Catalog Info
Effective Term
Winter 2014
WebAdvisor Title
Power Fundamentals Lab
Credit Hours
2.00
Contact Hours Per Week
2 (for 15-week classes)
Course Description
Explores power plant and heating plant layout and equipment via lab and/or field experiences. Covers processes to start up and shut down boilers, operate pumps, test, and maintain boiler water quality. Includes working with the fundamental principles of direct current and alternating current circuits and machines; and the basics of industrial measurement and control with emphasis on power plant instrumentation. May complete plant visits as part of course work.
Pre-requisites
Instructor Permission
Course Satisfies MACRAO Requirements
No
Credit for Prior College-Level Learning
Other Details
This course is identified as a departmental course for which a learner can receive college credit for prior college-level learning and/or skills acquired outside the traditional classroom. Terms of the HFCC Credit for Prior College-Level Learning Policy may be met by review of the appropriate documentation, skill, certifications, and/or knowledge acquired by the learner and submitted for evaluation by the appropriate departmental faculty. As required, one or more of the following may be considered in the evaluation process:
A. field experience
B. licenses held
C. completing course exams and/or
D. performance sequences and/or
E. competing a portfolio.
F. assessment of private trade school or other extensive college level industry training and learning by a departmental faculty member