Reedley College Catalog 2018-19

169 Course Descriptions 2018-2019 Catalog Aviation Maintenance Technology 32 AIRCRAFT SHEETMETAL STRUCTURES, AIRCRAFT & ENGINE INSTRUMENTS, AND ICE & RAIN PROTECTION 3.5 units, 5.83 lecture hours COREQUISITES: Aviation Maintenance Technology 31, 31L, 32L, 33, and 33L. ADVISORIES: English 126 and eligibility for English 125 and Mathematics 201. This lecture course will cover a variety of subject areas required by the Federal Aviation Administration as part of the Aviation Maintenance Technology Program. Topics include: Identification and selection of appropriate aircraft hardware and materials; inspection and repair of sheet-metal structures, installing conventional rivets, forming, lay out, and bending of sheet metal; inspection, servicing, and repair of electronic flight instrument systems and heading, speed, altitude, temperature, pressure, and position indicating systems; and the inspection, servicing, and repair of airframe ice and rain control systems. (A, CSU) 32L AIRCRAFT SHEETMETAL STRUCTURES, AIRCRAFT & ENGINE INSTRUMENTS, AND ICE & RAIN PROTECTION LABORATORY 1.5 units, 5.83 lab hours COREQUISITES: Aviation Maintenance Technology 31, 31L, 32, 33, and 33L. ADVISORIES: English 126 and eligibility for English 125 and Mathematics 201. This lab course will cover a variety of subject areas required by the Federal Aviation Administration as part of the Aviation Maintenance Technology Program. Topics include: Identification and selection of appropriate aircraft hardware and materials; inspection and repair of sheet-metal structures, installing conventional rivets, forming, lay out, and bending of sheet metal; inspection, servicing, and repair of electronic flight instrument systems and heading, speed, altitude, temperature, pressure, and position indicating systems; and the inspection, servicing, and repair of airframe ice and rain control systems. (A, CSU) 33 AIRCRAFT RECIPROCATING ENGINES 3.5 units, 5.83 lecture hours COREQUISITES: Aviation Maintenance Technology 31, 31L, 32, 32L, and 33L. ADVISORIES: English 126 and eligibility for English 125 and Mathematics 201. This lecture course will cover a variety of subject areas required by the Federal Aviation Administration as part of the Aviation Maintenance Technology Program. Topics include: Reading, comprehending, and applying information contained in aircraft maintenance manuals; writing descriptions of aircraft condition and work performed using maintenance records practices; and the removal, inspection, repair, and installation of reciprocating engines. (A, CSU) 33L AIRCRAFT RECIPROCATING ENGINES LABORATORY 1.5 units, 5.83 lab hours COREQUISITES: Aviation Maintenance Technology 31, 31L, 32, 32L, and 33. ADVISORIES: English 126 and eligibility for English 125 and Mathematics 201. This laboratory course will cover a variety of subject areas required by the Federal Aviation Administration as part of the Aviation Maintenance Technology Program. Topics include: Reading, comprehending, and applying information contained in aircraft maintenance manuals; writing descriptions of aircraft condition and work performed using maintenance records practices; and the removal, inspection, repair, and installation of reciprocating engines. (A, CSU) 41 AIRCRAFT & ENGINE FUEL SYSTEMS, FUEL METERING SYSTEMS, AND AIRCRAFT & ENGINE FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS 3.5 units, 5.83 lecture hours COREQUISITES: Aviation Maintenance Technology 41L, 42, 42L, 43, and 43L. ADVISORIES: English 126 and eligibility for English 125 and Mathematics 201. This lecture course will cover a variety of subject areas required by the Federal Aviation Administration as part of the AviationMaintenance Technology Program. Topics include: turbine engine fuel metering systems, electronic engine fuel controls, reciprocating and turbine fuel metering system components, and performing fuel management transfers and defueling procedures. Also covered will be fluid quantity indicating systems, fluid pressure and temperature warning systems, engine fire, smoke, carbon dioxide detection systems and fire extinguishing systems. (A, CSU)