Automated Manufacturing Technology, Diploma

Program Standard and Course Guide

Table of Contents

ADMISSIONS

Standard Number: AM04-02-01 (Admission Requirements)

Standard Statement

Statewide admission requirements are implemented for the Automated Manufacturing Technology, Diploma program.

Explanatory Comment

Admission refers to regular admission into a Diploma program.

Statewide program admission requirements consider state and national occupational licensing and certifying requirements, where applicable. The institution develops and implements clearly stated Diploma program admissions policies and procedures.

Admission requirements are related to the functions of the Automated Manufacturing Technology, Diploma profession.

Evaluative Criteria

The institution develops, implements, and publishes clearly stated Automated Manufacturing Technology, Diploma program admission and advanced placement policies and procedures.

The requirements for admission to the Automated Manufacturing Technology, Diploma program are:

a)           attainment of 16 years of age;

b)           documentation of high school graduation or satisfaction of High School Equivalency Certificate requirements;

c)           achievement of minimum regular admission scores on tests of reading, language, and math as specified in GDTAE document Minimum Program Entrance Scores; and

d)           completion of application and related procedures.

 

 

Admission of transfer students to the Automated Manufacturing Technology program is contingent upon their meeting the following requirements:

a)        regular admission and good standing at a regionally accredited diploma or degree granting institution; and

b)        proper completion of application and related procedures.

         

Standard Number: AM04-02-04 (Provisional Admission Requirements)

Standard Statement

Statewide provisional admission requirements are implemented for the Automated Manufacturing Technology, Diploma program.

Explanatory Comment

Provisional admission is granted to qualified students who do not meet the regular admission requirements of the program.

Provisionally admitted students are allowed to take developmental studies courses and/or certain occupational courses as designated in the course sequence standard.

The institution develops, implements, and publishes clearly stated policies and procedures for entry into programs on a provisional basis.

Evaluative Criteria

Provisional admission to the Automated Manufacturing Technology, Diploma program is afforded those students who do not meet program requirements but do meet provisional admission requirements.

The requirements for provisional admission to the Automated Manufacturing Technology, Diploma program are:

a)        attainment of 16 years of age;

b)        documentation of high school graduation, satisfaction of High School Equivalency Certificate requirements, or recommendation by program faculty and designated admissions personnel on the basis of interview and assessment of student potential;

c)        achievement of minimum provisional admission scores on tests of reading, language, and math as specified in GDTAE document Minimum Program Entrance Scores; and

d)        completion of application and related procedures.

 

All Automated Manufacturing Technology, Diploma program students initially admitted on a provisional basis meet regular admission requirements prior to graduation.

Provisionally admitted students whose English, math, and/or reading achievement levels do not meet regular program admission requirements are required to enroll in developmental studies courses approved by the State Board of Technical and Adult Education.

PROGRAM STRUCTURE

Standard Number:  AM04-03-02 (Program Numbering System)

Standard Statement

A Major Code of AM04 and a CIP Code of 15.049104 are applied to the Automated Manufacturing Technology Diploma program.

Explanatory Comment

Assignment of a statewide Major Code AM04 and CIP Code 15.049104 to the Diploma program is the basis from which statewide programmatic consistency is developed.

Each degree/diploma/certificate program complies with the assigned Major Code(s) established in the relevant program-specific standards of the State Board of Technical and Adult Education.

Evaluative Criteria

Each authorized degree/diploma/certificate program is assigned a Major Code and CIP Code.

Each degree/diploma/certificate program having a given Major Code is consistent with all other programs throughout the state that have the same Major Code.

Degree/diploma/certificate programs having multiple specializations are assigned a specialization Major Code for each option.

Standard Number: AM04-03-03 (Program Consistency and Sequence)

Standard Statement

The Automated Manufacturing Technology  Diploma  program utilizes essential course components consistent with statewide program requirements.  Specific course alphanumeric identification Codes are assigned to each course.  Students are required to progress through two course categories in a developmentally valid sequence.

Explanatory Comment

Programs are assigned an identical Major Code AM04 and are consistent statewide.  Each specific course is assigned an alphanumeric descriptor that serves as a statewide course identification code.

Evaluative Criteria

The Automated Manufacturing Technology  Diploma  program is assigned a Major Code of AM04, and utilizes essential components designated for that program number statewide.  Program components include, but are not limited to:

Program Title

Automated Manufacturing Technology Diploma 

Program Description

The Automated Manufacturing Technology Diploma program is a planned sequence of carefully developed courses designed to prepare students to work as technicians in one of the various specialties in the field.  Program graduates are to be competent in the general areas of communications, mathematics, and interpersonal relations.  In addition, graduates are to be competent to install, program, operate, maintain, service, and diagnose electromechanical equipment used in automated manufacturing applications.  Program graduates receive an Automated Manufacturing Technology Diploma.

 

 

 

  

Program Final Exit Point

Automated Manufacturing Technology, Diploma

87 minimum quarter hours credit required for graduation

APPENDIX A

Accreditation and Certification

The Automated Manufacturing Technology, Diploma program must conform to the institutional accreditation requirements of the Commission on Occupational Education (COE) or the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (COC).

APPENDIX B

General Information

Automated Manufacturing Technology, Diploma Program Curriculum Model

Suggested Course Sequence

The standard curriculum for Automated Manufacturing Technology, Diploma program is set up on the quarter system.  A suggested sequence for the program is given below with area of specialization.  Technical colleges may implement the Automated Manufacturing Technology, Diploma program by using the sequences listed below or by using a locally developed sequence designed to reflect course prerequisites and/or corequisites.

Suggested Sequence I

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

 Fourth Quarter

 

Fifth Quarter

  

APPENDIX C

Automated Manufacturing Technology  Diploma

 

Suggested Equipment List

Alignment kits

AutoCad⁷ software packages

Bench press, w/dies

Calipers (divider), 6"

Capacitor analyzers

Chassis punches, round (set)

Chassis punches, square (set)

Circle cutters, 1" to 52"

Circuit trainers, digital

Circuit trainers, integrated

Cold chisels, flat (13/32", 2", 3/4")

Crimping tools

Curve tracer (laboratory quality)

Decade boxes, capacitor (1.0001-.001), 2%

Decade boxes, capacitor (01-1.1), 3%

Decade boxes, resistance (1-999.999 ohms)

Desoldering pump

Digital multimeter

Distortion meter

Drill press, bench model (15", slow speed)

Drills, electric (3/8", heavy duty)

EPROM programmers

F.M.S. software packages

File sets, mill (6", 8", 10", 12")

Film group, 16mm (basic electronic)

Film group, basic machinist's

Film group, manufacturing process

Filters (universal, low-pass, high-pass, band- pass, band reject, tuning range to 60 Khz)

Frequency counters

Function generator (W/VCO)

Function generators

Grid dip meter, w/low frequency coils

Grinder, 6" (2 hp motor) min

Hacksaw, 12", adj.

Hammers, ballpeen (16 oz., 8 oz.)

Heat gun

Hydraulic/pneumatic trainers, adv.

Hydraulic/pneumatic trainers, basic

IC extractors/inserts

Industrial electronics/instrumentation trainers

Knife sets, exacto

Laboratory circuit analysis unit

Lamps, bench (w/magnifier)

Logic analyzer clips

Logic analyzer oscilloscope

Logic probes

Mechanics and mechanisms trainers

Microcomputer systems (min. capacities of multiple language, 2 disks, line printer, video-terminal, A/D, D/A, control functions, expandable memory, prom programming)

Microprocessor interfacing units

Microprocessor trainers

Motor-tools, w/attachments and drill bits #60 through #80

Multimeters, digital (32digit)

Multimeters

Nibbling tools

Nutdriver sets, hollow shaft (6/32", 7/32", 8/32", 9/32", 10/32", 11/32", 12/32", 14/32", 16/32", 18/32")

Oscilloscopes (laboratory quality, time base, dual-trace, wide-band, w/ appropriate plug-in units and accessories up to 100MHz - 35MHz

 

Oscilloscope, storage (w/appropriate plug in units)

Pliers, combination (6")

Pliers, diagonal (5")

Pliers, longnose (6")

Power supply, multifunction (laboratory quality)

Printed circuit board fabrication system

Programmable controllers

Projector, 16mm (w/frame stopping feature)

Projector, filmstrip (w/auto sound advance)

Projector, slide

Projectors, overhead

Punches, set (center, pin, prick)

R-F generators

R-F signal multimeter

Reamers, hand (1/8" tip, 52" long)

Regulated power supply units

Relay logic trainers

Retroflective scanners

Rotating machinery trainers

Screens, projection

Screwdrivers, 2" H 1/8"

Screwdrivers, 3" H 3/32"

Screwdrivers, 6" H 1/4"

Screwdrivers, offset, 4" H 1/4"

Screwdrivers, Phillips #1

Sensors kit

Set, CNC machines and tooling

Set, engineering standards and data handbooks

Soldering irons, thermostatic (w/stands)

Spectrum analyzer

Square, combination, 12"

Stand alone robots, w/variety of drives

SWR bridge

Tap and die sets, electrician's

Tape recorders, cassette

Test lead sets

Thermometers, digital

Tin snips, aviation (10")

Twist drills, set (1/16" - 2" by 32nds)

U.T.C. physics trainers

Universal counter, digital

UV EPROM erasers

Variable auto transformers

Vise, machinist's (4" jaw, 6" opening, swivel base)

VTR system (color)

Wheatstone bridge (laboratory quality)

Wire wrap tool set

Wirestrippers, automatic (speedex)

Word processing software packages

Wrench, adj. (8")

Wrenches, open-end set (1/4" - 13/16" by 16ths)

Wrenches, socket (metric, 1/4" drive, set)

X-Y plotter

Z meters

 

Demonstration Units

 

Industrial electronics/instrumentation

Oscilloscope (large screen, dual-trace, time-base, high frequency w/ accessories and plug-in units)

Servo/lecture, w/motors