Building Utilities Mechanic - Rochester Community and Technical College

Building Utilities Mechanic from Rochester Community and Technical College is a Campus Certificate Electrical Engineering degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. Purpose: The Building Utilities Mechanic major is designed to prepare students for careers requiring skills in the operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of electrical and mechanical equipment found in commercial buildings. Instruction the first year includes courses in boiler operation, electricity, plumbing, tool usage, welding, electrical controls, and programmable controls. Courses in residential and commercial refrigeration, air conditioning, pneumatics, heating and cooling controls, and computerized energy management systems comprise the second year instruction. In the second year, students are placed with a co-op training sponsor to gain hands-on work experience. After initial training, students may take the state examination for a special steam engineer\\\'s license. After completion of the second year, students who qualify may take the state examination for second class \\\"A\\\" steam engineer\\\'s license and/or refrigeration certification. Graduates usually start at entry level positions in various maintenance operation areas in medical clinics, hospitals, waste to energy plants, power plants, hotels, educational, manufacturing, processing, and industrial facilities. Graduates have been employed as service technicians in the heating/ventilation/air conditioning (H.V.A.C.) field, building trades, and some are self-employed in the H.V.A.C. field. View more details on Rochester Community and Technical College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Electrical Engineering courses.