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Electrical Engineering Technician – Control Systems Co-op |
School of Applied Technology |
Program AvailabilityNorth Fall 2012: Open Winter 2013: Open |
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Type:
Diploma
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Campus:
North
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Program Code:
30111 |
Length: Four semesters, beginning in September and January, plus a co-op work term after semester four |
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CONTACT INFORMATION: Dr. Tarsem Sharma, program co-ordinator | 416.675.6622 ext. 5060 | tarsem.sharma@humber.ca
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Humber’s Electrical Engineering Technician – Control System diploma program will prepare you to carry out electrical engineering technician functions within an engineering organization.
Studies centre on electric devices and circuits, digital and programming fundamentals, power generation and distribution, electrical computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), electrical code, programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and technical communications along with other required courses and a complement of electives. The program blends in-class, academic learning with hands-on laboratory work for a thorough and practical approach to the control of electrical systems. Complex and challenging project work prepares you for the realities of a control systems and electrical engineering career.
Humber’s Electrical Engineering Technician – Control System graduates work in a broad range of business and industries using electrical engineering. Opportunities, in both large and small organizations, across a variety of electrical environments include power distribution and utilization; electrical power generation, transmission, electrical maintenance and installation, and testing and commissioning electrical and control system equipment. The specialized programmable logic controllers (PLC) knowledge learned in this program will help graduates to be able to program and troubleshoot PLC operated equipment.
Students are responsible for arranging their own four-month (minimum 400 hours) paid work term. It normally takes place from May through August following semester four. Students receive career management support to help them develop effective job search skills, prior to the work term. The school provides a wide range of support services.
Note: For more information visit Selection Procedures.
Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission to the program.
Qualified graduates of this program may be eligible to pursue further educational and operational qualifications through completing Humber’s Electrical Engineering Technology – Control Systems program. The Electrical Engineering Technology – Control Systems program is nationally recognized through its accreditation by the Canadian Council of Technicians and Technologists (CCTT) at the engineering technologist level. Graduates are eligible for registration in the Ontario Association of Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT) upon successful completion of the engineering technology program. Graduates of the technology program may be qualified to work anywhere in Canada and in several countries around the world.
Qualified graduates of this program may be eligible to apply their academic credits toward further study at many postsecondary institutions. For detailed information, visit our website at humber.ca/transferguide.
The 2012/2013 fee for two semesters is
– domestic $3,705.48
– international $12,800.
Amounts listed are the total of tuition, lab and material fees, student service and auxiliary fees for the first two semesters of the 2012/2013 academic year.
Fees are subject to change.
For more information visit Fees and Financial Assistance.
Students must purchase Electronics Work Bench software, lab kit, and a digital multimeter. For information regarding the co-op fee for this program, refer to Fees and Financial Assistance in this publication.
Semester 1 | ||
| Course Code | Course | Credits |
| COMM 213 | Technical Communications 1Technical Communications 1Course Code: COMM 213 Credits: 3 This course is designed to develop the writing skills that will be required for clear communication in technical documents. Students will learn write documents that are clear, accurate, and grammatically correct.
Students will practice reading and writing skills that will be valuable in their college programs and build a strong base for professional technical and business writing. Those students who plan to further their studies will develop the fundamental skills for writing acceptable academic English.
To help students reach these goals, the course covers the following: analytical reading and critical thinking; the organization and development of expository and persuasive essays; and the elements of clear writing, including grammar and punctuation skills. 3 | 3 |
| TECH 101 | Electric CircuitsElectric CircuitsCourse Code: TECH 101 Credits: 4 An introductory course on basic concepts of voltage, current flow and resistance leads to the analysis of series, parallel, and series-parallel circuits. Classical circuit theorems are introduced to calculate the current or voltage in resistive networks. Power and efficiency are studied. Sinusoidal waves and their characteristics are introduced. Capacitors are studied in a simple DC environment. Complementary laboratory work includes the use of multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, and signal generators. | 4 |
| TECH 103 | Digital FundamentalsDigital FundamentalsCourse Code: TECH 103 Credits: 4 This course provides students with a structured approach to learning the principles and practical applications of digital electronics used in computers, communications equipment and control systems. Through a balanced series of lectures and hands-on laboratory sessions, the student will acquire a solid foundation in digital electronics, including gates, binary numbers, flip-flops, counters, display devices, and applications of Boolean algebra. The student is responsible for purchasing electronics parts kit containing all the components necessary to complete the laboratory experiments. The same kit will be used in other and subsequent courses/semesters. | 4 |
| TECH 104 | Programming FundamentalsProgramming FundamentalsCourse Code: TECH 104 Credits: 4 The students learn to develop logic to write structured programs. Different engineering and technology problems and issues are presented in the course and the students learn to analyze and develop solutions to these problems. These solutions may then be implemented as applications in structured programming approach. In this course the basics of programming languages are introduced. The learners will select the appropriate data type to store and process data and will also learn to generate the formatted output display. They learn to design, develop and implement the solutions of the problems based on the conditions and criteria defined in the problem using the control structures, conditional statements and simple arrays. They also learn to use a modular approach of writing structured programs using functions. | 4 |
| TECH 105 | Technology FoundationsTechnology FoundationsCourse Code: TECH 105 Credits: 2 This course prepares learners for the nontechnical aspects of careers in engineering technologies, addressing topics that include project management, effective presentation and communication skills, application of engineering principles to the learner’s specific program area, and ethics and professionalism in engineering technologies. Concepts will be presented within the context of the industry specific to the learner’s program area, and learners will acquire competencies by engaging in a variety of activities that may include working as part of a team, group participation, peer evaluation, blended learning, group presentations, online and in-class participation and research. | 2 |
| TMAT 100 | Essentials of Technical MathEssentials of Technical MathCourse Code: TMAT 100 Credits: 4 The student will demonstrate basic mathematical skills, and be able to apply them in specific applications in numerical computation of basic arithmetic operations, fundamental concepts of algebra and operations, simple equations and formulas, functions and graphs, factors and factoring, fractions and fractional equations, ratio proportion and variation, exponents and radicals, exponential and logarithmic functions, angles, right triangles, trigonometric and sinusoidal functions, and complex numbers. | 4 |
Semester 2 | Course Code | Course | Credits |
| COMM 313 | Technical Communications 2Technical Communications 2Course Code: COMM 313 Credits: 3 This course is designed to reinforce and expand on the skills students learned in Technical Communications 1. In Technical Communications 2, students will learn to design and write informal reports and a variety of other technical documents, using appropriate research, language, layout, and graphics. | 3 |
| TECH 150 | Electronic Devices and CircuitsElectronic Devices and CircuitsCourse Code: TECH 150 Credits: 4 This course is an introduction to semiconductors, including the diode family, the bipolar junction transistor (BJT) and the field effect transistor (FET). Applications of these devices are examined including the full-wave capacitor filtered rectifier, the BJT and FET switch and both small signal and power BJT amplifiers. | 4 |
| TECH 155 | Electrical CADDElectrical CADDCourse Code: TECH 155 Credits: 3 To use AutoCAD 2010 software to prepare 2D engineering drawings for electrical control systems to industry standards, using established procedures and practices. | 3 |
| TECH 156 | AC CircuitsAC CircuitsCourse Code: TECH 156 Credits: 4 This course covers the fundamental laws and basic concepts governing the behaviour of sinusoidal alternating current circuits. The effect of resistance, inductance and capacitance in series and parallel AC circuits is analyzed, and the circuits are studied for the application of the devices as active and passive filters. An introduction to the transformer is studied for use in power circuits, electronic circuits and signal coupling. Complimentary laboratory work includes the use of analog and digital voltmeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies and signal generators. | 4 |
| TECH 157 | Process InstrumentsProcess InstrumentsCourse Code: TECH 157 Credits: 4 The course deals with the construction, operation, maintenance and safety features of process instrumentation for mainly non-electrical measurement of process pressure, level, temperature and flow. All instruments will be referenced to specific industrial drawings. The appropriate Instrument Society of America symbols will be used throughout the course. | 4 |
| TMAT 203 | Math 2Math 2Course Code: TMAT 203 Credits: 3 The student will demonstrate basic mathematical skills as applied to oblique triangles and vectors; sinusoidal functions and complex numbers, trigonometric identities and equations; systems of linear equations; determinants and matrices; quadratic and radical equations; curve sketching and systems of quadratic equations. | 3 |
Semester 4 | Course Code | Course | Credits |
| ELEC 305 | AC Equipment 1AC Equipment 1Course Code: ELEC 305 Credits: 4 An introduction to the operating principles, of single-phase and three-phase power transformers, and single-phase induction motors. Calculations to determine performance and efficiency are included. Standard engineering symbols and drawings will be used for control and power diagrams. The Canadian Electrical Code will be utilized and emphasized throughout the course to reinforce safety standards, practices and procedures. A common theme throughout the course will be the importance of standards used by approval agencies such as CSA, UL, FM, IEC and CE for electrical equipment. Students will use manufacturers? catalogues, specifications and performance data whenever possible. | 4 |
| ELEC 308 | Automatic Controls: IntroductionAutomatic Controls: IntroductionCourse Code: ELEC 308 Credits: 4 The course will provide the participant with a working knowledge of process control concepts and terminology. Feedback, Cascade and Ratio control applications will be studied. Open and closed loop analysis will assist the student in understanding the dynamics of a particular process application. Consideration of the interaction between the process signal transmitter, final control element, controller and the process will be made throughout the course. Students will learn the principles of all controller modes namely: on-off, differential gap, proportional, integral, and derivative. Standard controller tuning methods will be applied to each loop for optimum operation. Students will use ISA (Instrument Society of America) symbols and for process and instrument diagrams.
Given process conditions students will determine control valve sizing by calculation and program software for both liquid and gas applications. Fisher controls valve sizing formulas and data will be used during the course. Fail safe practices will be utilised at all times for the design and selection of process control equipment. | 4 |
| ELEC 315 | Fundamentals of Power Distribution and Circuit AnalysisFundamentals of Power Distribution and Circuit AnalysisCourse Code: ELEC 315 Credits: 3 This course is an introduction to the fundamental theory of medium and low voltage power distribution and the circuit analyses techniques. The concept of electric transient phenomena in electrical systems is introduced. Mesh and nodal voltage analysis methods together with ac complex wave form simulation are discussed in this course. | 3 |
| ELEC 318 | Industrial Electronics and SensorsIndustrial Electronics and SensorsCourse Code: ELEC 318 Credits: 3 This course is an introduction to the fundamental theory of medium and low voltage power distribution and the circuit analyses techniques. The concept of electric transient phenomena in electrical systems is introduced. Mesh and nodal voltage analysis methods together with ac complex wave form simulation are discussed in this course. | 3 |
| ELEC 502 | Advanced Programmable Logic ControllersAdvanced Programmable Logic ControllersCourse Code: ELEC 502 Credits: 3 This course is designed to expand the student?s knowledge and use of the advanced addressing and features of PLCs, referenced to IEC 61131 programming standards.
The course will introduce the student to the use of multiple user files within the processor memory, data manipulation and analog signals complete with scaling. The student will program, monitor and troubleshoot application programs in the discrete and analog configurations.
Computer software will be used throughout the course for configuration, development, editing, documentation and monitoring of the application programs. Programming logic controllers to be studied are: Allen-Bradley Compact Logix and SLC series, Omron CJ1M. | 3 |
| HUMA 024 | Humanities: An Introduction to Arts and ScienceHumanities: An Introduction to Arts and ScienceCourse Code: HUMA 024 Credits: 3 The Humanities course focuses on fundamental questions individuals ask of themselves as they proceed through life. Why are we the way we are? Do we have free will or are we prisoners of our past experience or our biological inheritance? What motivates societies to change? Why do societal changes so often divide people into opposing camps? Why do so many people find contemporary life at home, at work, and in the community unfulfilling? What constitutes good government? How should injustice be fought? Can nations successfully deal with global problems? What is science and how does it differ from other kinds of inquiry? Can scientists provide solutions to the problems we face? What is art and does it offer answers of its own? What is its relationship to beauty, to knowledge, and to ethics? Is objectivity about art (or anything) possible? These questions are organized into units that begin with issues concerning the nature of the individual and then extend outward to various social, cultural and physical contexts.
The issues explored in this course are too complex to have any one right answer. Rather, individuals must search for answers that make sense of their experiences via various theoretical perspectives. The Humanities course supports this endeavour through study of different thinkers presented in the readings and exploration of different points of view explored in class discussions.
ESL students should consider taking the ESL Humanities course. Students may transfer into
ESL Humanities (HESL 024) either at the Registrar?s Office or the School of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Office (K201) on a first-come, first-served basis before the Last Day to Add. | 3 |
| ELEC 550 | Co-op Work TermCo-op Work TermCourse Code: ELEC 550 Credits: Students are encouraged to gain valuable work experience, by completing a paid work term following semester four. Students are responsible for finding a suitable placement (minimum 400 hours). The school provides a range of services, including work preparation workshops, to help students develop effective job search skills. The school also works with business and industry to identify employment opportunities for students. |
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