Heavy Mechanical Hydraulic Brake Systems

Course code HMTD 2120

Credit 3.0

Length 75.0 hours

Course outline View

This course introduces students to hydraulic brake systems with a focus on the principles of system operation leading into basic system service procedures, diagnostics and repair. Students will work with hydraulic brake system service, antilock braking, stability control systems, and power boosters and move into various styles of power assisted hydraulic brake systems and hydraulic anti-lock/stability control braking systems.

Prerequisites

HMTD 1100.

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What you will learn

  • Principles of hydraulic brake system operation, leading into basic system service procedures
  • Hydraulic brake system service, Antilock Braking, Stability Control Systems, and Power Boosters diagnostics and repair.
  • Power assisted hydraulic brake systems and hydraulic anti-lock/stability control braking systems.

How to register

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

Course schedules

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CRN# Duration Delivery Location
61950 July 29, 2026
to August 14, 2026
Shop/Teaching Kitchen VCC Broadway Building B See full schedule

Online courses listed without scheduled meeting times can be completed on your own schedule.

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.