Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology

Location(s): West Harrison County Center

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(West Harrison County Campus)

The Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology – Diesel Option program is an instructional program that provides students with competencies required to maintain and repair a variety of industrial diesel equipment, including agricultural tractors, commercial trucks, and construction equipment.

This program leads to an Associate of Applied Science Degree and is preparatory for employment upon graduation from MGCCC. Where a transfer to four-year college or university is desired, a conference should be scheduled with an MGCCC advisor.

All students completing a career or technical program must complete an MGCCC Board-approved Technical Skills Attainment where applicable. Students should see an advisor for further details.

Heavy Equipment Maintenance Certificate

Semester One

DET 1133 - Fundamentals of Equipment Credit(s): 3
DET 1613 - Preventive Maintenance and Service Credit(s): 3
DET 1364 - Diesel Systems I Credit(s): 4
CEV 1415 - Equipment Operation I Credit(s): 5

Semester Two

DET 1223 - Electrical/Electronic Systems I Credit(s): 3
DET 1373 - Diesel Systems II Credit(s): 3
DET 1513 - Hydraulics I Credit(s): 3
DET 2623 - Advanced Brake Systems (Air) Credit(s): 3
CEV 1513 - Grade Work I Credit(s): 3

Total Credits: 30

Heavy Equipment Maintenance Diploma

Semester Three

DET 2523 - Heavy Equipment Power Transmission Credit(s): 3
DET 1813 - Air Conditioning and Heating Systems Credit(s): 3
DET 1263 - Electrical/Electronic Systems II Credit(s): 3
CEV 1426 - Equipment Operation II Credit(s): 6

Total Credits: 15

Total Clock Hours: 1,020

Associate of Applied Science Degree

Semester Four

ENG 1033 - Technical English or ENG 1113 /1114 - English Composition I Credit(s): 3/4
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective Credit(s): 3☨
Social/Behavioral Science Elective Credit(s): 3+
Math/Natural Science Elective Credit(s): 3/4#
BAD 2533 - Computer Applications in Business and Industry Credit(s): 3
or CSC 1123 - Computer Applications I

Total Credits: 15/17

Note:

Please refer to “The Credit by Non-Traditional Means” section of this catalog regarding stipulations for receiving articulated credit.

☨If a student takes a foreign language as the one humanities requirement, that course must be an advanced foreign language that includes the following: Occupational Spanish (MFL 1203), French II (MFL 1123), Spanish II (MFL 1223), Japanese II (MFL 1423), Italian II (MFL 1723), French III (MFL 2113), Spanish III (MFL 2213), Italian III (MFL 2713), French IV (MFL 2123), Spanish IV (2223), or Italian IV (MFL 2723).

+SPT 2173 - Interpersonal Communication is recommended; economics, psychology, sociology, marriage and family, or human growth and development.

#MAT 1033 - Technical Mathematics , MAT 1313 /1314 - College Algebra or Higher; however, MAT 1723 - The Real Number System and MAT 1733 - Geometry, Measurement, and Probability are not applicable or Any Lab Science.