ABED 074 Communication Skills Transportation Applications I

3 credits

This course is exclusively for students who qualify and enroll in the I-BEST General Service Technician certificate of completion. It addresses industry specific vocabulary and language skills covered in the first term technical courses (AUTO 120 and 124).

Prerequisites: ABED 040 or placement by assessment (NRS ESL 5 or ABE 3)

Corequisites: AUTO 120 and AUTO 124

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

Give and follow oral and written instructions to perform computer functions related to trade applications
Pronounce correctly and describe tools and pieces of automotive shop equipment
Explain safety and hazardous material laws
Use electrical terminology and define the laws and theories of electricity
Read and interpret industry-specific charts and diagrams
Use high-frequency vocabulary pertaining to welding and refrigeration techniques in the transportation industry
Write paragraphs describing the types of systems used on a variety of vehicles
Employ a variety of complex sentence structures needed to interact with co-workers

Total Hours: 30 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 30