Diploma Plant and Equipment Layout

Course code DRFT 2264

Credit 2.0

Length 60.0 hours

Course outline View

This course is designed to teach students to lay out equipment in an industrial building and produce plans, sections and elevations. They will learn what is needed to ensure the equipment is laid out to promote optimal flow of material and access for maintenance and replacement.

Prerequisites

DRFT 2100.

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What you will learn

  • Terminology , abbreviations, & symbols within the plant equipment application
  • Mechanical Orthographic Drawing Fundamentals
  • Equipment Spacing Requirements
  • Preliminary Structural Steel Sizes
  • Optimization of process material flow
  • Maintenance Clearances
  • Locating Pipe Racks
  • Workplace safety

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Course schedules

Select your program to see the available course schedules.

Contact us

If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, and we acknowledge our privilege to be here.