Students develop knowledge and skills in safety and operation techniques. Students develop knowledge and skills through application of levers and pulley ratios. Instruction also covers properties of materials such as solids, liquids and gasses. An exploration of the relationship between employees and profits. Instruction emphasizes profit and loss, accident prevention, value-added concepts, customer satisfaction and opportunities for profit in the manufacturing processes.
Instruction emphasizes ethics, judgment and responsibility.
Instruction emphasizes the relationship between job descriptions, goal projections and performance appraisals. A thorough review of principles and operating characteristics of hydraulic and fluid power systems and components. An introduction to the mechanical control systems used in the manufacturing process. Instruction covers start and stop controls, emergency shut off controls and ladder diagram identifying relationships between the actions taken at one point to the overall manufacturing process. This course provides opportunities for the student to examine technical occupations of the manufacturing industry through shadowing senior students in different trades and technology programs at Bellingham Technical College.