Advanced Hydraulics MC 3
Online
Course
DURATION
27 hours
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning, On-Campus
Key Summary
About: This micro-credential delivers industry-focused hydraulics and fluid power training in a condensed format. You’ll complete 27 hours of instruction: 9 weeks of virtual teacher-led sessions (3 hours/week) and 20 hours of in-class lab training plus a 3-hour lecture at Centennial College Progress Campus, Toronto. It covers safety, component analysis, sizing and selection, assembly of fittings and hoses, valve control, open and closed-loop circuits, force calculations, intensification/compression/decompression, and troubleshooting. Successful learners receive a Certificate of Achievement and industry digital badges. Next offering: June 27th.
Career Outcomes:
Career opportunities: hydraulic technician, maintenance technician, system assembler, field service technician and equipment operator.
These micro-credentials contain the industry's highest in-demand skills-based training, delivered in a condensed format. This relevant training with access to state-of-the-art equipment and labs for experiential learning developed in collaboration with the Canadian Fluid Power Association to improve your marketability or expansion of career paths.
Next offering starting: June 27th
This program includes 27 hours of online training: 3 hours/week virtual teacher-led for 9 weeks and 20 hours in-class lab training plus one 3 hours of in-class lecture at Centennial College - Progress Campus Toronto.
Schedule Breakdown
7 Weeks - Virtual (Thursdays at 1:30 PM-4:30 PM)
3 Days- In-person (8:30 AM- 5:30 PM)
2 Days - Virtual (Thursdays at 1:30 PM-4:30 PM)
By participating in this program, you will be able to:
- Apply safety industry standards in order to ensure a safe industrial work environment
- Analyze individual hydraulic components to explain the operation of a hydraulic circuit schematic
- Size appropriate hydraulic components and select using a manufacturer's catalog
- Select and assemble fittings and hoses to build a functioning hydraulic system
- Explain the basic concepts of hydraulic valve control in order to select appropriate components for an application
- Differentiate between open and closed-loop hydraulic circuits
- Calculate static and dynamic external forces to select appropriate hydraulic components
- Describe intensification, compression, and decompression processes in order to avoid related negative impacts on a hydraulic system operation
- Troubleshoot a hydraulic system to ensure proper functioning.
Upon successful completion of a Micro-credential, you will be awarded a Certificate of Achievement, and Industry digital badges where applicable
