Technical Certificate Programs Catalog 2025-2026

Electricity with PLC and Renewable Energy (CERE - Code C007)

The certificate in Electricity with PLC and Renewable Energy aims to provide students the knowledge, skills and abilities required in the field of residential, commercial and industrial electricity. The program is designed to meet the job demands in the field of electricity. Students integrate theory and practice, acquire knowledge, develop their talent and apply their skills in understanding the generation, transmission, and distribution of electrical systems.

Students acquire knowledge on basic skills applied to their profession and computer use and operation. The program consists of an integrated curriculum that includes the basic principles of electricity, and the norms and regulations of different electronic systems.

Admission to this program requires students to present a medical certificate certifying satisfactory health to work in construction projects with equipment and electronic circuits. Program content is designed to provide students with the necessary competencies to apply for the board examination or the certification offered by the Examining Board for Expert Electricians to be able to practice the profession in Puerto Rico.

Major courses must be approved with minimum grade of C.

The Bayamón and San Germán campuses are authorized to offer this Program.

(39.5 credits / 1,185 hours)

Academic Requirements for the Certificate in Electricity with PLC Technician

First Term

CERE 110Principles of Electricity

2

CMED 140Computer Use and Administration

3

CMED 210Basic Skills in Spanish

2

CMED 220Basic Skills in English

2

CMED 650Security and Regulations

2

CMED 730Technical Mathematics

3

Second Term

CERE 140AC/DC Electricity

2

CERE 150Construction Electricity

2

CERE 210Installation of Magnetic and Motor Control

2

CERE 220Lighting

2

CERE 250Principles of Electronics

2

CERE 340Introduction to Electrical Plans

2

Third Term

CERE 240Fundamentals of Transformators

3

CERE 291Internship in Electricity with PLC

4.5

CERE 297Seminar in Electricity with PLC

1

CERE 350Programmable Logic Controllers PLC

3

CERE 360introduction to Renewable Energy and Photovoltaic Systems

2

For students enrolled on or before August 2021, in compliance with the past regulations, (34 CFR 668.8 (1) (1) a minimum number of hours in work outside the classroom will be added to the specified hours. The details of the number of hours and the appropriate tasks for each course are defined in the course syllabus.