Automation and Manufacturing Technology - New Mexico State University - Dona Ana NM

Automation and Manufacturing Technology from New Mexico State University - Dona Ana NM is a Campus Associate Automotive degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. Electromechanical automation and manufacturing is an evolving, high-tech field, with applications in such areas as aerospace, food processing, and the pharmaceutical industry. It offers some of the highest salaries in the industrial sector, along with ample opportunities for rapid advancement. Automation and manufacturing technicians are responsible for production operation, as well as equipment monitoring, adjustment, maintenance, and repair in both routine and emergency situations. Using modern industrial production equipment, DACC?s Automation and Manufacturing Technology program provides training for desirable entry-level positions in electromechanical automated processes, as well as skill upgrading for those already working in the field. The program encourages the development of problem-solving skills, enabling students to adapt quickly to rapidly changing conditions brought on by automation and new technologies. The program is based on the skills standards established for the high-tech manufacturing industry by the American Electronics Association?s Workforce Skills Project, among others. Students learn systems interfacing and automation using digital control circuits, programmable logic controllers (PLC), and computer-controlled interfaces. Hands-on preventive and corrective maintenance procedures are taught in modern laboratory facilities using the same state-of-the-art automated production equipment found in the manufacturing industry. The program?s curriculum includes first-year DC, AC, digital logic, and solid-state electronic-circuit analysis courses from the Electronics Technology program. Graduates of the program are prepared to operate, maintain, and troubleshoot automated systems which may include electromechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, ultrahigh-vacuum, and Power-RF plasma subsystems. Whether taking classes or working on a job site, students enrolled in this program will be required to perform the same job duties and be able to meet the same physical requirements that they will as a graduate in the field. Depending where they find employment, graduates may be required to lift and carry 50 pounds safely, to work safely using hand and power tools, to work safely on electrical equipment, to ascend and descend ladders, and to stand, squat, stoop or kneel for long periods of time. View more details on New Mexico State University - Dona Ana . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Automotive courses.