Industrial Maintenance Technology

Program Description:

The Industrial Maintenance Trades curriculum is a career-technical program designed to prepare students for entry-level employment as multi-skilled maintenance technicians. Industrial maintenance trade technicians are responsible for assembling, installing, and maintaining and repairing machinery used in the manufacturing or industrial environment.  Students receive basic instruction in a wide variety of areas including safety, machinery maintenance and troubleshooting/service, blueprint reading, basic welding and cutting operations, basic machining operations, fundamentals of piping and hydro-testing, and fundamentals of industrial electricity. 

Career Certificate

• IMM 1112 - Industrial Maintenance Safety 2 SH
• IMM 1122 - Industrial Maintenance Math and Measurement 2 SH
• IMM 1132 - Industrial Maintenance Blueprint Reading 2 SH
• IMM 1213 - Industrial Hand Tools and Mechanical 3 SH
• IMM 1614 - Principles of Piping and Hydro-Testing 4 SH
• IMM 1723 - Structural Repair 3 SH
• IMM 1734 - Maintenance Welding and Metals 4 SH
• IMM 1813 - Industrial Electricity for Industrial Maintenance Mechanics 3 SH
• IMM 1823 - Advanced Industrial Electricity for Industrial Maintenance Mechanics 3 SH
• Approved Career Technical Electives  5 SH

Technical Certificate

• IMM 1314 - Principles of Hydraulics and Pneumatics 4 SH
• IMM 1515 - Equipment Installation and Alignment 5 SH
• ELT 1413 - Motor Control Systems 3 SH

Associate of Applied Science

• ENG 1113 - English Composition I 3 SH
• SPT 1113 - Public Speaking I 3 SH      OR
• SPT 2173 - Interpersonal Communication 3 SH
• Social/Behavioral Science Elective  3 SH
• Humanities/Fine Arts Elective  3 SH
• Mathematics/Science Elective  3-4 SH 

• (MAT-1313 or higher OR any Laboratory Science)

**Completion Award: Associate of Applied Science in Occupational Education 60 SH

**Additional Graduation Requirements: Any student (first-time, transfer, and part-time) who begins at Hinds Fall 2007 and later will be required to take LLS 1312 /RST 1312  - Orientation course in order to graduate from the College. Exception: Orientation credit (1-3 hrs) transferred to Hinds from another college will satisfy our orientation requirement.

A CPAS review course(s) and exam(s) are required to graduate from this program.