Full course description
This course covers the following modules necessary for success at Collins:
Success Skills (Team Building and Communication)
This course discusses the seven sectors of technology and then moves on to fundamental business skills like: successful team characteristics; how to create ideas with a team to solve problems; basic processes used to design products; business presentation components, creation, and outlines; and executive summaries.
Basic Safety, Hazmat and Material Handling
This course covers safety organization, personal protective equipment, HAZCOM, confined spaces, electrical safety, fire safety, accident response, workplace ergonomics, and maintenance organization. Examples of topics include creating a culture of safety in the workplace, using head, eye, and ear protection personal protective equipment, explaining the importance of chemical container labeling, providing characteristics of a permit-required confined space, the function of an electrical lockout/tagout system, using a fire extinguisher, preventing bloodborne pathogen exposure, interpreting common safety markings, and visual management tools used in the workplace.
Lean Overview and Workplace Organization
This course covers lean manufacturing, the Toyota Production System (TPS), workplace organization, and the 5S Program. Learners will study in-depth topics like similarities and differences of traditional and lean manufacturing methods, visual management tools used in the workplace, and the 5S Program (sort, straighten, shine, standardize, and sustain).
Workplace Mathematics
Mathematics 1 reviews the math operations and concepts commonly used on the job in the production environment. The learner hones addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fraction, decimal, percentage, averaging, ratio, and geometry skills. Exposes the learner to basic linear problem solving and geometric operations, such as calculating surface area and volume.
Precision Measurement
This course introduces the fundamental principles of measurement including basic measurement, precision measurement, direct gauging, indirect gauging, and dimensional measurements using both the U.S. customary system as well as S.I. metric system. Major topic areas include tape measurement, measurement conversion, precision measurement tools, dial caliper, digital caliper, micrometers, dimensional gauging, indicator measurement, and data collection.
Basic Pneumatics
Basic pneumatics prepares learners to work intelligently in industry with pneumatic applications. It introduces pneumatic power and takes learners through key topics and skills in pneumatic power and safety, pneumatic circuits, pneumatic schematics, the principles of pneumatic pressure and flow, and pneumatic speed control circuits. It covers pressure regulation, air filtration, how to connect pneumatic circuits, pneumatic cylinders, valves, and actuators, a wide array of pneumatic applications, pressure and cylinder force, pneumatic leverage, pressure and volume, and air flow resistance.
Gaskets and Seals
Gaskets teaches learners about selecting, installing, and storing the many types of gaskets available today. Provides focus on integration and isolation seals as well as T-joints.