Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City
Instrumentation and Controls
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Program Overview
Campus Location(s):Business & Technology
Program Coordinator:Gene Johnson, 816.604.5441
Degree and Certificates Awarded
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.