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FMT – Facilities Maintenance Tech Outcomes

AAS - Facilities Maintenance Technology AAS Degree

Degree Outcomes Core Outcomes
Practice safety measures in all areas to prevent occupational incidents.
  • Communication
  • Community and Environmental Responsibility
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Professional Competence
Determine problems in facilities systems.
  • Community and Environmental Responsibility
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Professional Competence
Perform corrective maintenance in facilities systems.
  • Professional Competence
Perform preventative maintenance in facilities systems.
  • Community and Environmental Responsibility
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Professional Competence
Recognize interrelationships of facilities systems to avoid negative impact.
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Professional Competence
Properly install equipment and systems to specifications.
  • Communication
  • Community and Environmental Responsibility
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Professional Competence
Operate facilities equipment in accordance with manufactures specifications to meet varying conditions.
  • Communication
  • Community and Environmental Responsibility
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Professional Competence
Communicate effectively through appropriate media with co-workers, customers, contractors, suppliers and supervisors.
  • Communication
  • Community and Environmental Responsibility
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Professional Competence
Actively search for continuous improvement by analyzing the workplace for effectiveness and efficiencies.
  • Communication
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Professional Competence

ACERT - Facilities Maintenance Technology Less Than One-Year Certificate

Degree Outcomes Core Outcomes
Practice safety measures in all areas to prevent occupational incidents.
  • Communication
  • Community and Environmental Responsibility
  • Cultural Awareness
  • Professional Competence
Perform corrective maintenance in facilities systems.
  • Community and Environmental Responsibility
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Professional Competence
Properly install equipment and systems to specifications.
  • Communication
  • Community and Environmental Responsibility
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Professional Competence
Operate facilities equipment in accordance with manufacturers specifications to meet varying conditions.
  • Communication
  • Community and Environmental Responsibility
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Professional Competence
Communicate effectively through appropriate media with co-workers and supervisors.
  • Communication
  • Community and Environmental Responsibility
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Professional Competence

ACERTP - HVAC/R Installer Less Than One-Year: Career Pathway Certificate

Degree Outcomes Core Outcomes
Demonstrate practical knowledge of Ohm’s Law, series/parallel electrical circuits, schematic and pictorial wiring diagrams, electrical motors and their controls, single-phase and three-phase power supplies and how they apply to automatic, low and high voltage, control circuits for heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration systems.
  • Professional Competence
Wire control circuits and power supplies for new HVAC equipment at installation.
  • Professional Competence
Demonstrate basic knowledge of the vapor/compression refrigeration circuit and its components including heat transfer, types of refrigerants and pressure/temperature relationships, industry tools and test equipment. Braze and pressure test ACR tubing, recover, evacuate and charge refrigeration systems.
  • Professional Competence
Demonstrate basic knowledge of refrigeration as it applies to air conditioning for habitable spaces including air flow in duct systems and psychometrics.
  • Professional Competence
Install residential heating equipment including natural gas furnaces, both 80% and 90% plus efficiencies, oil furnaces, and electric furnaces.
  • Professional Competence
Safely install residential and light commercial HVAC equipment including; demolition, locating and setting the equipment, use sheet metal tools, install galvanized sheet metal duct systems, flexible duct systems, ACR line sets, vent of fossil fuel furnaces, start up new equipment, install gas piping, practice acceptable customer service skills, and practice safety in the workplace.
  • Professional Competence