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Higher Technology in Occupational Safety and Risk Prevention
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Academic Identity
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- Mission
To train outstanding technologists who are creative, humanistic, and possess leadership skills to solve problems in occupational safety and risk prevention, industrial hygiene, ergonomics, and psychosociology, with sound technical professional judgment and a strong sense of civic responsibility, contributing to regional and national development.
- Vision
To be a benchmark in the training of technologists in occupational safety and risk prevention, recognized at the national level for their high technical expertise and for embodying ethical, civic, and community service values.
- Program Objectives
- General objective
To train technologist professionals in occupational safety and risk prevention, with technical, scientific, and ethical competencies, capable of identifying, evaluating, controlling, and managing occupational risks across different productive sectors, contributing to the protection of workers’ health, the prevention of accidents, and compliance with current occupational safety and health regulations.
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Profiles and outcomes
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- Professional Profile
The professional profile of the Higher Technology in Aeronautical Mechanics program is the set of specific competencies identified in the market study, enabling graduates to perform in the labor field through participation in community engagement projects and pre-professional internships in real environments within the aeronautical field.
The Higher Technologist graduated in Aeronautical Mechanics develops the following competencies as part of their professional profile:
- Performs preventive maintenance on reciprocating engines and jet engines, as well as their systems.
- Performs minor structural repairs.
- Performs external and internal inspection of engines and reports findings.
- Performs rigging, trimming, preventive maintenance, and overhaul of propellers.
- Performs rigging, trimming, calibration, and operational checks of engines.
- Performs preventive maintenance on aircraft and their systems in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications.
- Replaces minor defective parts.
- Conducts systematic inspections of aircraft, their systems, and structures.
- Analyzes and provides solutions to faults (troubleshooting).
- Graduate Profile
The graduate profile of the Higher Technology in Aeronautical Mechanics program comprises the set of integrated and coherently organized knowledge oriented toward understanding the various problems and thematic axes of the professional field. To this end, the knowledge and competencies that students must deepen are selected within a theoretical–practical framework, with the aim of developing competencies to be applied in the labor field, as detailed below:
- Identify and diagnose faults that occur in aircraft and engine systems;
- Use technical documentation and maintenance manuals for aircraft and engine systems specific to each aircraft;
- Apply precautionary measures and operational safety practices in accordance with the Safety Management System in all maintenance activities;
- Apply preventive, corrective, and line maintenance on aircraft and engines efficiently, using technical documentation and maintenance manuals;
- Perform functional tests of aircraft and engine systems to ensure proper operation.
- Learning Outcomes
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Article 356 of the Constitution of the Republic establishes, among other principles, that third-level public higher education shall be tuition-free, and that this gratuity is linked to the academic responsibility of students.