I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Maintenance Awareness

2. Course Prefix & Number:
CMAE 1526

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 2

Lecture Hours: 2

Lab Hours: 0

4. Course Description:

This course aligns with the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council’s (MSSC) assessment and certification system for Maintenance Awareness. The curriculum is based upon federally endorsed national standards for production workers. The course introduces the concepts of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and preventative maintenance with the fundamental principles of lubrication, electricity, hydraulics, pneumatics, and power transmission systems.

5. Placement Tests Required:

Accuplacer (specify test):

Reading College Level CLC or Reading College Level, and Fundamentals of Math Pre-College Level or Math Pre-College Level or Math Introductory College Level or Algebra College Level or Pre-Calculus College Level or Calculus College Level

Score:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

There are no prerequisites for this course.

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:

St Cloud Technical College, CMAE 1526 Maintenance Awareness, 2 cr
Northland Community & Technical College, CMAE 1526 Maintenance Awareness, 2 cr
St. Paul College, CMAE 1526 Maintenance Awareness, 2 cr
Northwest Technical College, CMAE 1526 Maintenance Awareness, 2 cr|
Century College, CMAE 1526 Maintenance Awareness, 2 cr
Lake Superior College, CMAE 1526 Maintenance Awareness, 2 cr
Pine Technical & Community College, CMAE 1526 Maintenance Awareness, 2 cr
Riverland Community College, CMAE 1526 Maintenance Awareness, 2 cr

2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:

Bemidji State University B.A.S. Applied Engineering
Bemidji State University B.A.S. Applied Management

3. Prior Learning - the following prior learning methods are acceptable for this course:

• Military Experience
• Demonstration
• Portfolio

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):

360 Production Technologies Certificate
Manufacturing Foundations Certificate

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Demonstrate oral communication skills	Apply principles of effective communication through active role play and or small group presentations.
Demonstrate written communication skills	Produce comprehensive and analytical written documentation.
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations	Analyze assigned case scenarios and apply theoretical concepts.
Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations	Apply TPM to manufacturing situations.

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Understand the concepts of preventative maintenance systems;
• Interpret monitoring indicators for optimal equipment performance;
• Identify fundamental principles of lubrication, electricity, hydraulics, pneumatics, and power transmission systems;
• Identify potential maintenance issues with production equipment;
• Understand documentation within a maintenance plan; and
• Understand the system components of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).

 

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

1. Lecture Sessions

1. Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) system components
2. Concepts of preventative maintenance and routine repair
• Lubrication
• Electricity
• Hydraulics
• Pneumatics
• Power transmission systems
3. Monitoring indicators role in production operations
4. Production housekeeping schedule
5. Identifying potential maintenance issues in basic production systems
6. Maintenance system documentation
7. Total Productive Maintenance System Components