Facilities Maintenance - Gateway Technical College

Facilities Maintenance from Gateway Technical College is a Campus Certificate Mechanical Engineering degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. Grow, strengthen and broaden your facilities maintenance expertise with Gateway Technical College 's Facilities Maintenance Technical Diploma. Whether you are already working in the facilities maintenance field and need to build onto your existing skills or starting out in the field, our Facilities Maintenance program can ensure the graduate has a full range of facilities maintenance skill. The coursework successfully completed for the Facilities Maintenance technical diploma can be applied to achieving an associates degree in one of our related programs such as HVAC technician. Employers, you can save money on outside contractors by broadening the skills of your inside maintenance staff. Graduates of the FM program will be able to perform a wider variety of repairs , reducing the number of calls for outside help. Those enrolled in the program will gain a greater appreciation for workplace and equipment safety, preventive maintenance practices and record keeping, and system operations. Program Goals The Technical Diploma program is the first in a series of courses designed to train the facility maintenance worker to become a viable cost saving tool for the facility. The worker now has ability to understand the need for routine maintenance procedures and can perform basic routine tasks that may normally be contracted at higher cost to the company. Program Advantages The overall advantage to this program is an employee who will understand the need for proper maintenance procedures, and quality, timely repairs. These actions can reduce repair costs by outside contractors, major repairs because of proper equipment care, and worker injuries because the employee is knowledgeable of safe working practices. The following coursework is offered through the program: Drywall installation and repair , painting and finishing. Basic welding and cutting. Fleet Maintenance including filters, tires, fluids, belts, maintenance records. Basic carpentry and repair would include wall construction, window and door installation and repair . Cutting miters and coping molding. Basic pneumatic temperature control system operation and repair. Replacement and calibration of thermostats, identification of components, compressor and air dryer maintenance. Mechanical Systems would provide the worker with the understanding of the complex relationship the electrical, natural gas, domestic hot water, potable water and wastewater systems have with the operation of a large facility. Electrical Applications would introduce the worker to testing equipment and safety procedures, the use of fuses and circuit breakers and Ground Fault Devices, and the use of Ohms Law to troubleshoot electrical and control circuits. Environmental Systems would provide the worker with the basic understanding of the operation of HVAC (Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning) equipment. Basic maintenance procedures such as filter selection, replacement, bearing lubrication, and belt replacement. Exhaust fans and damper maintenance. Workplace Fundamentals would provide the worker with basic hand tool use and safety procedures used in the modern workplace. View more details on Gateway Technical College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Mechanical Engineering courses.