Engineering Process Technology Quality, A.S.

(60 credit hours)

 Florida Gateway College offers the Associate in Science degree in Engineering Process Technology Quality specialization. The degree is designed to prepare students for initial employment with an occupational title as Engineering Support Specialist, Engineering Specialist, Quality Assurance Technician/Technologist, or Process and Production Technician in various specialized areas, or to provide supplemental training for persons previously or currently employed in these occupations. It includes, but is not limited to, communication skills, leadership skills, human relations and employability skills, technical competency, safe and efficient work practices and a combination of theory and laboratory activities to gain the necessary cognitive and manipulative skills to perform preventive and corrective maintenance and support for engineering design, processes, production, testing, and/or maintaining product quality.

This program focuses on broad, transferable skills and stresses understanding and demonstration of the following elements of Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies and Industrial Applications: production materials and processes, quality, computer-aided drafting, electronics, mechanics, instrumentation and safety.

This degree is a planned sequence of instruction consisting of five specialization tracks with one common technical core. It is recommended that students complete the core or demonstrate a mastery of the student performance standards contained in the core before advancing to the course(s) in the next level of specialization. The common core consists of 18 credit hours of technical core courses from the following areas: instrumentation and measurement, manufacturing processes and materials, quality, computer-aided drafting, electronics, and safety. The total Associate in Science degree program consists of 60 credit hours.

The 18 credit hour technical core has been defined to align with the skills standards in the Manufacturing Skills Standards Council’s (MSSC) Certified Production Technician (CPT) credential. MSSC skill standards define the knowledge, skills, and performance needed by today’s frontline manufacturing workers. After completing this core and the General Education requirements, it is anticipated that students will be prepared to pass the MSSC CPT Certification.

To be officially accepted into this program a student must:

• have a high school diploma or GED certificate,
• complete an application to FGC,
• take a placement test as prescribed by State Board of Education Rule, and
• be proficient in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

All students are required to construct their class schedules with the assistance of an advisor or the Program Director.

Engineering Process Technology Quality A.S. Total 60 Credit Hours

Recommended Electives:

• ETI 1644 - Production and Inventory Control 3 credits
• ETS 1511C - Motors and Controls 3 credits
• ETM 2315 - Hydraulics and Pneumatics 2 credits
• ETM 2315L - Hydraulics and Pneumatics Lab 1 credit
• ETS 1542C - Introduction to Programmable Logic Controllers 3 credits
• ETS 1540C - Industrial Applications using PLCs and Robotics 3 credits
• STA 2023 - Elementary Statistics 3 credits
• PHY 1020 - Essentials of Physics 3 credits
• CGS 1570 - Computer Applications 3 credits

Program Notes:

Students:

• may articulate the 18 credit hour Engineering Technology Support Specialist Certificate if they possess the Manufacturing Skills Standards Council’s (MSSC) Certified Production Technician (CPT) credential.
• must have all electives or alternatives approved by the faculty advisor or division chairperson, and
• must complete developmental education classes in English, reading, math, and SLS 1501 The College Experience , if placement scores are not at required levels.