls, and control systems, pressure, level, flow, and radiation-measuring instruments, electronic circuits and components, wiring and cabling systems, in chemical processing plant, following electrical code, schematic diagrams, blueprints and other specifications and using handtools, power tools, and electrical and electronic test equipment and measuring instruments.
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING
APPROXIMATE HOURS
A. PLANNING AND ORGANIZING WORK
500
1. Read, understanding and use technical drawings
2. Inventory equipment and supplies
3. Read and understand equipment manuals and technical
standards
4. Create drawings and use CADD systems
5. Use materials and equipment management system for
work orders, purchase orders, equipment history,
preventive maintenance
B. PERFORMING ACTIVITIES RELATED TO DC CIRCUITS
200
1. Series circuits
2. Parallel circuits
3. Braking systems
4. Locomotives
C. PERFORMING ACTIVITIES RELATED TO AC CIRCUITS
300
1. Series circuits
2. Parallel circuits
3. Lighting
4. Transformation
D. INSTALL AND MAINTAIN PROCESS CONTROL EQUIPMENT
2000
1. Alarms and monitoring systems
2. Signal transmission
3. Signal indicators and recorders
4. Distributed Control Systems (DCS)
5. Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)
6. Pressure regulators
7. Electronic and pneumatic controllers
8. Control valves
9. Transducers
10. PID controllers
E. COMPUTE SERVICE LOADS AND INSTALL
SERVICE ENTRANCES
500
1. Load balance
2. Motor loads
3. Capacity calculation
4. Motor control centers
F. ROUGH IN CIRCUITS, TRIM OUT AND
MAINTAIN ELECTRICAL DEVICES
500
1. Conduit and cable trays
2. Wiring systems and devices
3. Power panels
4. National electrical code
G. MAINTAIN ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
500
1. Printed circuit boards and electronic components
2. Power supplies
H. MAINTAIN FREQUENCY MEASURING EQUIPMENT
500
1. Oscilloscopes
2. Oscillators
3. Pulse counters
I. INSTALL AND MAINTAIN PROCESS VARIABLE MEASURING
EQUIPMENT
2000
1. Flow
2. Temperature
3. Pressure
4. Level
5. Speed
6. Physical and chemical property analyzers
7. Photometric
8. Radiation
J. INSTALL AND MAINTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
SYSTEMS
300
1. Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC)
K. INSTALL AND MAINTAINS ELECTRICIAL CONTROL DEVICES
1700
1. Motors
2. Starters
3. Variable Frequency Drives (VFD)
4. Alarms and interlock systems
L. INSTALL AND MAINTAIN LOW-VOLTAGE AND DATA
COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
1000
1. Telephone
2. Intercom
3. Fiber optic
TOTAL HOURS
10,000
RELATED INSTRUCTION
First Year
Developmental Math (if needed)
Elementary Algebra (if needed)
Engineering Technical Math
48
Basic Electricity (customized)
96
AC Control Circuits (customized)
96
Second Year
National Electric Code
96
Instrumentation I
96
Third Year
Microcomputer Electronics and Air Conditioning
Fundamentals (combined and customized)
96
Instrumentation II and Programmable
Logic Controllers (combined and customized
96
Fourth Year
Instrumentation III
96
CADD for Instrumentation
24
Instrumentation IV
96
CADD for Electronics
24
Fifth Year
Semiconductors
96
Electronic Circuits
96
TOTAL HOURS
1056
