This program provides entry-level skills and knowledge required in the appliance services trade. Students learn how to maintain, repair, and install electrical, domestic appliances such as dishwashers, clothes washers and dryers, ranges and microwave ovens, domestic refrigerators and freezers, and air conditioning units.
Preventive maintenance is taught as well as skills to analyze failures in electrical appliances.
Admission Requirements High School Graduation Diploma or equivalent. Business Practices and Procedures Students receive instruction in the creation of work place documents, recording service information, parts look-up systems and handling procedures. This course covers atomic structure, electrical quantities, Ohms Law, static electricity, magnetism and resistors. Electrical Components Identifies the many components used in the appliance industry. Circuits and Symbols for Heating Devices Covers the basic circuits and schematic symbols used for heating devices.