Heavy Equipment Maintenance - Southern Maine Community College

Heavy Equipment Maintenance from Southern Maine Community College is a Campus Associate Industrial Engineering degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. The Heavy Equipment Maintenance associate in applied science degree program is designed to prepare skilled technicians to work in the Heavy Equipment industry. The program involves general education as well as heavy equipment lecture and laboratory instruction focusing on state-of-the-art products. Students may work at a dealership as part of the cooperative education phase of training. Opportunities for graduates include positions in dealerships as technicians, field service technicians , parts specialists, as well as companies with vehicle fleets as general technicians, positions include specialists in areas such as Diesel Engine specialist, brakes, or automatic transmissions, diesel engine performance and others. Associate degree graduates can transfer a full two years of credit toward a baccalaureate degree in Applied Technical Education or Applied Technical Leadership at the University of Southern Maine. Upon completion of the program, graduates will be able to: Demonstrate industry acceptable safety practices and compliance with OSHA / MSHA standards and a working knowledge of hand tools and equipment operation. Perform tasks to diagnose and repair components of construction equipment electrical/electronic systems and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. Perform tasks to diagnose and repair diesel engines and engine performance Perform tasks to diagnose and repair hydraulic systems and construction equipment power train systems including hydrostatic drives, manual transmissions, power shift transmissions, torques convertors, differentials, and final drives. Perform tasks to diagnose and repair dry brake, and wet brake systems. View more details on Southern Maine Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Industrial Engineering courses.