Course Objectives
These superior technical professionals in Industrial Electrical Installations and Maintenance who will be formed in this course shall have the ability for, autonomous or integrated in a team, program, plan, implement and manage electrical installations and devices, diagnose, prepare, plan and perform several corrective and preventive maintenance activities in order to ensure maximum availability of industrial equipment and installations in order to meet the requirements of quality norms and safety regulations and production schedules.
Access Conditions
Under Decree-Law no. 63/2016, of 13 September and in line with Decree-Law no. 113/2014, of 16 July, with Decree-Law no. 65/2018, of 16 August and with the Regulations for Access and Admission to the Higher Professional Technical Courses of the Polytechnic of Coimbra and the Coimbra Institute of Engineering.
(Initially: Decree-Law no. 43/2014, of 18 March, amended by Decree-Law no. 113/2014, of 16 July.)
Professional Outlets
Main activities:
a) Install and use the most suitable instruments for the diagnosis of faults and for the maintenance of systems and equipment with electrical and electronic components;
b) Plan, coordinate, supervise and or carry out practical work on electrical installations in accordance with the “Technical Rules for Low Voltage Electrical Installations” (RTIEBT) and the other applicable legal standards;
c) Elaborate small projects, applying the legal norms in force, and coordinate the exploration and maintenance of energy systems and electrical and electromechanical installations;
d) Manage and supervise energy systems and networks involving infrastructure in buildings and industrial facilities;
e) Establish and guide the sequence of steps in the execution of electrical installations and energy distribution;
f) Establish maintenance programs and plans for electrical machines and electrical installations;
g) To manage maintenance plans for equipment, systems and or installations of an electromechanical, electrical or electronic nature, in order to improve their performance;
h) Coordinate interventions on equipment, systems and or installations of an electromechanical, electrical or electronic nature, in order to improve their operational characteristics, and prepare technical reports on the interventions;
i) Advise changes to the layout of systems and or production and / or operating equipment, in order to improve their performance;
j) Manage interventions in the event of anomalies and / or breakdowns, in order to assist production;
k) Coordinate, supervise and or carry out simulations and tests in low voltage electrical installations;
l) Coordinate and manage preventive maintenance practices;
m) Coordinate and manage error detection and technical deviation plans.
Learning Language
Portuguese.
Learning Objectives
Competence benchmark:
– Knowledge
a) In-depth knowledge of electrical installations;
b) Deep knowledge of preventive and corrective maintenance;
c) Fundamental knowledge of programming languages;
d) Specialized knowledge of electrical schemes;
e) Specialized knowledge of the constitution and operation of the main types of sensors used in the industry;
f) Basic knowledge of communication networks applied to electrical systems;
g) Specialized knowledge of electrical machines;
h) Basic knowledge of design tools (electrical and mechanical);
i) Expertise in electronics;
j) Basic knowledge of automatic systems;
k) Basic knowledge of the rational use of energy;
l) Specialized knowledge of standardization and regulation of electrical installations;
m) Fundamental knowledge of hygiene and safety standards at work;
n) Basic knowledge of economics and management.
– Skills
a) Evaluate and research the fundamentals of hygiene, safety and the environment, inherent to the professional activity developed;
b) Apply mathematical methods, tools and algorithms, in the scope of information and communication technologies;
c) Apply legal norms and technical rules in low voltage electrical installations;
d) Guide and supervise energy systems and networks involving infrastructure
in buildings and industrial installations;
e) Monitor equipment, systems and or installations of an electromechanical, electrical or electronic nature, in accordance with the established in the maintenance plan;
f) Apply safety, hygiene and health rules and procedures in the exercise of their professional activity;
g) Apply maintenance techniques in the exercise of professional activity;
h) Apply methods and techniques of economics and management to undertake their own professional development throughout life;
i) Apply, in an experimental context, electrotechnics, electricity and electronics techniques;
j) Analyze and apply programs and maintenance plans for electrical machines and electrical installations;
k) Analyze and change electrical installations and or equipment with the aim of improving the overall performance of the installation;
l) Analyze projects for electromechanical and low voltage electrical installations.
– Attitudes
a) Demonstrate ability to work in multidisciplinary and multifunctional teams;
b) Demonstrate the ability to communicate concepts and ideas clearly;
c) Demonstrate the ability to adapt to new materials, processes and technologies for design and production;
d) Demonstrate the ability to drive and be driven as a team;
e) Demonstrate creativity, autonomy and innovative spirit;
f) Demonstrate the capacity for moral, ethical and professional responsibility, considering the social aspects inherent to the activity;
g) Demonstrate ability to interact with other stakeholders in the installation and / or maintenance and maintenance process, in order to respond to service occurrences;
h) Demonstrate ability to be active and dynamic;
i) Demonstrate a critical spirit;
j) Demonstrate ability to attend and be punctual;
k) Demonstrate ability to be an entrepreneur;
l) Demonstrate flexibility in social relationships.
Access to Superior Studies
Graduate study cycles of the polytechnic higher education institution to which holders of the professional higher technical course can apply with exemption from the admission test:
9109 – Electrical Engineering;
9884 – Electrical Engineering;
9105 – Electromechanical Engineering.