Mechanical and Fluid Power Maintenance 
Certificate
Curriculum code 1275
Course Requirements

This program prepares students in four areas important to maintenance personnel, including communications, mechanical systems, electrical systems, and fluid power systems. Students will be prepared for entry-level employment in facility maintenance, service maintenance and production maintenance fields.

The program combines classroom instruction with considerable hands-on experience in the Center for Contemporary Technology on campus. You will work on the same type of equipment that is used by business and industry today.

This program is intended to lead to employment. If you are considering transferring to a four-year college or university using the courses from this program, make an appointment with an academic advisor to review your options.

Nature of Work—Under general supervision, graduates maintain facilities and equipment in a production or monitoring system, and repair and adjust equipment within a system to keep it operating at optimum levels.

Related Job Titles—Fluid-power mechanic, mechanical technician, millwright, industrial mechanic, maintenance machinist.

Employment Outlook—Employment of industrial machinery repairers is expected to grow more slowly than the average for all occupations as more firms introduce automated production equipment. Qualified applicants should find ample employment opportunities as older workers retire. Unlike many other manufacturing occupations, industrial machinery repairers are not usually affected by seasonal changes in production.

Median hourly earnings of industrial machinery mechanics were $18.78 in 2004. The middle 50 percent earned between $15.09 and $22.95. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $12.14, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $27.48.

Machinery maintenance workers earned less than the higher skilled machinery mechanics. Median hourly earnings of machinery maintenance workers were $15.79 in 2004. The middle 50 percent earned between $12.21 and $20.18. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $9.57, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $24.59. Resource: Bureau of Labor Statistics. For job and internship listings and job search assistance, contact the Job Placement Center in the Center for Contemporary Technology, T904, (708) 974-5737, www.morainevalley.edu/jpc.