ME 11-week course curriculum

In 1981, AIB started its Maintenance Engineering course. It was created because AIB's customers had a continuing need for qualified people to maintain complex industrial equipment.

If you want the skills and knowledge needed to become a maintenance engineer, come to AIB for training in this specialized field. You will gain the practical and theoretical knowledge you need to maintain equipment in modern facilities throughout the world because you'll be exposed to all phases of maintenance.

You will get hands-on experience in refrigeration and electrical troubleshooting. You'll read blueprints and electrical schematics and learn to maintain and operate computers and programmable controllers.

You will benefit from presentations by AIB's two maintenance engineering instructors and guest speakers, who will talk about their specific areas of expertise.

• Baking Technology for Maintenance - Learn in hands-on labs about time constraints imposed on production lines that use leavened doughs to avoid expensive waste of ingredients and finished products.
• Baking Electricity and DC Circuits - Apply the principles of electricity and electrical applications to troubleshoot and repair problems in buildings and equipment: series circuits, parallel circuits, electrical calculations using Ohm's Law and the Power Formulas.
• Safety - Safety is integrated into daily instruction. Students learn to meet OSHA requirements relating to hearing loss prevention, confined space entry, electrical safety, respirators, and hazard communication.
• Low Pressure Boilers - Boilers, boiler components and the use of steam are covered in detail, including feed water, condensate and steam distribution systems, and associated components.
• Management/Leadership - Learn goal setting, how to set up and manage preventive maintenance and how to handle projects. Teamwork is the primary focus.
• Maintenance Technology - Learn to read micrometers and vernier calipers as well as create and operate an effective preventive maintenance program.
• AC Circuits - Single and three-phase circuits, and the National Electrical Code.
• Pneumatics and Hydraulics - The uses of fluid power, similarities and differences between fluid power systems and system maintenance.
• Basic Electronics - Resistors, capacitors, inductors, semiconductor diodes, transistors, silicon controlled rectifiers, integrated circuits and other electronic devices in modern equipment.
• Motor Controls - Two-wire and three-wire controls, reversing circuits, accelerating and decelerating circuits. Photo cells, control relays, time delay circuits, and counters.
• Refrigeration - Learn the refrigeration cycle and the operation, maintenance and repair of compressors, condensers, metering devices, evaporators and accessories.
• Computer Operation - Hands-on computer training: learn DOS, Windows, spreadsheets and programming in BASIC.
• Programmable Controllers - The programmable controller and its role in automating modern equipment. Learn programming in relay ladder logic and Boolean logic.
• Gear Drives, Belts, and Bearings - Different types of gear reducers, "V" belts, chain drives, and ball bearings. Proper component handling during installation and using special tools.
• Maintenance Management - Managing the maintenance function, parts inventories, preventive maintenance, leadership, and performance management are demonstrated and explained..