ERIC Number: ED274789
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: 711
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Computer Equipment Repair Curriculum Guide.
Reneau, Fred; And Others
This guide is intended for use in a course to train students to repair computer equipment and perform related administrative and customer service tasks. Addressed in the individual units are the following topics (with selected subtopics in brackets): performing administrative functions (preparing service bills, maintaining accounts and labor records, training new employees, maintaining inventories, and calculating costs); maintaining customer service (answering and troubleshooting customer questions and demonstrating computer hardware and software); installing computer equipment (determining customer requirements, designing system layouts, transporting equipment, testing installations, and demonstrating systems on site); evaluating diagnostics (conducting various board, card, and line tests and interpreting diagnostic flowcharts); maintaining computer equipment (cleaning, lubricating, adjusting, and setting various components); and servicing computer equipment (interpreting various charts and schematics, installing and repairing various hardware, performing operator duties, and making adjustments). Each unit contains some or all of the following: a guide sheet consisting of a duty statement, performance and enabling objectives, a list of resources, teaching activities, criterion-referenced measures, and performance guides; visual aids; student worksheets and answers; and checklists. Appendixes include a cross-referenced list of tasks and job titles, definitions, a list of necessary tools and equipment, and a 53-item bibliography. (MN)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Business Administration, Business Skills, Check Lists, Competency Based Education, Computer Software, Computers, Electrical Occupations, Electronic Equipment, Equipment Maintenance, Learning Activities, Lesson Plans, Machine Repairers, Secondary Education, Small Businesses, Technical Education, Worksheets
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Vocational Technical Education Consortium of States, Atlanta, GA.; Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale. Dept. of Vocational Education Studies.; Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. Dept. of Adult, Vocational and Technical Education.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A