Business · Industrial Technology and Skilled Trades

This course provides theory, diagnosis, and service common to all automotive internal combustion engines. Course includes engine rebuilding and performance testing. This course prepares students for the ASE certification test on engine repair.

This course provides the student with entry level skills in the installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of the residential electrical industry.

This introductory Nail Technology course provides students with foundational knowledge and skills required for professional practice and regulatory compliance in Arizona. This course will cover historical development and evolution of the nail technology industry as well as proper use and maintenance of implements. This course will also cover equipment and supplies used in nail technology services including electric nail files, safety and sanitation in the salon, professional nail station set-up, acrylic nail enhancements, and natural nail shapes and structure. 

Building on the foundational skills, students in this class will learn gel, soak off gel, and acrylic gel hybrid enhancements, diseases and disorders of the natural nail, chemistry fundamentals, chemical composition of nail enhancement products, safety related to chemical use, and manicuring.

An introductory course focused on direct current and alternating current theory and electrical safety with emphasis on industrial applications. The course will begin with the basics of lockout/tagout and cover the hazards and procedures within the NFPA 70E (standards for electrical safety in the workplace). With the use of a 12 and 24-volt DC and AC simulator, students will gain practice with basic electrical components, digital multimeter use and trouble shooting.  

This course will be broken into four sections: NFPA 70E (standards for electrical safety in the workplace), 600 volts switching, meter safety, and electric motor control. 

NFPA 70E will review safety related work practices. 

600-volt switching is for non-electricians to learn how to operate identified switches. This portion of the course is designed to help the learner determine what role they play in interacting with switches, breakers, disconnects, and resets.

Meter safety will teach operation of the fluke 87 and review digital multimeter use. 

Electric motor control introduces electric relay control of AC electric motors found in industrial, commercial, and residential applications. Learner’s gain understanding of the operation, installation, design, and troubleshooting of AC electric motor control circuits for many common applications. Learners develops skills in interpreting schematics, system design, motor start / stop circuits, motor sequence control, reversing motor control, and motor jogging. Safety is emphasized throughout, highlighting motor safety, lockout/ tagout and safety interlocks.

This course teaches the history of conduit, its purpose, and the rules set forth by the National Electrical Code that governs safe installation practices for all types of conduit.  

This course teaches proper techniques for bending electrical metallic tubing and gives the learner a challenging set of parameters to follow to complete their weekly tasks including stub 90’s, offsets, kicks, and saddles.

Following the techniques as instructed can translate to bending pneumatic and hydraulic tubing, as well as galvanized rigid conduit and IMC. The learner will also be introduced to cutting and threading intermediate metallic conduit, galvanized rigid conduit, and pipe. Instructions will also be given for working with rigid nonmetallic conduit, flexible conduit, and conduit bodies, and the proper method for supports.

The learner will take measurements of an electrical practice board that will be using in class for practice, and for learners to demonstrate competencies working with electrical metallic tubing. Learners will use the measurements to create a board that will serve to assist them in practicing what they have learned in order to hone their skills. The final Skills-based assessment for this class is worth 50% of the grade and includes bending a box offset, a 90 degree bend, a 3 bend saddle, another 90 degree bend, and an offset.
 

Depending on expertise, students will create basic to advanced sewing projects. Students select projects based on their skill level and interest. Students are expected to have a basic understanding of sewing to be successful in this course. Students must provide their own sewing machine.

Students will develop machine embroidery skills. Students select projects based on their skill level and interest. Students are expected to have a basic understanding of their embroidery machine to be successful in this course. 

Students must provide their own embroidery machine.

Application of quilting techniques. Projects are chosen by students to meet their individual needs and interests.

This course teaches the different types of heating units used in all applications of the HVAC industry. The knowledge will enable the student to be able to work on and repair all major brands of heating units and prepares the student for a career in the field.

This course teaches the students the techniques required for servicing and repairing all forms of HVAC systems. The student will become familiar with being able to determine what is wrong in a given circumstance by evaluating what is wrong with information the student has learned. This knowledge will also prepares the student for a career in the field. 

This course develops a thorough knowledge of the refrigeration system, its heat exchange components, and applies it to the commercial arena.

This course will introduce students to commercial ice maker assembly, the various applications of ice makers in the commercial industry, the potential maintenance issues that may arise with ice making equipment, and the process to diagnose and repair them.

This course covers arc welding machines, their use and care; flat, vertical, and overhead welding using various types of electrodes. Welding safety and basic principles will be covered.