Catalog Info
Prepares students to take boiler and steam licensing exams and to function effectively as power or process plant engineers. Covers operating and maintaining turbines, engines, power plant electrical equipment, air compressors, industrial-commercial cooling systems, advanced control systems, and related equipment. Laboratory activities duplicate workplace skills, meeting requirements of National Skill Standards. Mandatory plant visits. Suggested co-requisites: ENT-141 and ENT-145.
Credit for Prior College-Level Learning
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 HFC 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