Heavy Equipment Maintenance

(Maintenance, repair and overhaul of heavy equipment program)

Coastline Service Truck

Coastline Service Department

Lube Oil Service Truck (ELVIS) and Technician

Coastline Service Truck

Johnson Lift Service Truck

Technician Servicing Equipment

Johnson Lift / Hyster

Service Department

Quinn Group Student Service Technicians

Quinn Group Field Service Technician

All Sizes of Equipment

Quinn Group Service all

lines of Caterpillar Earth Moving Equipment

                     New Career path for technicians interested in non-traditional Mechanics

               HEAVY EQUIPMENT-EARTH MOVING-LOGISTIC-MATERIAL HANDLING-

                                    CONSTRUCTION-POWER GENERATION

The Heavy Equipment Maintenance Program is supported by:

Coastline Equipment, (John Deere and Hitachi)

Johnson Lift /Hyster, (Material Handling)

Quinn Group, Inc. (Caterpillar)

Industry partnerships provide graduate students with career options in construction equipment, material

handling equipment, heavy earth moving equipment, and many more applications.

Job shadowing and paid internships can be offered following the first year of completed studies, allowing

students to apply their new skills acquired and developed while in the classroom.

If you are mechanically inclined, self motivated, and would like to work on real big equipment,

come join our team. All course work is based on live product training from experienced instructors.

Full time students with a grade point average of 2.5 "C" are entitled to participate in the MATCO tool

purchase discounts.

 Classes are forming now for the next semester. REV-UP your CAREER at Rio Hondo College.

Courses are forming this Fall 2008 for entry level equipment technicians.

The  AS/HEM degree in draft form consists of the following courses.

YEAR 1

       FALL SEMESTER 2008                                                          UNITS               

HEM 40       Introduction to Heavy Equipment Maintenance                    4

            (MAG 20A)  3 Lec/3Lab

HEM 41       Heavy Equipment Electrical Fundamentals                           4

            (MAG 30D)  3 Lec/3 Lab

144      History                                                                                  3

                              101      Intro to Psychology                                                                 3

TOTAL UNITS                                                                                   14

 INTERSESSION 2009

                                         TECH 044   OSHA                                                                     1

                                                                             TOTAL UNITS                1      

            SPRING SEMESTER 2009                                                                                     

HEM 042     Heavy Equipment Air Conditioning                                      2

            (MAG 21B)  1.5 Lec/1.5Lab

HEM 043      Heavy Equipment Hydraulic Fundamentals                          2

            (MAG 30A)  1.5 Lec/1.5 Lab

HEM 044     Heavy Equipment Diesel Engine Fundamentals                    4

            (MAG 20B)  3 Lec/3 Lab

050      Math Elementary Algebra                                                       4

130      P. E.  Lifelong Fitness Lab                                                     1

                                                                      TOTAL UNITS           13

                SUMMER 2009

AUTOT 105    CWE                                                                     1-4

                                         First Year Total possible units           32

                        NOTE:  All courses must be completed with a grade of  “C” or better.

                 FALL SEMESTER 2009

HEM 045       Heavy Equipment Power Train Fundamentals                   4

            (MAG 21A)  3 Lec/3Lab

HEM 046       Heavy Equipment Fuel Systems & Performance               4

            (MAG 31A & 31B)  3 Lec/3 Lab

111      Survey of Humanities or Foreign Language                          3-4

HEM TBD       Fine Arts Elective                                                        3

100      Interpersonal Communications                                              3

                                                                         TOTAL UNITS   17-18

                 INTERSESSION 2010

HEM 047       Heavy Equipment Machine Specific Instructions                  2

            1.5 Lec/1.5 Lab                    

                                                                         TOTAL UNITS         2

                 SPRING SEMESTER 2010

 HEM 048      Heavy Equipment Power Train                                        4

            (MAG 30C)  3 Lec/3 Lab

HEM 049     Heavy Equipment Machine Electronics/Hydraulic              4

Systems             (MAG 30B & 30E)  3 Lec/3 Lab

130      P. E. Lifelong Fitness Lab                                                   1

120      Environmental Biology                                                        3

120L    Environmental Biology Lab                                                  1

                                                                           Total Units      13

                      Second Year total possible units                           33

NOTE:  All courses must be completed with a grade of “C” Grade or better .