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 (TRAN 110, TRAN 112, TRAN 113, and TRAN 125).

Prerequisites: Completion of EASL 030 or placement by assessment (NRS ESL 4 or ABE 2).
Corequisites: TRAN 110, TRAN 112, TRAN 113, and TRAN 125.

Quarters Offered: Winter, Summer

Student Outcomes/Competencies:
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