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Certificate of Achievement in Diesel Technology
Certificate of Achievement in Diesel Technology
at Great Basin College
Northern Nevada Catalog
Diesel technology graduates have the skills to maintain all types of equipment; repair and maintain mine-related equipment including surface, underground, and exploration equipment. You will learn to repair and maintain over-the-road trucks; work for dealerships and factories performing field work and/or component rebuilding; or work in related fields such as parts supply, warehousing, equipment sales and customer relations. Study includes hands-on training, introduction to heavy equipment technology, schematics, electrical/electronic theory, mathematics, interpersonal communications, systems troubleshooting, computer skills, heavy equipment repair and maintenance and repair of hydraulic systems.
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Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul mobile mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment, such as cranes, bulldozers, graders, and conveyors, used in construction, logging, and mining.
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