Alternative Fuels & Emissions Certificate
College-approved Certificate
Program Description
The Alternative Fuels and Emissions certificate program prepares students for careers as bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists with the basic skills needed to operate, diagnose, repair, and overhaul buses and trucks, including maintaining all types of diesel engines in the transportation, construction, and agricultural industry sectors. This short-term certificate is designed to provide accessible training opportunities for individuals facing employment barriers, including unemployed, underemployed, low-income, justice-involved individuals and Veterans. The program provides an accelerated pathway to a post-secondary credential and employment in a high-demand field.
At the successful completion of the program curriculum, students will be able to:
- Follow safety standards related to the safe functioning in a heavy-equipment shop environment.
- Apply theory and principles for proper maintenance, diagnosis, and repair of systems and components related to the construction, agricultural, marine, and transportation industries.
- Recognize potentially hazardous situations in the industrial workplace.
- Trouble shoots and resolve equipment malfunctions.
- Apply a logical assembly/repair process to repair projects.
- Disassemble and assemble various components used in the diesel Industry to manufactures standards.
- Diagnose and repair electrical components and wiring used in the diesel industry.
- Use manufacturers’ manuals in the performance of assigned work.
- Determine the status of parts for reuse using manufacturer’s guidelines
Earn this certificate on your way to an Associate Degree in Diesel Technology
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