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  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Automotive Technology",
  "id": "equipment-technician-certificate-of-achievement",
  "name": "EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN",
  "award": "Certificate of Achievement",
  "department": "automotive-technology",
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      "markdown": "Provides a broad range of knowledge to prepare students for a career as a technician working on todays advanced Agriculture, Diesel, and Heavy Equipment. Students will study in areas of electrical, HVAC, manual and automatic transmissions, diesel, ag mechanics, plumbing, electrical, welding, equipment operation, safety, hydraulics, and complete an internship. Completion of this certificate will prepare students to pass the ASE Certifications: A1, A2, A6, A7, A9, and students will receive an EPA609 certification.\n\n**Learning Outcome(s):**\n\n1.  Evaluate complex diagnostic problems on both gasoline and diesel equipment and be able to make the correct repairs.\n2.  Demonstrate academic proficiency by passing the EPA Section 609 Certification.\n3.  Maintain persistence in the program as evidenced by 30% of students who have completed 3 or more ATCH or AGM Courses earning and acquiring a Program Certificate or better."
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          "code": "AGM 220",
          "title": "FARM POWER, MACHINERY, AND SAFETY",
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "AGM 221",
          "title": "INTRODUCTION TO AGRICULTURE MECHANICS",
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          "indent": false
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        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AGM 223",
          "title": "AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIAL POWER",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ATCH 109",
          "title": "INTRODUCTION TO AUTOMOTIVE COMPUTERS",
          "units": "2.5",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ATCH 158",
          "title": "AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRONICS",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ATCH 160",
          "title": "AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL ACCESSORIES",
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          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ATCH 182",
          "title": "AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ATCH 188",
          "title": "AUTOMOTIVE HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ATCH 281",
          "title": "MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS",
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          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ATCH 269",
          "title": "AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY INTERNSHIP",
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          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "EET 227",
          "title": "FLUID AND PNEUMATIC TECHNOLOGY",
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "ATCH 255",
          "title": "MODERN DIESEL TECHNOLOGY",
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