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Year 4 4 subjects · 22 topics · 456 clock hours
Electrical Technology
Electrical Technology · 144 clock hours
- Electrical energy. Generation, transmission and transformation. Thermal energy.
- Energy sources. Conventional sources: oil and gas. Power generation and alternative energies. Uses of energy. Distribution networks. Energy and power. Efficiency of the conversions.
- Electrical engineering basics. Direct and alternating current. Current and voltage. Ohm's law, Kirchhoff's laws, Joule effect. Quantities and basic formulas. Combinations of resistors, sources (cells and batteries) and capacitors. Impedance.
- Solving DC and AC circuits. Calculation of direct- and alternating-current circuits.
- Magnetism and electromagnetism. Magnetic field, electromagnets and induction: the basis of motors and transformers.
- Motors. DC and AC motors, single-phase and three-phase: concept and operation.
- Static electrical machines. Transformers: concept, operation and laboratory tests.
Electrical Installations I
Electrical Installations · 144 clock hours · In buildings: single-family homes.
- Electrical installations. Low-current, extra-low-voltage and low-voltage installations. Installation rules. Panels, wiring, switching, protection, control and signalling devices. Conduits. Earthing. Electrical design of a typical home.
- Electrical materials technology. Conductors, enclosures, insulators, ferromagnetic materials. Thermography and tests on equipment. Efficiencies.
- Use of tools. Hand tools, equipment and machine tools.
- Protection. Against direct and indirect contact. Protection of circuits against overload, short circuit and overvoltage.
- Lighting installations. Luminaires, general-purpose and special circuits, power circuits, calculations and diagrams.
- Maintenance. Of protection and switching components: switches, timers, thermal relays, phase-loss relays, motor protection breakers, fuses, circuit breakers.
Electrical Measurements I
Electrical Measurements · 96 clock hours
- Measurements. Measurement errors, instrument classes. Measuring current, voltage, power and resistance.
- Instruments. Analog and digital instruments: voltmeter, ammeter, wattmeter, multimeter, frequency counter, bridges. Characteristics, connection and calibration.
- Measurements on electrical machines. Measurements on AC and DC motors, motor connection, starting methods. Measurement tests on motors and transformers.
- Safety. Workplace safety in tests and when operating electrical measuring instruments.
Design and Technical Drawing I
Design and Technical Drawing · 72 clock hours
- Technical drawing. Drawing elements and instruments, standardization, dimensioning, geometric constructions, freehand sketching.
- Computer-aided design. Introduction to computer-aided drawing: basic functions, applications, quality of representation, three dimensions.
- Design. Projections and perspectives. Symbols of electrical elements. Representing machines and components. Reading installation plans, electrical diagrams and technical documentation.
- Standards and regulations for electrical work. Codes, standards and regulations in force, regulators and distribution companies. Regulations for electrical installations in buildings.
- Health and safety standards. In electrical installation and assembly work.
Year 5 4 subjects · 21 topics · 456 clock hours
Electrical Machines I
Machines and Power Plants · 144 clock hours
- AC and DC motors. Types, connection and starting methods. Tests. Parts, bearings, materials. Wiring and mounting of motors.
- Parallel operation and tests of transformers. Conditions for connecting transformers in parallel, and their tests.
- No-load and load characteristics. Of motors and transformers. Temperature-rise tests. Visual inspection. Technical criteria for selecting machines, tools, equipment and instruments.
- Safety. Workplace safety in the workshop and on site.
Electrical Installations II
Electrical Installations · 144 clock hours · In multi-unit buildings: apartments, offices and shops.
- Electrical installations. Low-current, extra-low-voltage and low-voltage installations, now in buildings: panels, wiring, switching, protection, control and signalling, conduits and earthing.
- Electrical materials technology. Conductors, enclosures, insulators, ferromagnetic materials. Thermography and tests. Efficiencies.
- Use of tools. Hand tools, equipment and machine tools.
- Protection. Against direct and indirect contact. Protection of circuits against overload, short circuit and overvoltage.
- Lighting installations. Luminaires, general-purpose and special circuits, power circuits, calculations and diagrams.
- Maintenance. Of protection and switching components: switches, timers, relays, motor protection breakers, fuses, circuit breakers.
- Safety and preventive maintenance. Purpose and functions of preventive maintenance, implementation stages, service life, inspection plan, work orders, tracking sheets and control charts. Introduction to predictive maintenance. Hourly costs and depreciation.
Electrical Measurements II
Electrical Measurements · 96 clock hours
- Measurement. Measuring power, frequency, resistance, energy and power factor (cos φ).
- Instruments. Wattmeter, power-factor meter, energy meters, frequency counter, oscilloscope. Current and voltage instrument transformers. Connection and calibration.
- Special measurements. Earth resistance and insulation measurements. Generator sets and generator tests. Basic functions of logic controllers. Sensors, actuators, introduction to servo systems.
- Safety. Workplace safety in tests and when operating measuring equipment.
Design and Technical Drawing II
Design and Technical Drawing · 72 clock hours
- Stages of a project. Methodology and planning. Preliminary design. Technical and economic analysis. Symbols and specifications for electrical installation plans.
- Codes, standards and regulations. Standards and regulations in force, regulators and distribution companies. Regulations for installations in multi-unit buildings.
- Standards. Health and safety in installation and assembly. Quality standards for processes and products.
- Types and characteristics of electrical materials. Selecting materials for the project.
- The idea of a project. Idea, execution and evaluation. Single-line, three-line and functional diagrams. Sequencing of assembly and installation work.
- Load and material schedules. Material schedules (standard types, certificates of conformity). Measurement reports. Tracking of execution times.
Year 6 5 subjects · 28 topics · 552 clock hours
Electrical Machines II
Machines and Power Plants · 144 clock hours
- Motors and transformers. No-load and load tests, temperature-rise tests, inspection and fault finding. Maintenance of contactors, relays and protections. Thermography and tests.
- Motor winding. Calculating, making and repairing windings.
- Electric power generation. Medium- and low-power generator sets. Turbines: types and characteristics. Internal combustion engines. Equipment tests.
- Supplies. Fuels and lubricants, welding, plastics, adhesives, new materials, windings.
- Protection of transformers and generators. Supply quality: disturbances, micro-interruptions and voltage dips. Safety plans and preventive measures for live work. Improving service quality.
- Legal and regulatory aspects of live work. General overhaul of machines: stages and ways of carrying it out. Uneconomic repairs and replacement. Vibration.
Electrical Installations III
Electrical Installations · 144 clock hours · In factories, workshops and industries; urban and rural infrastructure; electric utilities.
- Electrical installations. Low-current, extra-low-voltage and low-voltage installations in industry: panels, switching, protection, conduits and earthing.
- Electrical materials technology. Conductors, enclosures, insulators, ferromagnetic materials. Thermography and tests. Efficiencies.
- Use of tools. Hand tools, equipment and machine tools.
- Protection. Against direct and indirect contact. Protection of circuits against overload, short circuit and overvoltage.
- Lighting installations. Luminaires, general-purpose and special circuits, power circuits, calculations and diagrams.
- Maintenance. Of protection and switching components in factories and industries.
- Safety and preventive maintenance. Preventive maintenance plan, inspections, work orders, maintenance management, periodic checks, costs, depreciation and service life. Predictive maintenance.
Industrial Automation I
Industrial Automation · 96 clock hours
- Basics of the digital world. Number systems and codes, logic gates, combinational logic, Boolean algebra and simplification, flip-flops, counters, registers, memories and programmable devices.
- Digital techniques. Analysis and implementation of combinational logic circuits.
- Automation. Principle of an automatic system. Building an automation. Technological options. Process control.
- Programmable logic controllers. Definition, history and fields of application of the PLC. External and internal structure, memories, CPU, inputs and outputs, interfaces, programming units and peripherals.
- Control and signalling units. Sensors and transducers. Signal conditioners. Actuators and final control elements.
- Fundamentals of pneumatics and hydraulics. Basic principles, units of measurement, compressors and accessories.
- Pneumatic actuators. Control valves, pneumatic signals, electropneumatic control, pneumatic logic. Single- and double-acting cylinders, continuous cycle, timers.
- Hydraulics. Hydraulic fluids, cylinders, directional and auxiliary valves. Hydraulic circuits.
Industrial Electronics I
Industrial Electronics · 96 clock hours
- Transistors. Transistor currents. Common-base, common-emitter and common-collector configurations. Input and output characteristics. Equivalent circuit.
- Biasing. Fixed bias, stability factor S, collector-feedback bias, self-bias.
- Field-effect transistor. FET and MOSFET. The transistor as a switch. Amplification: classes A, B, AB and C, direct and RC coupling, Darlington pair.
- Thyristors. Silicon-controlled rectifiers (SCR). Gate triggering methods. RC phase control.
- Triac and diac. Characteristics and operation. Applications of the SCR, triac and diac in power circuits and industrial control.
Design and Technical Drawing III
Design and Technical Drawing · 72 clock hours
- Electrical design. Power demand, feeders and circuits, environmental conditions. Conductors and busbars, busways, switching and protection, short-circuit currents, protection coordination, reactive power and power-factor correction.
- Execution. Plans and specifications, as-built drawings, catalogues and standards. Medium- and low-voltage lines, underground lines, distribution. Motor selection, motor control center, installed and contracted power, transformer stations, lighting, rational use of energy.
Year 7 5 subjects · 25 topics · 768 clock hours
Power Plants and Distribution
Machines and Power Plants · 144 clock hours
- Generator. Operating the equipment and efficiencies. Turbines. Internal combustion engines. Fuels and lubricants. Electric power generation.
- Medium- and low-power generator sets. Turbines, internal combustion engines, equipment tests, supplies and windings. Protection of transformers and generators.
- Power transformers. Connection diagrams. Regulations for medium-voltage work. Fault finding.
- Substations and distribution lines. Work processes: planning, quality, productivity, schedule and critical times, efficiency. Fire prevention and environmental care.
- Health and safety standards. Electrical risk. First aid.
- Problem identification and solving techniques. Safety on public roads, routing of lines, safety heights and clearances, access restrictions and signage.
- Quality of the electricity supply. Analysis of supply quality.
Electrical Installations IV
Electrical Installations · 144 clock hours · In special electrical equipment and buildings.
- Electrical installations. Low-current, extra-low-voltage and low-voltage installations in special equipment and buildings: panels, switching, protection, conduits and earthing.
- Electrical materials technology. Conductors, enclosures, insulators, ferromagnetic materials. Thermography and tests. Efficiencies.
- Use of tools. Hand tools, equipment and machine tools.
- Protection. Against direct and indirect contact. Protection of circuits against overload, short circuit and overvoltage.
- Lighting installations. Luminaires, general-purpose and special circuits, power circuits, calculations and diagrams.
- Calculations. Short-circuit currents. Protection coordination. Reactive power and power-factor correction equipment; its installation.
- Maintenance. Of protection and switching components.
- Safety and preventive maintenance. Preventive and predictive maintenance plan, inspections, work orders, periodic checks, costs, depreciation and service life.
Industrial Automation II
Industrial Automation · 144 clock hours
- Handling and installation. Commissioning the controller, programming and storage, wiring of inputs and outputs, power supply and maintenance.
- PLC instructions and programs. Program execution. Languages: mnemonic or Boolean, ladder diagram, function block diagram, Grafcet, flowchart. Symbols and equivalences.
- Basic programming applications. Inputs and outputs, markers, timers, counters, shift registers. Program and service instructions. Logic circuits and pulse generators.
- Automation networks. Communication between devices, data link layer. Supervision with SCADA: properties of the supervisory system and supervised processes.
- Buses. Fieldbuses and their fields of application: CAN, SDS, AS-i, Profibus, Interbus, Fieldbus, Modbus, Industrial Ethernet. Standardization.
Industrial Electronics II
Industrial Electronics · 96 clock hours
- Amplifiers. Feedback and the condition for oscillation. Sinusoidal and non-sinusoidal oscillators: astable, monostable and bistable. High-frequency heating.
- Operational amplifiers. Ideal and real, differential amplifier. Summing amplifier, differentiator, integrator, comparator. Power control with op amps. Servomechanisms.
- Electronic motor control. Control of DC and AC motors. Speed regulation and drives that keep it constant.
- Industrial application circuits. Temperature, flow and noise control. Electronic heating. Logic circuits, A/D conversion, optoelectronics and transducers.
Training in the Work Environment
Professional Practice · 240 clock hours
- Professional practice. Practice in real work situations: assembly, installation, operation and maintenance. Consolidates and integrates the capabilities of the professional profile.