MEC 100 - Mechatronics Safety and Quality

1. Communicate effectively with internal and external customers.
2. Describe the roles and responsibilities of team members in common manufacturing and energy work settings.
3. Use best practices to ensure safety and quality in the industrial workplace.
4. Apply OSHA principles to perform a job safety analysis.
5. List categories of emergencies and how to properly respond to each.
6. Describe various work hazards and the personal protective equipment needed to work safely in industrial environments.
7. Describe how to safely identify and manage hazardous materials according to standards set by OSHA, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and Department of Transportation (DOT).
8. Operate basic hand tools, precision measurement tools, power tools and material handling equipment safely.
9. Interpret blueprint drawings and technical schematics.
10. Convert U.S. Customary and Systeme International (SI) metric measurements.
11. Describe elements of Quality Assurance (QA), including the Plan, Do Check, Act (PDCA) cycle, continuous improvement, inspection and audits.
12. Interpret basic statistics, histograms and control charts.

1. Regional manufacturing and energy careers
2. Communication skills and strategies
3. Industrial teams and teamwork
4. Leadership skills for industry
5. Safety organization in the workplace
6. Personal protective equipment
7. Fire and electrical safety
8. Work area safety
9. Hazardous materials safety
10. Tool and machine safety
11. Material handling safety
12. Blueprint reading and Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerances (GD&T)
13. Basic measurement
14. Precision measurement tools
15. Dimensional gauging
16. Quality systems and quality management
17. Statistical Process Control (SPC) and control charts
18. Continuous improvement

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