Overview and Award Outcomes
Overview
Students in the Automated Machinery Repair Technician program are introduced to manufacturing, maintaining, and monitoring high-tech mechanical systems. Technicians use their advanced skills in machining processes combined with knowledge of Automated Systems and Robotics to build or repair machinery, equipment and mechanical parts, and assemble these into working systems. They build and set up individual systems and monitor their operation. Should an error occur, technicians diagnose, troubleshoot and then repair and maintain the machinery as needed. In this program, students will take courses at Eden Prairie and Brooklyn Park Campuses of Hennepin Technical College.
Award Outcomes
Interpret blueprints/drawings
Machine parts with tolerance
Operate CNC machines efficiently
Demonstrate safe work practices
Install, maintain, and troubleshoot Industrial electrical systems
Install, maintain, and troubleshoot mechanical systems
Install, maintain, and troubleshoot motor control systems
Career Opportunities
Career opportunities are wide-spread in Minnesota and throughout the United States. Extensive opportunities exist as Maintenance, Engineering, and Field-Service Technicians for industrial equipment as well as Machine Builders, Machine Integrators, and Robotic Technicians. This program aligns with the ICATT Apprenticeship Program’s Advanced Manufacturing Technician pathway.
Semester Sequence
Offered at Brooklyn Park and Eden Prairie
First Semester
| ARET1126 | Mechanical Power Transmission | 3 |
| ARET1175 | Industrial Electricity and Electronics I | 3 |
| ARET1200 | Introduction to Robotics | 2 |
| ARET2105 | Fluid Power Motion Control | 2 |
| MACH1056 | Blueprint Reading I | 3 |
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| MATH1150 | Applications of Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
| or | |
| MATH1400 | College Algebra | 4 |
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| Any course from MnTC Goal Area 4 | |
Third Semester
| ARET1190 | Programmable Logic Controllers | 3 |
| MACH1110 | Turning Technology I | 3 |
| MACH1125 | Milling Technology I | 3 |
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| PHIL1100 | Critical Thinking for College Success | 3 |
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| Any course from MnTC Goal Area 2 | |
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| PHYS1005 | Introductory Physics I | 3 |
| or | |
| Any course from MnTC Goal Area 3 | |
Fourth Semester
| ARET1170 | Troubleshooting Mechatronic Systems | 3 |
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| ARET2101 | Advanced Automation Controls | 3 |
| or | |
| ARET2111 | Advanced Programmable Logic Controllers | 3 |
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| ARET2200 | FANUC Robotics Operations | 2 |
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| ARET1165 | Vision Systems for QA/SPC | 3 |
| or | |
| ARET2250 | FANUC Vision Systems | 1 |
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| MACH2400 | CNC Setup and Operation | 3 |
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| General Education Electives | 3 |
MnTC Goal Area Courses
A complete list of MnTC courses and Goal Areas that can be used to meet General Education requirements can be found at https://hennepintech.edu/future-students/transfer/mn-transfer-curriculum.html. The same course cannot satisfy more than one MnTC Goal Area requirement.
Graduation (60 Credits)
Semester listings reflect the recommended sequence. Due to circumstances beyond our control, the information herein is subject to change without notice.
4/22/2025 : BP 4014 / EP 4015