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MT 283 Process Control Practicum 3


Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 9
Credits: 4

Provides on-the-job experience with area employers, under instructional oversight. Utilizes limited supervised industrial experience to develop advanced process control procedures, including equipment scheduling, equipment calibrations, process charting, and factory management with local industry partners.

Prerequisite: MT 282  with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Student Learning Outcomes:
  1. Respond to direction from the supervising site manager.
  2. Participate in basic industrial maintenance procedures.
  3. Practice industry standard professional and ethical behaviors at the work site.
  4. Describe and wear professional attire for the position.
  5. Select and assemble equipment as requested.
  6. Apply knowledge of basic process control systems through active participation.
  7. Apply OSHA standards to a worksite setting.
  8. Document process control changes.
  9. Use a standard response to changes in process control variables.
  10. Apply industry safety standards to industrial systems.
  11. Use skills to participate as an active member of a team.
  12. Apply calibration standards to workplace settings and equipment maintenance for scheduling requirements.
  13. Describe and use as appropriate, Manufacturing Execution Software (MES).  


Content Outline
  • Intermediate Work Experience at a Local Process Control Facility
    • Work vocabulary
    • Safety and professional attire
    • OSHA regulations
    • Job duties
  • Accept Verbal and Written Instructions
  • Respond to Verbal and Written Instructions
    • Documentation
    • Attitude
  • Tool and Material Recognition
  • Instrumentation Setup
  • Monitoring Control Systems
  • Remote Access of Control Information and Data
    • Recording
    • Charting
  • Limited Unsupervised Work as a Process Control Technician
  • Equipment Maintenance
    • Scheduled
    • Unscheduled
  • Equipment Standardization and Calibrations
  • Manufacturing Execution Software
  • Workplace Safety