1. Explain What Automation is along with it's past, present, and future.
2. Identify what the Markets Automation is used in.
3. Identify specifics uses in each market segment automation is used in.
4. Understand and use basic logic functions and mathematics associated with the use of Automation.
5. List a block diagram of different types of automation systems.
6. Identify Safety uses in Industrial Automation systems.
7. Identify various types of wiring and connections used in Automation Systems.
8. Identify various types of Robots used in Automation
9. Explain differences between mechanical and electrical automation.
10. Identify types of employment opportunities within Auotmaion
Your Instructor
Tim Whalen, originally from Freeport IL and moved to West MI back in 2006. Then moved to Cincinnati in 2008, Louisville in 2012, and moved back to Holland to finish the race in 2015. He has been married to Tracie, the most wonderful wife, for 26 years! Tim is a home schooling father of 4 who has been working in the field of Automation for almost thirty years. Starting in Product Design Engineering at Honeywell, a product manager for a time, and then went into field sales covering Industrial Automation throughout the Mid-West for the last 20 years. He has seen everything from cars getting made to bottles getting filled to pigs and cows getting slaughtered to just about everything in between! As well as being a laid back guy, he likes to get things done and is very thankful for what God has done in his life.