Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate characteristics of general forklift handling, capacity, load center, and center of gravity.
2. Based on knowledge of different designs of forklifts, determine the appropriate procedures for load capacity; safe load travel; load manipulation, including stacking and unstacking; loading and unloading; and, safety platform use.
3. Assess the operating environment for potential hazards.
4. Demonstrate proper connection and disconnection procedures for fuel tanks; and, proper fueling techniques.
5. Inspect the essential parts of the forklift and their interoperability; including proper fueling techniques.

Course Type:

Workforce Development
SOC 53-7051.00 - Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

Learning Outcomes Assessments Used:

Participant Evaluations (Indirect Method)
Instructor Evaluation(s) (Indirect Method)
Standardized Testing (Direct Method)

Accreditation/Training Standard:

Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Data Metrics

Reason for Non-Completion:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate characteristics of general forklift handling, capacity, load center, and center of gravity.
2. Based on knowledge of different designs of forklifts, determine the appropriate procedures for load capacity; safe load travel; load manipulation, including stacking and unstacking loading and unloading; and, safety platform use.
3. Assess the operating environment for potential hazards.
4. Demonstrate proper connection and disconnection procedures for fuel tanks; and, proper fueling techniques.
5. Inspect the essential parts of the forklift and their interoperability; including proper fueling techniques.

Course Type:

Workforce Development
SOC 53-7051.00 - Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

Learning Outcomes Assessments Used:

Participant Evaluations (Indirect Method)
Instructor Evaluation(s) (Indirect Method)
Standardized Testing (Direct Method)

Accreditation/Training Standard:

Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Data Metrics

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate characteristics of general forklift handling, capacity, load center, and center of gravity.
2. Based on knowledge of different designs of forklifts, determine the appropriate procedures for load capacity; safe load travel; load manipulation, including stacking and unstacking loading and unloading; and, safety platform use.
3. Assess the operating environment for potential hazards.
4. Demonstrate proper connection and disconnection procedures for fuel tanks; and, proper fueling techniques.
5. Inspect the essential parts of the forklift and their interoperability; including proper fueling techniques.

Course Type:

Workforce Development
SOC 53-7051.00 - Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

Learning Outcomes Assessments Used:

Participant Evaluations (Indirect Method)
Instructor Evaluation(s) (Indirect Method)
Standardized Testing (Direct Method)

Accreditation/Training Standard:

Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Data Metrics

Reason for Non-Completion:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Check a powered industrial cart for the proper operation of instrumentation, engine/motor operation, steering, and visibility restrictions.
2. Demonstrate proper loading of a powered industrial cart based on vehicle capacity and operating limitations.
3. Demonstrate a powered industrial cart in a restricted maneuvering environment, following proper safety procedures and operating rules.
4. Operate a powered industrial cart in a restricted maneuvering environment, following proper safety procedures and operating rules.
5. Operate a powered industrial cart in a unrestricted operating environment following proper safety procedures, applicable traffic laws.

Course Type:

Personal/Community Development

Learning Outcomes Assessments Used:

Participant Evaluations (Indirect Method)
Instructor Evaluation(s) (Indirect Method)

Accreditation/Training Standard:

Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Data Metrics

Reason for Non-Completion:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Form an experiential understanding of the work performed by process operators.
2. Determine career goals and objectives in order to effectively transition to the process industry.
3. Exercise effective time management and communication skills in the workplace.
4. Apply and relate the knowledge, skills, and aptitudes developed in the classroom and laboratory to an actual process environment.

Course Type:

Workforce Development
SOC 51-8013 - Power Plant Opertors
51-8091 - Chemical Plant and System Operators
51-8099 - Biofuels Processing, Biomass Plant, and Hydroelectric Plant Technicians

Learning Outcomes Assessments Used:

Participant Evaluations (Indirect Method)
Instructor Evaluation(s) (Indirect Method)
Standardized Testing (Direct Method)

Accreditation/Training Standard:

Process Technology Examination (PTEX)

Data Metrics

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Relate the manufacturing processes, input- process-output similarities and technical differences for each of the primary process industries.
2. Form an understanding of basic physics, chemistry, mathematics principles and their application to the process industries.
3. Examine the operating environment of process technicians, evaluating aspects of safety, security, quality control and team dynamics.
4. Examine common process systems, equipment for purpose, function, application and interoperability.
5. Make proper use of basic problem solving techniques, basic measurement systems and basic algebraic equations to solve practical word problems.
6. Employ basic chemical nomenclature, the periodic table of elements to write and balance chemical equation, track equations using stoichiometry and measure physical quantities.
7. Apply basic scientific laws and principles to describe the cause and effects of motion, momentum, thermal dynamics, fluid mechanics and sound transmission as an observed phenomenon.

Course Type:

Workforce Development

Learning Outcomes Assessments Used:

Participant Evaluations (Indirect Method)
Instructor Evaluation(s) (Indirect Method)
Standardized Testing (Direct Method)

Accreditation/Training Standard:

Data Metrics

Reason for Non-Completion:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Examine each of the process variables, and the relationship between and among each variable.
2. Make use of the formulas to calculate each of the process variables.
3. Assess the methods and devices used to measure differential pressure, temperature and flow in a system.
4. Determine the purpose, operation, and forces associated with common pressure sensing and measurement devices used in the process industry.
5. Analyze the relationship between components, measuring devices, and controllers in a process control loop.
6. Conduct a operational and failure analysis of a programmable logic control system (PLC) and a distributed control system (DCS) typical of those used in the process industry.

Course Type:

Workforce Development

Learning Outcomes Assessments Used:

Participant Evaluations (Indirect Method)
Instructor Evaluation(s) (Indirect Method)
Standardized Testing (Direct Method)

Accreditation/Training Standard:

Data Metrics

Reason for Non-Completion:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Developing

Course Type:

Workforce Development

Learning Outcomes Assessments Used:

Participant Evaluations (Indirect Method)
Instructor Evaluation(s) (Indirect Method)
Standardized Testing (Direct Method)

Accreditation/Training Standard:

Data Metrics

Reason for Non-Completion:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Examine the benefits of ISO 9000 certification and what policies and procedures must be in place in for a manufacturing facility to receive ISO 9000 certification.
2. Analyze the methods and elements of Total Quality Management (TQM) including conformance to specifications versus maintenance of consistency as it applies to the process industry.
3. Characterize the cost of quality by appraising the economics of implementing a quality system including appraisal., internal failure, external failure and prevention methodologies.
4. Develop and demonstrate effective communication and team skills and organizational communication etiquette.
5. Assess the effectiveness systems of policies, procedures, and instructions to decrease variance and increase operating consistency in a process plant.

Course Type:

Workforce Development

Learning Outcomes Assessments Used:

Participant Evaluations (Indirect Method)
Instructor Evaluation(s) (Indirect Method)
Standardized Testing (Direct Method)

Accreditation/Training Standard:

Data Metrics

Reason for Non-Completion:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Determine the standards for safety, health, and environmental protection in the process industry.
2. Assess the responsibilities of federal and state regulatory agencies to establish and enforce safety, health, and environmental regulations.
3. Examine the causes and effects of chemical, biological, radiological, atmospheric, and environmental hazards of industrial processes on personnel in an industrial environment.
4. Appraise the standard engineering control systems that provide indications and warnings of safety, health and environmental hazards to minimize and/or eliminate threats.
5. Determine the proper personal protective equipment required for specific environmental conditions.

Course Type:

Workforce Development

Learning Outcomes Assessments Used:

Participant Evaluations (Indirect Method)
Instructor Evaluation(s) (Indirect Method)
Standardized Testing (Direct Method)

Accreditation/Training Standard:

Data Metrics

Reason for Non-Completion:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Dissect a process operation by examining block flow, process flow, piping, and instrument diagrams.
2. Classify process equipment as to function, input/output, reactive forces, medium, capabilities and limitations.
3. Differentiate mechanical power transmission systems by operating principles and purpose.
4. Among process equipment operation, correlate the proper method and medium for correct lubrication.
5. Determine the proper tool for specific tasks in assembling, disassembling, and maintaining process equipment.

Course Type:

Workforce Development

Learning Outcomes Assessments Used:

Participant Evaluations (Indirect Method)
Instructor Evaluation(s) (Indirect Method)
Standardized Testing (Direct Method)

Accreditation/Training Standard:

Data Metrics

Reason for Non-Completion:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Dissect a process operation by examining block flow, process flow, piping, and instrument diagrams.
2. Classify process equipment as to function, input/output, reactive forces, medium, capabilities and limitations.
3. Differentiate mechanical power transmission systems by operating principles and purpose.
4. Among process equipment operation, correlate the proper method and medium for correct lubrication.
5. Determine the proper tool for specific tasks in assembling, disassembling, and maintaining process equipment.

Course Type:

Workforce Development

Learning Outcomes Assessments Used:

Participant Evaluations (Indirect Method)
Instructor Evaluation(s) (Indirect Method)
Standardized Testing (Direct Method)

Accreditation/Training Standard:

Data Metrics

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Examine discrete process systems for common components, controls, isolation methods.
2. Assess the behavior and properties of materials as they are influenced and altered by process systems.
3. Use appropriate formulas to calculate each of the process variables.
4. Assess the primary process systems for purpose, function operation, and control.
5. Construct functional diagrams of process systems that include input process methods, feedback loops, and output.

Course Type:

Workforce Development

Learning Outcomes Assessments Used:

Participant Evaluations (Indirect Method)
Instructor Evaluation(s) (Indirect Method)
Standardized Testing (Direct Method)

Accreditation/Training Standard:

Data Metrics

Reason for Non-Completion:

Course Type:

Workforce Development

Learning Outcomes Assessments Used:

Participant Evaluations (Indirect Method)
Instructor Evaluation(s) (Indirect Method)
Standardized Testing (Direct Method)

Accreditation/Training Standard:

Data Metrics

Reason for Non-Completion:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Operate process equipment in a safe manner, in accordance with standard operating procedures.
2. Adopt process industry communication methods, procedures, and documentation.
3. Produce consistent on-specification output product from a process by employing proper sample collection methodology.
4. Determine and conduct proper analytical testing using accepted testing procedures, precautions, and safeguards.
5. Exercise proper procedures for the operation of process equipment during start-up, shut-down, and emergency/abnormal operating conditions.

Course Type:

Workforce Development

Learning Outcomes Assessments Used:

Participant Evaluations (Indirect Method)
Instructor Evaluation(s) (Indirect Method)
Standardized Testing (Direct Method)

Accreditation/Training Standard:

Data Metrics

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Operate process equipment in a safe manner, in accordance with standard operating procedures.
2. Adopt process industry communication methods, procedures, and documentation.
3. Produce consistent on-specification output product from a process by employing proper sample collection methodology.
4. Determine and conduct proper analytical testing using accepted testing procedures, precautions, and safeguards.
5. Exercise proper procedures for the operation of process equipment during start-up, shut-down, and emergency/abnormal operating conditions.

Course Type:

Workforce Development

Learning Outcomes Assessments Used:

Participant Evaluations (Indirect Method)
Instructor Evaluation(s) (Indirect Method)
Standardized Testing (Direct Method)

Accreditation/Training Standard:

Data Metrics

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Form an experiential understanding of the work performed by process operators.
2. Determine career goals and objectives in order to effectively transition to the process industry.
3. Exercise effective time management and communication skills in the workplace.
4. Apply and relate the knowledge, skills, and aptitudes developed in the classroom and laboratory to an actual process environment.

Course Type:

Workforce Development

Learning Outcomes Assessments Used:

Participant Evaluations (Indirect Method)
Instructor Evaluation(s) (Indirect Method)
Standardized Testing (Direct Method)

Accreditation/Training Standard:

Data Metrics

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Combine the four methodologies of troubleshooting to assess anomalies in process systems.
2. Examine process operations for primary and secondary operational problems, natural variability, and process breakdowns.
3. Monitor and test process systems for pressure, temperature, flow, level, and analytical variable anomalies.
4. Make proper use of available control modes to bring system back into established operational parameters.

Course Type:

Workforce Development

Learning Outcomes Assessments Used:

Participant Evaluations (Indirect Method)
Instructor Evaluation(s) (Indirect Method)
Standardized Testing (Direct Method)

Accreditation/Training Standard:

Data Metrics

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Developing

Course Type:

Workforce Development

Learning Outcomes Assessments Used:

Participant Evaluations (Indirect Method)
Instructor Evaluation(s) (Indirect Method)
Standardized Testing (Direct Method)

Accreditation/Training Standard:

Data Metrics

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Developing

Course Type:

Workforce Development

Learning Outcomes Assessments Used:

Participant Evaluations (Indirect Method)
Instructor Evaluation(s) (Indirect Method)
Standardized Testing (Direct Method)

Accreditation/Training Standard:

Data Metrics

Course Type:

Workforce Development

Learning Outcomes Assessments Used:

Participant Evaluations (Indirect Method)
Instructor Evaluation(s) (Indirect Method)
Standardized Testing (Direct Method)

Accreditation/Training Standard:

Data Metrics