associate degree program - Instituto de Banca y Comercio

REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING WITH PLCThis study program offers the student the technical and practical knowledge to make installation tasks,provide service, and repair refrigeration and air conditioning equipments in residences and business. Itincludes also, occupational safety measures, equipment operation, reading and interpretation ofrefrigeration diagrams, cooling and air conditioning system of automotives. The course incorporates acomputer complement: Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). The graduates from this program will beable to fill positions as: Refrigeration Technician in manufacturing, construction firms, refrigeration andair conditioning companies, and in their own business.TERM CODE TITLE CREDITSI SEGU 1042MATE 1220INGL 1106Occupational SafetyApplied MathematicsBasic English I333II ELED 1041LATE 1201AIRR 1169III LATE 1220AIRR 1173LARE 2070IV AIRR 1174LARE 2071AIRR 2002V AIRR 2001LAIR 2001AIRR 2011I AIRR 3016TPLC 3000LPLC 3000Total CreditsFundamentals of ElectricityElectrical Instrumentation -LabPrinciples of RefrigerationTotal CreditsMechanical Instrumentation- LabDomestic Refrigeration and A/C (Inverters)Domestic Equipments- LabTotal CreditsCommercial RefrigerationCommercial Equipments- LabCommercial Air Conditioning with InvertersTotal CreditsAutomotive Air ConditioningAutomotive Air Conditioning- LabRegulations (EPA) / Layout and EstimatingTotal CreditsPreparatory Course for Board ExamProgrammable Logic Controller (PLC)Programmable Logic Controller Units- LabTotal Credits933393339333933393339Total Credits 54Note: A graduate from this program who wants to work as an independent refrigeration and AC contractor must pass the Examoffered by the Board of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning of Puerto Rico. Also, for the handling of refrigerants, an EPA Licenseis required. See the Examination Boards Information section of this catalog.[103]