Florida Department of Education
Curriculum Framework 

Program Title:	Electronics Technician
Career Cluster:	Manufacturing

CCC	
CIP Number	0615030309	
Program Type	College Credit Certificate (CCC)	
Program Length	31 credit hours	
CTSO	SkillsUSA	
SOC Codes (all applicable) 	Please see the CIP to SOC Crosswalk located at the link below.	
CTE Program Resources 	http://www.fldoe.org/academics/career-adult-edu/career-tech-edu/program-resources.stml	

Purpose

This certificate program is part of the Electronics Engineering Technology AS degree program (1615030301).  

A College Credit Certificate consists of a program of instruction of less than sixty (60) credits of college-level courses, which is part of an AS or AAS degree program and prepares students for entry into employment (Rule 6A-14.030, F.A.C.).

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the manufacturing career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the manufacturing career cluster. 

The content includes but is not limited to DC circuits, AC circuits, solid-state devices, analog circuits, and digital circuits. Integrated into this content will be communications skills, leadership skills, human relations skills, employability skills, safe and efficient work practices, use of circuit diagrams and schematics, soldering, laboratory practices and technical recording and reporting.  This program focuses on broad, transferable skills and stresses understanding and demonstration of the following elements of the Electronics Engineering industry, planning, management, finance, technical and product skills, underlying principles of technology, labor issues, community issues and health, safety, and environmental issues.

Additional Information relevant to this Career and Technical Education (CTE) program is provided at the end of this document.

Standards

After successfully completing this program, the student will be able to perform the following:

01.0	Demonstrate proficiency in laboratory practices.
02.0	Demonstrate proficiency in direct current (DC) circuits.
03.0	Demonstrate proficiency in alternating current (AC) circuits.
04.0	Demonstrate proficiency in solid-state devices.
05.0	Demonstrate proficiency in analog and linear integrated circuits.
06.0	Demonstrate proficiency in digital circuits.
07.0	Demonstrate proficiency in technical recording and reporting.
08.0	Demonstrate proficiency in advanced direct current (DC) circuit network analysis.
09.0	Demonstrate proficiency in alternating current (AC) network and coupled circuit analysis.
10.0	Demonstrate proficiency in design and analysis of discrete solid-state circuits.

Florida Department of Education
Student Performance Standards

Program Title:	Electronics Technician
CIP Number:	0615030309
Program Length:	31 credit hours	

This certificate program is part of the Electronics Engineering Technology AS degree program (1615030301).  At the completion of this program, the student will be able to:	
01.0	Demonstrate proficiency in laboratory practices.  The student will be able to:	
01.01	Apply Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) safety standards in an electronics laboratory environment when required.	
01.02	Analyze drawings and electronic schematics to make proper electrical and component connections and to also identify obvious faulty connections.	
01.03	Identify and use electrical/electronic hand and power tools (wire stripper, wire needle-nose clipper, solder and desolder station, etc.).	
01.04	Explain the theoretical and practical concepts of soldering including soldering paste and conductive glue.	
01.05	Identify non-functional solder connections.	
01.06	Practice acceptable soldering, de-soldering, rework, and repair techniques.	
01.07	Practice electrostatic discharge (ESD) safety procedures.	
01.08	Describe the construction of printed circuit boards (PCBs).	
01.09	Use circuit simulation programs to solve problems, verify circuit functionality and design circuits.	
01.10	Demonstrate the use of instrumentation and module analytical software.	
01.11	Read and interpret data sheet specifications for electronic components.	
01.12	Identify basic limitations of multi-meters, oscilloscopes, function generators, and power supplies.	
01.13	Use digital multi-meters (DMM), oscilloscopes, function generators, and power supplies to build, analyze and trouble shoot electrical/electronic circuits.	
02.0	Demonstrate proficiency in direct current (DC) circuits.  The student will be able to:	
02.01	Describe the physical laws that govern electricity and magnetism.	
02.02	Identify sources of electricity.	
02.03	Define voltage, current, resistance, power and energy.	
02.04	Apply Ohm's law and power formulas to electrical/electronic circuits.	
02.05	Read and interpret color codes and symbols to identify electrical components and values.	
02.06	Measure properties of a circuit and electronic components using Digital Multimeters (DMM), LCR meters and oscilloscopes.	
02.07	Calculate and measure the conductance and resistance of conductors and insulators.	
02.08	Solve problems in electronics utilizing metric prefixes.	
02.09	Apply Ohm's law and Kirchoff's voltage and current laws to solve series, parallel, and series-parallel circuits.	
02.10	Construct and verify operation of series, parallel, and series-parallel circuits.	
02.11	Analyze and troubleshoot series, parallel, and series-parallel circuits.	
02.12	Apply Ohm's law and Kirchoff's voltage and current laws to bridge circuits.	
02.13	Construct and verify the operation of bridge circuits.	
02.14	Analyze and troubleshoot bridge circuits.	
02.15	Identify and define voltage divider circuits (loaded and unloaded).	
02.16	Construct and verify the operation of voltage divider circuits (loaded and unloaded).	
02.17	Analyze and troubleshoot voltage divider circuits (loaded and unloaded).	
02.18	Apply maximum power transfer theory to determine the conditions under which maximum power transfer occurs in a circuit.	
02.19	Construct and verify the operation of DC circuits that demonstrate the maximum power transfer theory.	
02.20	Describe magnetic properties of circuits and devices.	
02.21	Define resistor-capacitor (R-C) and resistor-inductor (R-L) time constants and classify the output of differentiators and integrators.	
02.22	Setup and operate power supplies for DC circuits.	
03.0	Demonstrate proficiency in alternating current (AC) circuit.  The student will be able to:	
03.01	Use Trigonometry to solve AC circuits.	
03.02	Identify properties of an AC signal.	
03.03	Identify AC sources.	
03.04	Analyze and measure AC signals utilizing DMM's, oscilloscope, frequency counter and function generator.	
03.05	Define the characteristics of AC capacitive and inductive circuits.	
03.06	Construct and verify the operation of AC capacitive and inductive circuits.	
03.07	Analyze and troubleshoot AC capacitive and inductive circuits.	
03.08	Define and apply the principles of transformers to AC circuits.	
03.09	Construct and verify the operation of AC circuits utilizing transformers.	
03.10	Analyze and troubleshoot AC circuits utilizing transformers.	
03.11	Construct and verify the operation of passive differentiators and integrators to determine R-C and R-L time constants.	
03.12	Compute the impedance of passive RC, RL, and RLC circuits.	
03.13	Analyze and troubleshoot passive differentiator and integrator circuits.	
03.14	Define the characteristics of resistive, inductive, and capacitive (RLC) circuits (series, parallel and complex).	
03.15	Construct and verify the operation of R-C, R-L and RLC circuits (series, parallel and complex).	
03.16	Define the characteristics of series and parallel resonant circuits.	
03.17	Construct and verify the operation of series and parallel resonant circuits.	
03.18	Analyze and troubleshoot R-C, R-L and RLC circuits.	
03.19	Define the characteristics of frequency selective filter circuits.	
03.20	Construct and verify the operation of frequency selective filter circuits.	
03.21	Analyze and troubleshoot frequency selective filter circuits.	
03.22	Define the characteristics of three-phase circuits.	
03.23	Define basic motor theory and operation.	
03.24	Define basic generator theory and operation.	
03.25	Setup and operate power supplies for AC circuits.	
03.26	Analyze and measure power in AC circuits.	
03.27	Define power factor and power factor correction in AC circuits.	
04.0	Demonstrate proficiency in solid-state device.  The student will be able to:	
04.01	Identify and define properties of semiconductor materials.	
04.02	Identify and define operating characteristics and applications of junction diodes.	
04.03	Identify and define operating characteristics and applications of special diodes, such as varactor diodes, LED, Zener diodes, etc.	
04.04	Construct diode circuits.	
04.05	Analyze and troubleshoot diode circuits.	
04.06	Identify and define operating characteristics and applications of bipolar junction transistors (BJT).	
04.07	Identify and define operating characteristics and applications of Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs).	
04.08	Identify and define operating characteristics and applications of single-stage amplifiers.	
04.09	Construct single-stage amplifiers.	
04.10	Analyze and troubleshoot single-stage amplifiers.	
04.11	Identify and define operating characteristics and applications of thyristor circuits.	
04.12	Construct thyristor circuitry.	
04.13	Analyze and troubleshoot thyristor circuitry.	
04.14	Demonstrate proficiency in the use of curve tracers and/or transistor testers.	
05.0	Demonstrate proficiency in analog and linear integrated circuits.  The student will be able to: 	
05.01	Identify and define operating characteristics and applications of unregulated, linear, or switch-mode power supplies and basic passive filters.	
05.02	Construct, analyze, and troubleshoot unregulated power supplies and basic passive filters.	
05.03	Identify and define operating characteristics and applications of differential amplifiers including operational amplifiers.	
05.04	Construct, analyze, and troubleshoot differential and operational amplifier circuits.	
05.05	Identify and analyze different amplifier classes and their applications.	
05.06	Construct, analyze, and troubleshoot different amplifier classes.	
05.07	Identify and define characteristics of power amplifiers including audio power amplifiers.	
05.08	Solve problems in heat sinking and power limitations for audio frequency power amplifiers.	
05.09	Construct, analyze and troubleshoot power amplifier circuits including audio power amplifiers.	
05.10	Identify and define operating characteristics of power supply regulator circuits.	
05.11	Construct, analyze and troubleshoot power supply regulator circuits.	
05.12	Identify and define operating characteristics of linear integrated circuits especially operational amplifiers, including time and frequency responses.	
05.13	Construct, analyze and troubleshoot operational amplifier circuits including active filters, sinusoidal and non-sinusoidal oscillators, negative and positive feedback circuits, phase shift circuits, phase-locked loop circuits, integrator, and differentiator circuits.	
05.14	Select the integrated circuit (IC) appropriate to the defined parameters of a circuit.	
05.15	Identify and define operating characteristics and applications of optoelectronic devices i.e. opto-isolators, IR receivers, etc.	
05.16	Construct, analyze and troubleshoot optoelectronic circuits.	
05.17	Describe fundamental concepts of modulation and demodulation.	
05.18	Identify, define, construct, analyze and troubleshoot operating characteristics and applications of linear /non-linear integrated circuits/amplifier circuits.	
06.0	Demonstrate proficiency in digital circuits.  The student will be able to:	
06.01	Define and apply numbering systems to codes and arithmetic operations.	
06.02	Analyze and minimize logic circuits using Boolean and Karnaugh Map (K-Map) operations.	
06.03	Demonstrate proficiency in the use of logic probes for digital circuits.	
06.04	Describe the various logic families and their electrical characteristics, i.e., transistor-transistor logic (TTL), Complimentary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS), etc.	
06.05	Use pulsers/pulse generators/clock signals to drive the inputs of digital circuits.	
06.06	Use oscilloscopes and function generators to analyze and troubleshoot digital circuits.	
06.07	Use logic analyzers to analyze and troubleshoot digital circuits.	
06.08	Determine the fan-out of digital circuits based on IC limitations.	
06.09	List the various types of logic gates and their truth tables.	
06.10	Construct combinational logic circuits using integrated circuits.	
06.11	Troubleshoot combinational and sequential logic circuits.	
06.12	Identify and analyze types of flip-flops and their truth tables.	
06.13	Construct flip-flops using integrated circuits.	
06.14	Troubleshoot flip-flop circuits.	
06.15	Identify types of registers and counters.	
06.16	Construct registers and counters using flip-flops and logic gates.	
06.17	Troubleshoot registers and counters.	
06.18	Analyze, construct, and troubleshoot clock and timing circuits.	
06.19	Identify, construct, and troubleshoot adder/subtractor logic circuits.	
06.20	Identify, construct, and troubleshoot encoders and decoders.	
06.21	Identify, construct, and troubleshoot multiplexer and demultiplexer circuits.	
06.22	Identify types of memory circuits.	
06.23	Describe and examine the uses of digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital conversions.	
06.24	Construct and troubleshoot digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital circuits.	
06.25	Identify, construct, and troubleshoot digital display circuits.	
06.26	Program Programmable Logic Devices (PLD).	
07.0	Demonstrate proficiency in technical recording and reporting.  The student will be able to:	
07.01	Use computer application programs (e.g., word processor, database, spreadsheet) to create reports and record and analyze data.	
07.02	Use schematic capture and simulation programs to create figures and gather data for technical reporting.	
07.03	Write reports and make oral presentations.	
07.04	Maintain a lab notebook documenting procedures, activities, observations, calculations, and results of conducted experiments. 	
08.0	Demonstrate proficiency in advanced direct current (DC) circuit network analysis.  The student will be able to:	
08.01	Analyze multi source circuits using superposition theorem.	
08.02	Analyze circuits using Thevenin's theorem.	
08.03	Analyze circuits using Norton's theorem.	
08.04	Use or understand branch current, Nodal, source transformation and/or mesh current methods to analyze DC circuits.	
08.05	Analyze circuits using maximum power transfer theorem.	
09.0	Demonstrate proficiency in alternating current (AC) network and coupled circuit analysis.  The student will be able to:	
09.01	Explain the principles of electromagnetism.	
09.02	Apply Faraday's law of induced voltages to simple solenoids.	
09.03	Solve for mutual inductance in a coupled circuit.	
09.04	Use or understand branch current, nodal, source transformation and/or mesh current methods to analyze AC circuits.	
09.05	Identify the effects of transient spikes in RC, RL, and RLC circuits.	
09.06	Identify the effects of loading on transformers.	
09.07	Analyze multi source circuits using superposition theorem.	
09.08	Analyze circuits using Thevenin's theorem.	
09.09	Analyze circuits using Norton's theorem.	
09.10	Analyze circuits using maximum power transfer theorem.	
09.11	Design and Simulate AC Circuits using engineering software.	
10.0	Demonstrate proficiency in design and analysis of discrete solid-state circuits.  The student will be able to:	
10.01	Construct, analyze, and troubleshoot regulator circuits using zener diodes.	
10.02	Construct, analyze, and troubleshoot bipolar junction transistor biased circuits.	
10.03	Construct, analyze, and troubleshoot field effect transistor biased circuits.	
10.04	Construct, analyze small signal amplifier circuits using bipolar junction or field effect transistors.	
10.05	Identify, define, construct, analyze, and troubleshoot multistage amplifiers.	
10.06	Identify, define, construct, analyze, and troubleshoot power amplifiers.	
10.07	Analyze low and high frequency amplifier responses.	
10.08	Discuss troubleshooting techniques applied to discrete solid-state circuits.	
10.09	Discuss performance and applications for discrete solid-state circuits.	
10.10	Analyze discrete solid-state circuits using computer programs.	

Additional Information

Laboratory Activities

Laboratory investigations that include scientific inquiry, research, measurement, problem solving, emerging technologies, tools, and equipment, as well as, experimental, quality, and safety procedures are an integral part of this career and technical program/course. Laboratory investigations benefit all students by developing an understanding of the complexity and ambiguity of empirical work, as well as the skills required to manage, operate, calibrate, and troubleshoot equipment/tools used to make observations. Students understand measurement error; and have the skills to aggregate, interpret, and present the resulting data. Equipment and supplies should be provided to enhance hands-on experiences for students. 

Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO)

SkillsUSA is the co-curricular career and technical student organization for providing leadership training and reinforcing specific career and technical skills.  Career and Technical Student Organizations provide activities for students as an integral part of the instruction offered.  

Accommodations

Federal and state legislation requires the provision of accommodations for students with disabilities to meet individual needs and ensure equal access. Postsecondary students with disabilities must self-identify, present documentation, request accommodations if needed, and develop a plan with their counselor and/or instructors. Accommodations received in postsecondary education may differ from those received in secondary education. Accommodations change the way the student is instructed. Students with disabilities may need accommodations in such areas as instructional methods and materials, assignments and assessments, time demands and schedules, learning environment, assistive technology and special communication systems. Documentation of the accommodations requested and provided should be maintained in a confidential file.