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Engineering Education

Standards

Electricity/Electronic Technology
  1. Understands scientific principles related to electricity
  2. Knows principles of circuit analysis
  3. Understands elements of circuit design and construction
  4. Knows applications of electrical skills and theories
Energy, Power, and Transportation Technology
  5. Understands energy and power types, sources, and conversions
  6. Knows methods of maintaining, servicing, and repairing transportation vehicles
  7. Knows the structure and operating principles of transportation systems
Building Trades
  8. Uses tools, materials, and equipment associated with the building trades
  9. Understands elements of planning construction projects
  10. Uses skills and techniques related to building, maintaining, and repairing structures
  11. Understands the interrelationship of the building trades and society
Drafting and Design
  12. Understands the techniques, tools, and technologies related to the production of technical drawings
  13. Understands applications of technical drawing skills
  14. Uses the design process to solve problems
Manufacturing Fundamentals
  15. Uses basic mechanical skills related to the manufacturing industry
  16. Understands various manufacturing processes
  17. Understands elements of production planning
  18. Understands concepts of production control in the manufacturing industry
  19. Understands the interrelationship of manufacturing and society
Safety
  20. Knows how to reduce risks and hazards in the workplace
  21. Knows appropriate response to an emergency
  22. Knows appropriate organizational and regulatory guidelines for work areas

    Topics

    1.Aerodynamic principles
    2.Applying technology
    3.Artistic skills and techniques
    4.Assembly processes
    5.Atoms and molecules
    6.Basic and linear measures
    7.Circuit design and construction
    8.Circuit repair
    9.Commercial and industrial wiring
    10.Components of electrical circuits
    11.Computer software
    12.Conservation of matter and energy
    13.Construction documents
    14.Construction site layout
    15.Construction technology
    16.Design considerations
    17.Design implementation
    18.Design process
    19.Design test and refinement
    20.Electrical Circuit Measurement and Testing
    21.Electricity and Magnetism
    22.Electronics
    23.Energy technology
    24.Energy transfer and entropy
    25.Engine design
    26.Environmental issues
    27.Feedback in systems
    28.Forms of energy
    29.Goal Management
    30.Hazardous Materials
    31.History and trends of industries and trades
    32.HVAC Systems
    33.Hydraulic and pneumatic power
    34.Inventory control
    35.Lines and angles
    36.Manufacturing process
    37.Maps, globes, and atlases
    38.Masonry
    39.Metalworking
    40.Motors and generators
    41.Oral composition and presentation
    42.Organizing information and ideas
    43.Personal health
    44.Plumbing
    45.Power transmission and control
    46.Preventative maintenance and service
    47.Problem-solving
    48.Productivity
    49.Quality control
    50.Ratio/proportion/percent
    51.Residential wiring
    52.Resource management
    53.Resources
    54.Rigging
    55.Robotics
    56.Role of individuals in history
    57.Safety and injury prevention
    58.Safety Procedures
    59.Schematic Reading
    60.Shapes and figures
    61.Social impact of the construction industry
    62.Spatial relationships
    63.Technical documentation
    64.Technical drawing
    65.Technological design and development
    66.Tools, machines, and materials
    67.Transportation systems
    68.Trouble-shooting
    69.Vehicle repair
    70.Vehicle systems
    71.Wire pulling techniques
    72.Wiring and soldering
    73.Woodworking
    74.Working with industrial materials
    75.Workplace Behavior
    76.Workstations