Course Descriptions

WELD 114W - Intermediate Shielded Metal Arc Welding

1. Understand the theory of Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)
   1. Realize the significance of this welding process in manufacturing and industry
   2. Identify the primary considerations in the use of this welding process.
      1. Chemical, metallurgical, electrical, and physical properties.
   3. Discuss relationships with other welding processes.
2. Demonstrate appropriate safety practices and procedures.
   1. Realize the value of the use of safety equipment.
   2. Identify proper protective equipment.
   3. Apply safety procedures in all laboratory activities.
3. Demonstrate appropriate equipment operation.
   1. Realize the importance of proper equipment set-up.
   2. Apply proper procedures when setting up equipment.
4. Develop, read, and follow a welding specification/procedure document.
   1. Realize the importance of following the procedure
   2. Define and explain appropriate welding terms.
   3. Apply the procedure when making a specific weld.
5. Demonstrate proper techniques to complete a 3G and 4G weld on 3/8" carbon steel plate.
   1. Realize the value of proper body positioning, visual factors, material prep and positioning, and tacking.
   2. Apply tack welds, root passes, filler passes, and cover passes in accordance with AWS D1.1 standards.

WELD 120 - Beginning Industrial Blueprint Reading

Credits: 2
Instructional Contact Hours: 2

     A.          Read and use correct terms to distinguish between the various kinds of industrial print making methods including: blueprint, blue-line,
                  diazo, photocopy, and computer methods.

     B.          Identify and properly fold standard print sizes.

     C.          Define and explain: dimension, tolerance, print zone, title block, revision block, parts list, specified tolerance

     D.          Identify, read and use print scales.

     E.          Read prints to find specific title block information.

 2.    Use paper and pencil to clearly record and communicate specified information using sketched figures and hand lettered text.

     A.          Recognize, name, and sketch representations of points, lines, squares, rectangles, circles, arcs, and other specified plane geometric
                   figures.

     B.          View and sketch objects in two dimensions to correct proportions.

     C.          Make isometric and similar pictorial sketches of specified objects.

     D.          Prepare standard format orthographic multiview sketches of specified three dimensional objects.

3.    Read and make measurements to specifications using scales and precision instruments.

     A.          Identify and read standard metric and inch engineering scales.

     B.          Demonstrate correct handling, use, and care of scales and precision measuring instruments.

     C.          Make measurements and read:

                  1.    vernier calipers and micrometers

                  2.    dial calipers and dial indicators.

4.    Explain text information and conventional annotation practices of prints.

     A.          Identify ANSI standard line conventions, letter forms, and note conventions.

     B.          Locate, read, and explain print note and symbolic information.

 5.    Read standard multiview, sectional view, and auxiliary view prints.

     A.          Correlate objects and object features with corresponding ANSI standard multiview, sectional,

                   partial, enlarged feature, and auxiliary view print representations.

     B.          List and explain how orthographic views are selected, organized, and placed.

     C.          Recognize and distinguish between third-angle projection.

 6.    Read industrial prints to determine materials and manufacturing processes.

     A.          Identify manufacturing materials from written and symbolic information.

     B.          Interpret industrial prints to identify manufacturing methods and processes.

     C.          Read print data to interpret surface finish specifications.

     D.          Distinguish between computer-integrated manufacturing, computer-aided design and drafting,computer-aided manufacturing, and
                   computer-aided engineering.

     E.          Explain the information displayed in a quality control chart.

 7.    Read industrial prints to determine size, location, and tolerance dimensions.

     A.          Identify the ANSI tolerance standard for dimensions.

     B.          Read the value of specified dimension.

     C.          Calculate specified dimension tolerances.

     D.          Determine specified maximum material and least material conditions.

     E.          Distinguish between shaft basis and hole basis tolerance systems.

     F.           Calculate to determine clearance, allowance, or interference, fit conditions between specified features.

     G.         Read and explain information given in specified surface finish symbols.

8.    Demonstrate ability to read and explain print data related to fasteners, springs, and other standard parts and features.

     A.          Identify ANSI standard screw thread representations.

     B.          Define screw thread feature terms.

     C.          Explain specified metric and Unified, and American National thread notes.

     D.          Explain information given in specifications for springs, pins, rivets, washers, retaining rings, keys, keyways, keyseats, and other standard
                   parts and features.

9.    Demonstrate understanding of welding processes and welding process print symbols.

     A.          Explain common groups of welding processes including: Oxygen Gas, Shielded Metal Arc, Gas Metal Arc, and Gas Tungsten Arc.

     B.          Name the major parts of AWS welding symbols.

     C.          Identify the major types of welds.

     D.          Explain specified destructive and nondestructive weld tests.

     E.          Read and explain weld specifications.

 10. Demonstrate ability to read orthographic and pictorial section view.

     A.          Explain the purpose of sections and section views as used on industrial prints.

     B.          Identify ANSI standard section view practices including full, half, offset, aligned, broken-out, auxiliary, revolved, and removed.

     C.          Identify ANSI conventional practices including aligned sections, unsectioned features, and conventional revolutions and breaks.

 11. Demonstrate ability to read, interpret, and explain ANSI standard geometric dimensioning and tolerancing practices.

     A.          Distinguish between general and geometric tolerancing practices.

     B.          Explain the datum reference frame system for dimension and tolerance practices.

     C.          Correctly read prints with selected geometrically dimensioned and tolerance features.

     D.         Name and explain selected geometric characteristic symbols.

 12. Demonstrate ability to read working drawings for specified manufacturing, assembly, and installation information.

     A.          Distinguish between assembly, detail, and installation prints.

     B.          List typical information presented with detail prints.

     C.          List typical information presented with assembly and installation prints.

     D.          Distinguish between the various kinds of assembly drawings.

     E.          Read detail working drawings for specified information.

     F.          Read assembly working drawings for specified information.

     G.         Read working drawing parts lists for specified information.

WELD 122 - Blueprint Reading for Welders and Fabricators

1. Identifies and applies general blueprint information.
   1. Reads and interprets textural information on engineering design drawings of single components.
   2. Reads and interprets textural information on engineering design drawings of an assembly of components.
2. Reads orthographic engineering drawings.
   1. Applies the principles of orthographic projection to interpret a multi-view drawing of single components.
   2. Applies the principles of orthographic projection to interpret a multi-view drawing of an assembly of components.
   3. Interprets the usage of line types used in the design of components and assemblies.
3. Reads fillet weld symbols
   1. Identifies fillet weld symbols.
   2. Interprets the meaning of fillet weld symbols
   3. Constructs and applies fillet weld symbols.
4. Reads groove and plug weld symbols.
   1. Identifies groove and plug weld symbols.
   2. Interprets the meaning of groove and plug weld symbols.
   3. Constructs and applies groove and plug weld symbols.
5. Reads spot and seam weld symbols.
   1. Identifies spot and seam weld symbols.
   2. Interprets the meaning of spot and seam weld symbols.
   3. Constructs and applies spot and seam weld symbols.
6. Reads welding assembly drawings.
   1. Applies the principles of welding assembly to interpret a multi-view drawing of an assembly of components.
   2. Interprets the usage of line types used in the design of components and assemblies.
7. Reads geometric tolerancing symbols.
   1. Identifies geometric tolerancing symbols.
   2. Interprets the meaning of geometric tolerancing symbols.

WELD 220 - Weld Qualification-Plate

1. Understand the American Welding Society criteria for the structural welding code.
   1. Realize the significance of this welding code in manufacturing and industry.
   2. Identify the primary considerations in the use of this welding code.
   3. Discuss relationships with other welding codes.
2. Demonstrate appropriate safety practices and procedures.
   1. Realize the value of the use of safety equipment.
   2. Identify proper protective equipment.
   3. Apply safety procedurres in all laboratory activities.
3. Demonstrate appropriate equipment operation.
   1. Realize the importance of proper equipment set-up.
   2. Apply proper procedures when setting up equipment.
4. Develop, read, and follow a welding specification/procedure document.
   1. Realize the importance of following the procedure.
   2. Define and explain appropriate welding terms.
   3. Apply the procedure when making a specific weld.
5. Demonstrate proper techniques to complete a 3G and 4G weld on carbon steel plate.
   1. Realize the value of proper body positioning, visual factors, material prep and positioning, and tacking.
   2. Apply tack welds, root passes, filler passes, and cover passes in accordance with AWS D1.1 standards.

WELD 224W - Advanced Shielded Metal Arc Welding

1. Understand the theory of Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW).
   1. Realize the significance of this welding process in manufacturing and industry.
   2. Identify the primary considerations in the use of this welding process.
      1. Chemical, metallurgical, electrical, and physical properties.
   3. Discuss relationships with other welding processes.
2. Demonstrate appropriate safety practices and procedures.
   1. Realize the value of the use of safety equipment.
   2. Identify proper protective equipment.
   3. Apply safety procedures in all laboratory activities.
3. Demonstrate appropriate equipment operation.
   1. Realize the importance of proper equipment set-up.
   2. Apply proper procedures when setting up equipment.
4. Develop, read, and follow a welding specification/procedure document.
   1. Realize the importance of following the procedure.
   2. Define and explain appropriate welding terms.
   3. Apply the procedure when making a specific weld.
5. Demonstrate proper techniques to complete a 2G-5G weld on carbon steel 2" schedule #80 pipe.
   1. Realize the value of proper body positioning, visual factors, material prep and positioning.
   2. Apply tack welds, root passes, and cover passes in accordance with AWS D1.1 standards.

WELD 226W - Gas Tungsten Arc Welding

1. Understand the theory of Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW).
   1. Realize the significance of this welding process in manufacturing and industry
   2. Identify the primary considerations in the use of this welding process.
      1. Chemical, metallurgical, electrical, and physical properties.
   3. Discuss relationships with other welding processes.
2. Demonstrate appropriate safety practices and procedures.
   1. Realize the value of the use of safety equipment.
   2. Identify proper protective equipment.
   3. Apply safety procedures in all laboratory activities.
3. Demonstrate appropriate equipment operation.
   1. Realize the importance of proper equipment set-up.
   2. Apply proper procedures when setting up equipment.
4. Develop, read, and follow a welding specification/procedure document.
   1. Realize the importance of following the procedure.
   2. Define and explain appropriate welding terms.
   3. Apply the procedure when making a specific weld.
5. Demonstrate proper techniques to complete a 2G-5G weld on carbon steel 2" schedule #80 pipe.
   1. Realize the value of proper body positioning, visual factors, material prep and positioning and tacking.
   2. Apply tack welds, root passes, filler passes, and cover passes in accordance with AWS D1.1.

WELD 235W - Gas Metal Arc Welding

1. Understand the theory of Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW).
   1. Realize the significance of this welding process in manufacturing and industry.
   2. Identify the primary considerations in the use of this welding process.
      1. Chemical, metallurgical, electrical, and physical properties.
   3. Discuss relationships with other welding processes.
2. Demonstrate appropriate safety practices and procedures.
   1. Realize the value of the use of safety equipment.
   2. Identify proper protective equipment.
   3. Apply safety procedures in all laboratory activities.
3. Demonstrate appropriate equipment operation.
   1. Realize the importance of proper equipment set-up.
   2. Apply proper procedures when setting up equipment.
4. Develop, read, and follow a welding specification/procedure document.
   1. Realize the importance of following the procedure.
   2. Define and explain appropriate welding terms.
   3. Apply the procedure when making a specific weld.
5. Demonstrate proper techniques to complete a 2G-5G weld on carbon steel 2" schedule #80 pipe.
   1. Realize the value of proper body positioning, and tacking.
   2. Apply tack welds, root passes, filler passes, and cover passes in accordance with AWS D1.1 standards.

WELD 290-299 - Special Projects in Welding

WTT 100 - Introduction to Wind Energy

1. Define general wind turbine terminology.
   1. Define general wind terminology including wind speed, power, and density.
   2. Describe the components of wind turbine.
   3. Describe components of wind measurement devices: anemometer.
   4. Discuss aspects of wind turbine control.
   5. Discuss the future of the wind industry and other topics that are appropriate.
2. Describe the evolution of wind turbine technology
   1. Define different types and applications of various wind turbines
   2. Describe environmental and economic issues of the wind industry.
   3. Define key elements of wind energy systems and quality and longevity requirements for sustainability.
3. Explain air flow as related to wind turbine.
   1. Analyze blade efficiencies.
   2. Analyze blade environmental impacts on wind resources and blade efficiencies.
4. Examine site construction, foundation, roads, and substation development.
   1. Compare differences in tower foundations.
   2. Analyze substation development.
   3. Describe and examine wind park site construction and roadways.
5. Discuss environmental, ethical, or legal obligations of the wind farm.
   1. Define environmental and ethical aspects on locations of wind farms.
   2. Describe legal obligations of wind farms.
6. Perform appropriate wind calculations.
   1. Use a regional wind database and understand the relationship between elevations and wind speed.
   2. Calculate the annual power from the wind turbine.
   3. Use basic principles of wind energy conversion.
   4. Know the operational characteristics of a wind generator.
   5. Understand source of the wind, wind characteristics, wind speed gradient.
   6. Analyze wind statistics, basic elements of wind power, and power density of the wind.
   7. Understand the economics of the power produced.

WTT 110 - Climb Safety and Rescue Safety Training

1. Identify industry safety equipment and regulatory requirements for personal protection equipment and practices (lock-out/tag-out) and fall hazards associated with wind turbine maintenance activities.
   1. Identify safety regulations that apply to technicians.
   2. Identify proper industry safety equipment: climbing gear, hard hat, gloves, safety glasses, and steel-toed shoes.
   3. Identify the function and use of basic fall protection equipment and also select, inspect, assemble, and use fall protection and rescue equipment.
   4. Explain the use of lock-out/tag-out practices and devices used by technicians.
2. Complete a tower climb test.
   1. Demonstrate the use of personal protective equipment used by technicians.
   2. Identify safety hazards associated with wind turbines.
   3. Perform supervised climb test in wind turbine.
   4. Use climbing gear, hard hat, gloves, safety glasses, and steel-toed shoes.
3. Perform Safety Training.
   1. Perform training related to OSHA, Electrical Safety, Walking and Working Surfaces, Exit Routes, Emergency Action and Fire Prevention Plans, Fire Protection, Materials Handling/Back Injury Prevention, Flammable and Combustible Liquids, Personal Protective Equipment, Machine Guarding, and Hazard communication.
4. Demonstrate skill and knowledge to use a planned approach to tower climbing and rescue.
   1. Explain fundamental theories and principles of fall protection.
   2. Practice donning a full-body harness.
   3. Identify anchorage points (engineered and non-engineered).
   4. Explain hardware compatibility.
   5. Identify connecting means (new standards and designs).
   6. Identify energy absorbing lanyards.
   7. Identify commercially available fall arrest systems.
   8. Practice using ladder climbing devices.
   9. Perform rescue demonstration.
   10. Practice packaging and lowering the patient.
   11. Demonstrate the use of pre-climb checklists and rescue plans.
   12. Explain rescue system components.
   13. Demonstrate anchoring the rescue system.
   14. Demonstrate descent control.

WTT 120W - Wind Turbine Mechanical Systems

1. Identify wind turbine gearboxes and other mechanical systems.
   1. Demonstrate an understanding of the operation of various gearboxes (helical, spur, and worm-wheel) and state typical faults and their symptoms.
   2. Demonstrate an understanding of the operation of variable speed drives.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of preventative maintenance activities of wind turbine mechanical systems.
   1. Explain preventative maintenance.
   2. Explain mechanical repair procedures.
   3. Explain lubrication requirements.
   4. Demonstrate an understanding of potential mechanical failures associated with maintenance activities.
3. Demonstrate proper techniques to inspect, disassemble, and reassemble wind turbine mechanical systems.
   1. Demonstrate an understanding of the function of lubricants and how to select correct lubricants for specific applications.
   2. Identify various bearing types (roller, ball, etc.), remove and refit them correctly, understand their typical applications, and recognize common defects.
   3. Demonstrate an understanding of how to correctly remove and replace seals, gaskets, and gland packing.
   4. Use measuring equipment to correctly identify different types of screw threads by means of outside diameter, inside diameter, thread form, and pitch.
   5. Demonstrate proper lubrication and preventative maintenance techniques along with applicable mechanical repair procedures.
4. Use common terminology of wind turbine maintenance and demonstrate practical measuring/mathematical skills.
   1. Use measuring equipment to correctly identify different types of screw threads by means of outside diameter, insidse diameter, thread form, and pitch.
   2. Identify, select, and use standard threaded fasteners.
   3. Perform threaded fastener torque calculations.
   4. Assemble and repair damaged threaded fasteners properly.
   5. Demonstrate an understanding of the types of energy and perform energy, work, and torque calculations.
5. Demonstrate proper safety techniques and proper use of personal protective equipment.
   1. Apply safe working practices and understand the principles of preventative and first-line maintenance.
   2. Apply knowledge of safety techniques in isolating mechanical systems when necessary to prevent danger.

WTT 230 - Wind Turbine Schematics

1. Identify National and European schematic symbols, analyze operating characteristics, and explain the operation of interrelated wind turbine systems.
   1. Explain generation systems used by large wind turbines to convert rotational force to electrical energy.
   2. Analyze a typical operating curve for a commercial wind turbine.
   3. Discuss trends in the size of commercial wind turbine designs.
2. Identify and explain wind turbine systems.
   1. Classify large wind turbines by generating capacity, generating method, and size.
   2. Explain how the speed of large wind turbines is controlled.
   3. Discuss yaw control systems in wind turbines.
   4. Discuss wind protection methods typically employed by commercial wind turbines.
   5. Explain the purpose of the controller in a wind turbine.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the application of schematics as well as the overall operation of a wind turbine.
   1. Define terms used in large wind turbine design.
   2. Assess a turbine's generating capacity based on swept rotor area.
   3. Identify parts of wind turbines.

WTT 240 - Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution

1. Explain the generation of electrical power with a wind turbine generator from the local transmission system to a substation where a customer will purchase the generated power.
   1. Explain all aspects of working with components of a high voltage transmission system.
   2. Explain basic electricity, related math, and transformer theory with hands-on experience with single-phase transformers and various three-phase transformer banks.
   3. Introduce transformer over-voltage and over-current protection, equipment grounding, cutout and lightning arrestor use and installation, current and potential transformer applications, use of the VOM, and principles of troubleshooting.
   4. Demonstrate an understanding of substations, capacitors, voltage regulators, auto-boosters; practical experience in substation grounding, inspections, substation maintenance; operation and installation of high side fuses, power transformers, substation buswork, and transfer switches; methods of voltage regulation; and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA).
2. Explain electrical power systems.
   1. Define electrical power.
   2. Explain basic concepts, three-phase review, and per unit.
3. Explain electrical power distribution.
   1. Discuss basic considerations and distribution system layout.
   2. Discuss distribution transformers.
   3. Discuss distribution equipment.
   4. Discuss distribution substations.
   5. Discuss distribution line construction.
4. Explain electrical power transmission.
   1. Discuss transmission system overview.
   2. Discuss transmission line parameters.
   3. Discuss transmission line fault current calculation, protection, and bulk power substations.
   4. Discuss transmission line construction.

WTT 280 - Fundamentals of Data Acquisition

1. Use terminology related to test and measurement and verify the functionality of the training hardware.
   1. Demonstrate an understanding of company introduction
   2. Demonstrate an understanding of expected background
   3. Use related terminology
   4. Practice setting up and testing hardware
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of operation of commonly used sensors, transducers, and instruments.
   1. Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of operation and limitations of common measuring instruments
   2. Demonstrate an understanding of fundamental programming logic transferable to other programming languages
   3. Write programs based on an industry-standard graphical programming language
   4. Practice interpreting technical specifications and selecting sensors and transducers for a given application
   5. Demonstrate an understanding of terminologies associated with instrumentation systems (e.g., range, sensitivity, dynamic response, calibration, hysteresis, error, accuracy, precision, data uncertainty, mean and standard deviation)
   6. Practice    developing computerized instrumentation systems for industrial processes using multiple sensors, interface electronics, data acquisition card, and GPIB and serial instruments
3. Demonstrate an understanding of instrument controls and how they can be used for communicating and controlling hardware instruments.
   1. De   scribe instrument control applications
   2. Explain instrument control components
   3. Create a GPIB object
   4. Dem   onstrate an understanding of communicating with the instruments
4. Demonstrate the ability to collect and analyze data.
   1. Us   e data    acquisition software and hardware to collect and analyze data from a physical system

WTT 290-299 - Special Projects in Wind Turbine Technology

WRT 090 - Introduction to Academic Writing

1. Use a writing process for pre-college and college essays at the basic level
   1. Plan and brainstorm ideas for an essay before beginning to write.
   2. Produce drafts of an essay and show an understanding of revision.
   3. Participate effectively in writing groups and conferences.
   4. Demonstrate an ability to work with written comments.
   5. Produce edited, properly formatted essays.
2. Write basic college level essays.
   1. Use introductions, conclusions, and paragraphs.
   2. Write essays that demonstrate a sense of organization.
   3. Use topic sentences.
   4. Use transitions between sentences and paragraphs.
   5. Write at least two essays with a clear thesis.
3. Develop abilities with the more complex aspects of an essay.
   1. Demonstrate ability to develop significant ideas and use supportive, specific examples.
   2. Write essays that lack confusion.
   3. Write essays that demonstrate an awareness of audience.
   4. Reduce number of errors in grammar, usage, and punctuation.
4. Produce written responses to and understand texts at the basic level.
   1. Demonstrate ability, both orally and in writing, to make personal connections to the ideas in a piece of reading.
   2. Demonstrate an ability to negotiate unfamiliar vocabulary, as well as make new words a part of one’s own vocabulary.
   3. Demonstrate basic skills for information literacy, including accessing, analyzing, and using resources such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, and the Internet.

WRT 098 - Preparation for College Writing

1. Use a writing process for pre-college and college essays at the intermediate level.
   1. Plan and brainstorm ideas for an essay before beginning to write.
   2. Produce drafts of an essay and show an understanding of revision.
   3. Participate effectively in writing groups and conferences.
   4. Demonstrate an ability to work with written comments.
   5. Produce edited, properly formatted essays.
2. Write intermediate college-level essays.
   1. Use introductions, conclusions, and paragraphs.
   2. Write essays that demonstrate a sense of organization.
   3. Use topic sentences.
   4. Use transitions between sentences and paragraphs.
   5. Write at least two essays with a clear thesis.
3. Develop abilities with the more complex aspects of an essay.
   1. Demonstrate ability to develop significant ideas and use supportive, specific examples.
   2. Write essays that lack confusion.
   3. Write essays that demonstrate an awareness of audience.
   4. Reduce number of errors in grammar and punctuation.
4. Produce written responses to and understand texts at the intermediate level.
   1. Demonstrate ability, both orally and in writing, to make personal connections to the ideas in a piece of reading.
   2. Demonstrate an ability to negotiate unfamiliar vocabulary, as well as make new words a part of one’s own vocabulary.
   3. Demonstrate intermediate skills for information literacy, including accessing, analyzing, and using resources such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, and the Internet.