UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY (UAV)

The Associate of Science in Unmanned AerialVehicle Technology is designed to prepare students and workforce to becometechnicians in aerospace and unmanned aerial vehicle (drones) industries byassisting engineers in flight operation, programming, design, develop, test,maintain, and manufacture of unmanned aerial vehicles, to communicateprofessionally both orally and in writing, and to work on team-based projects.The emphases of program are theory-based hands-on application, internship, andwork-based learning.

·      It isestimated that the number of sections core courses to be offered annually willbe at least 1

·      It isestimated the student annual enrollment in the number of sections is a cohort of 25-30

·      It isestimated that the number of program completers per year at the end of secondyear of program operations will be 20-25

It is estimated that the number of program completersper year at the end of fifth year of program operations will be 40-45

East Los Angeles College (ELAC) is developing a new Associate of Science Degree in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology, funded by Strong Workforce program, based on the recommendation of the ELAC Engineering Department’s advisory committee and the research conducted by the Center of Excellence (COE). The COE is also recommending that Colleges work with the Los Angeles/Orange County Regional Energy, Construction & Utilities sector navigators, the college’s advisory board and local industry to create programs to meet the workforce demand for Energy, Construction &  and related fields workers. 

There is an undersupply of trained workers in the Los Angeles/Orange County region, in the region the shortage is 4270 workers. This data is based on occupational demand and supply in the report by Los Angeles/Orange County Center of Excellence (COE).

The focus of this new program is the existing 1 Taxonomy of programs among 10identified which are: 

• TOP Code: 0950.00 – Aeronautical and Aviation Technology 
  

Which they lead to the following Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) System titles and codes: 

• Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technicians (SOC 17-3021)
• Electro-Mechanical Technicians (SOC 17-3024)
• Maintenance and Repair Workers, General (SOC 49-9071) 
  

UAV/UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles/Unmanned Aircraft Systems) is the fastest growing sector of both civilian and military aviation. ATRE, the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boeing, Raytheon, General Atomics and other organizations identify that in California, the U.S., and globally the UAV/UAS drone hobby, commercial, and military markets will expand significantly by 2020. It is forecasted that the UAS economic direct, indirect, and induced impact of UAV/UAS manufacturing and sales on California’s economy for 2015 to 2017 to be $2.4 billion creating 12,292 jobs. AUVSI estimates that by 2025 there will be the creation of over 100,000 new jobs nationally.“Deloitt predicts that more than 30,000 drones will operate in the US domestic airspace in 2020.” It is imperative that we provide the education and training for our workforce entering this expanding new industry.http://www.atreeducation.org/reports/publications-the-atre-drone-report/

Guided Pathways and fill the pipeline of highly hands-on and theory-based skilled employees. Many of the occupations in Aerospace Engineering require technicians to have hands-on skills and technical knowledge in Technical Writing, Shop Math, Machine Shop Training, Safety, Algebra, AC/DC Circuits, Programming(Arduino, JavaScript and Python), Design, Integration and Test.

To accommodate and to train the workforce for these demands, a stackable Associate of Science and   Certification of Achievement program without any prerequisite is developed in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology. This program is mapped to the skills and knowledge as described in SOC 17-3021, SOC17-3024 and SOC 49-9071 of Bureau of Labor Statistics.

 This program will work with the City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles and County of Orange for public safety and disaster preparation/response programs. This will include other agency that will need specials assistance in conduction data collection from air, water, and land.

As current job market demands hands-on and theory-based skilled employees who cancommunicate with professional engineers in Aerospace Engineering Field.California Community Colleges have to build Guided Pathways and fill thepipeline of highly hands-on and theory-based skilled employees. Many of theoccupations in Aerospace Engineering require technicians to have hands-onskills and technical knowledge in Technical Writing, Shop Math, Machine ShopTraining, Safety, Algebra, AC/DC Circuits, Programming (Arduino, JavaScript andPython), Design, Integration and Test.

 

To accommodate and to train the workforce for these demands, a stackable Associate of Science and   Certification of Achievement program without any prerequisite is developed in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology. This program is mapped to the skills and knowledge as described in SOC 17-3021, SOC17-3024 and SOC 49-9071 of Bureau of Labor Statistics.

 

This program will work with the City of Los Angeles ,County of Los Angeles and County of Orange for public safety and disaster preparation/response programs. This will include other agency that will need specials assistance in conduction data collection from air, water, and land.

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
Associate of Science in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology   COA Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology (UAV TEK)   Core Courses Units IND TEK 103 Technical Writing and Communication 2 IND TEK 106 Shop Math and Measurements 2 MIT 101 Machine Shop Training and Safety 2 MATH 125 Intermediate Algebra 5 EET 120 AC/DC Circuits 3 UAV TEK 101 Introduction to UAV 2 UAV TEK 102 FAA Part 107 Small UAS Rule 1 UAV TEK 121 UAV Programming with Arduino 2 UAV TEK 122 UAV Programming with JavaScript 2 UAV TEK 123 UAV Programming with Python 2 UAV TEK 201 UAV Design I 3 Total Units for COA in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology (UAV TEK) 26 A.S. in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology (UAV TEK)   Core Courses Units COA in UAV TEK 26 Restricted Electives: EET 121, EET 122, EET 123, EET 124, EET 200, EET 205, EET 215, EET 220, EET 230 and GE 225 4 LACCD General Education 21 Total Units for A.S. in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology 51

ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES

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• It is estimated that the number of sections core courses to be offered annually will be at least 1 • It is estimated the student annual enrollment in the number of sections is a cohort of 25-30 • It is estimated that the number of program completers per year at the end of second year of program operations will be 20-25 • It is estimated that the number of program completers per year at the end of fifth year of program operations will be 40-45