Instrumentation and Control Technician
Certificate of Apprenticeship (447A)
STARRT Institute, Stoney Creek
Note: Applicants for this training must be registered apprentices in the Instrumentation and Control Technician Trade
Highlights
An Instrumentation and Control Technician repairs, maintains, calibrates, adjusts and installs industrial measuring and controlling instrumentation. This instrumentation makes sure that all machines in a plant are safe and running correctly. They may regulate the water flow in equipment or check the air quality in a mine. The operation and safety of the plant relies on these instruments so the Instrumentation and Control Technician is very important as they constantly monitor and calibrate these instruments.
- Consult manuals, read and interpret circuit diagrams, blueprints and schematics
- Inspect and test the operation of instruments and systems to diagnose faults using testing devices
- Write maintenance reports
- Repair and adjust system components or remove and replace defective parts
- Calibrate components and instruments
- Perform scheduled preventative maintenance work
- Install control and measurement instruments on existing or new plant equipment
- Observe safety in accordance with government and company standards
Career Opportunities
Employers who hire Instrumentation and Control Technicians include:
- Machinery and equipment wholesalers
- Industrial instrument and other manufacturing companies
- Primary steel producers
- Nuclear and Hydro Electric Power companies
- Industrial chemicals manufacturers
- Mining, petrochemical and natural gas companies
- Pulp and paper processing companies
Program of Studies for students starting Fall 2012.
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