Diesel Preventative Maintenance Technology (Certificate)
Program Overview
The one-year Diesel Preventative Maintenance Technician certificate program prepares students to enter the workforce ready to perform routine repair procedures, preventive maintenance, and safety applications.
Watch the video below to learn why Diesel Preventative Maintenance Technology might be right for you.
Career Opportunities
Graduates work as brake technicians as well as perform routine maintenance and make general repairs.
Typical employers of Diesel Preventative Maintenance technicians are truck, farm, and earth-moving equipment dealerships; trucking companies; truck service centers; engine repair/machine shops; truck equipment distributors; independent service garages.
Course Outline
| CREDITS | |
| SEMESTER 1 | |
| Introduction to Diesel & Heavy Equipment Technology | 2 |
| Introduction to Diesel Electricity & Electronics | 3 |
| Brake Systems for Diesel | 2 |
| Brake Systems for Diesel Lab | 1 |
| Steering and Suspension Systems for Diesel | 3 |
| Welding and Flame Cutting for Vehicles | 1 |
| Welding and Flame Cutting for Vehicles Lab | 2 |
| College Algebra I and Trigonometry or Math for Transportation | 3 |
| First-Year Experience | 1 |
| SEMESTER 2 | |
| Advanced Electrical Systems for Diesel | 2 |
| Advanced Electrical Systems for Diesel Lab | 1 |
| Diesel Fuel Injection and Emissions | 2 |
| Diesel Fuel Injection and Emissions Lab | 1 |
| Diesel Engine Performance and Tune-up Procedures | 2 |
| Diesel Engine Performance and Tune-up Procedures Lab | 2 |
| Eglish Composition I or Industry Communication | 3 |
| Microcomputer I | 3 |
| MINIMUM CREDITS TO GRADUATE | 33 |
For course descriptions, please visit the Course Catalog.