Automated Building Controls

This program provides students with the fundamental training needed for the many varied career options in the field of general automation and digital controls. This program provides a pathway to multiple automation-related career education programs,  including both advanced certificate programs and AS degrees, in electrical technology, industrial electronics, industrial automation, mechatronics, robotics, building automation systems, and HVAC/R technology.  

Upon successful completion of the program, students will be able to use programming strategies, fundamental electrical laws, and mathematics to analyze AC and DC circuits; use diagnostic tools on industrial systems and work safely in accordance with NFPA 70E; connect to automation hardware, diagnose system problems, design control programs, and re-install a program to a controller; and be proficient in reading and creating schematics, wiring diagrams and icon-based programs for advanced control systems. 

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This program provides students with the fundamental training needed for the many varied career options in the field of general automation and digital controls. This program provides a pathway to multiple automation-related career education programs,  including both advanced certificate programs and AS degrees, in electrical technology, industrial electronics, industrial automation, mechatronics, robotics, building automation systems, and HVAC/R technology.  

To receive the certificate, students must successfully complete 15 units of required coursework as set forth below. To receive the degree, students must successfully complete 24 units of required coursework as set forth below. 

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
ACR 272	Fund. D/C circuits	3	S1
ACR 273	Intro. to PC	2	S1
ACR 274	Instrumentation	2	S2
ACR 275	Networking	3	S2
ACR 276	Hardware	2	S3
ACR 277	Programming (icon)	3	S3
ACR 278	Bldg. Performance	3	S4
ACR 279	Control Systems	2	S4
ACR 280	Capstone Project	2	S4
	Total	24

Air Conditioning & Refrigeration

Automation Fundamentals - OCC Fundamentals of Industrial Automation - Saddleback College

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