Earners of the Ventura College Basic Pneumatics badge have developed Introductory level skills in the area of industrial pneumatics. Earners are now well versed in the basic skills to operate pneumatic machinery. They are competent in such skills as simple pneumatic power and displacement calculations, how to read pressure gauges, how to read a pneumatic schematic, the purpose and function of basic pneumatic system components, and how to connect basic fluid circuits.