Instrumentation & Controls

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• Advising Info

• Online Admission Application
• Steps to Apply
• International Admission
• Enrollment Checklist -(pdf)

• A.A.S. Degree: Instrumentation & Controls (pdf)
• Certificates: Instrumentation & Controls (pdf)

• Graduation Requirements

Program Overview

Campus Location(s): Business & Technology
Program Coordinator: Gene Johnson, 816.604.5441

Degree and Certificates Awarded

• A.A.S. Degree: Instrumentation & Controls
• Certificate: Instrumentation & Controls

Description

Instrumentation technicians are critical to industry operations. Their tasks include:

• Order instruments that measure a wide variety of processes and verify they meet specifications.
• Install or oversee installation of instruments.
• Test, log, catalog and calibrate instruments when installed and periodically during operation.
• Program and troubleshoot PLC (programmable logic controllers) and DCS (distributed control systems) instruments.

You'll learn in our state-of-the-art labs. Not all instruments are electronic so you'll learn pneumatic instrumentation as well. Knowledge of mechanics, physics, electronics and strong computer skills are required.

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