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Automation Technology involves using advanced control systems like computers, robots, and information technologies to assist or replace human work and manage complex industrial processes and machinery. It aims to boost efficiency, reliability, and productitivity by automating repetitive, complex, and/or dangerous tasks that people would normally do. 

Key parts of automation technology include sensors, control systems, software, and actuators. these components work together to monitor, control, and optimize processes, improving quality, reducing costs, and increasing safety. Automation technology is used in many fields, such as manufacturing, agriculture, amusement parks, automobiles, aerospace, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and logistics, through innovation and the growth of smart factories and intelligent systems. 

This program teaches students the practical skills to work with automated systems. Automation Technicians may be expected to install, operate, repair, and upgrade a wide range of automated systems, so these courses cover a variety of topics including how to set up and program programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), trouble shoot complex electrical control systems, and build automated systems from the individual sensor all the way to large facility management systems.

Students get hands-on experience using real equipment, which helps them learn how to solve problems they might face on the job. They will learn the skills needed for careers in any automated industries, including manufacturing, HVAC, robotics, motion control, material handling, logistics, and green technology. The ultimate goals of this program are to produce graduates who find good-paying jobs with excellent opportunities for career growth, while also providing skilled technicians for our area businesses and industries. 

 

Hands-on Learning Opportunities

• Demonstrate proper safety procedures.
  • Demonstrate proper safety procedures for industrial applications.
  • Recognize the need for safety procedures when working with electrical systems.
• Demonstrate employment skills
  • Demonstrate workplace skills and communication.
  • Demonstrate ability to work in group setting.
  • Implement critical thinking skills in industrial applications.
  • Demonstrate management skills.
• Demonstrate understanding of automated industrial machines
  • Design, implement, and troubleshoot industrial robot and automated system programs.
  • Install, design, and troubleshoot industrial motor control systems.
  • Design and troubleshoot Programmable Controller programs
  • Design and implement Human Machine Interface programs.
  • Install, design, and troubleshoot hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
• Demonstrate understanding of electrical and electronics theory.
  • Calculate voltage, current, or resistance using Ohm鈥檚 Law.
  • Design and test circuits using semi-conductors.
  • Design and test digital logic circuits.
  • Use Test equipment to troubleshoot and identify faulty components.
• Demonstrate understand of computer systems and applications.
  • Demonstrate proper operation, navigation, and troubleshooting of computer systems and programs.
  • Write programs using an object-oriented programming language.
  • Design and install a complete network system.
  • Demonstrate the ability to diagnose computer hardware and software problems

 

Skills You Will Learn

• Programmable Logic Controls (PLCs): Understanding how to program, install and troubleshoot PLCs.
• Electrical Systems: Knowledge of electrical circuits, control systes, and wiring.
• Robotics: Skills in operating, programming, and maintaining robotic systems.
• Mechanical Systems: Understanding mechanical components and systems used in automation.
• Sensors and Actuators: Knowledge of various sensors and actuators used in automated systems.
• Computer Aided Design (CAD): Ability to use various CAD software packages to design and model automation systems.
• Networking and Data Communication: Understanding of industrial networking, data communication, and cybersecurity.
• Troubleshooting and Maintenance: Skills in diagnosing and repairing automated systems.
• Safety Standards: nowledge of working safely in industrial settings. 
• Software and Programming Languages: Proficiency in software and programming languages used in automation, such as ladder logic and other relevant programming tools.

 

Career Options

You could work as a(n):

• Controls Technician
• Electronics Technician
• Instrumentation Technician
• Maintenance Technician

Alumni of our program work at:

• ABB Motors
• Hiram Walker Allied Domecq
• Tokai Carbon
• Tyson Foods

 Credentials that stack with this degree:

• Bachelor of Applied Science
• Bachelor of Professional Studies

Technical Certificate

The Technical Certificate in Industrial Electronic Technology is designed to enhance the technical skills and job-related knowledge of individuals who are currently employed in the industrial field as well as other persons seeking careers in Industrial Systems. Courses taken for the Technical Certificate may be applied to the Associate of Applied Science degree in Automation Technology.

 

Hands-on Learning Opportunities

• Demonstrate proper safety procedures.
  • Demonstrate proper safety procedures for industrial applications.
  • Recognize the need for safety procedures when working with electrical systems.
• Demonstrate employment skills
  • Demonstrate workplace skills and communication.
  • Demonstrate ability to work in group setting.
• Demonstrate understanding of electrical and electronics theory.
  • Calculate voltage, current, or resistance using Ohm鈥檚 Law.
  • Design and test circuits using semi-conductors or hydraulic systems.
  • Design and test digital logic circuits.
  • Use test equipment to troubleshoot and identify faulty components.
• Demonstrate understanding of automated industrial machines
  • Design, implement, and troubleshoot industrial robot and automated system programs.
  • Install, design, and troubleshoot industrial motor control systems.
  • Design and troubleshoot Programmable Controller programs
  • Design and implement Human Machine Interface programs.
  • Install, design, and troubleshoot hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
• Demonstrate understand of computer systems and applications.
  • Demonstrate proper operation, navigation, and troubleshooting of computer systems and programs.
  • Write programs using an object-oriented programming language.
  • Design and install a complete network system.

 

Skills You Will Learn

• Build and test a circuit using semi-conductors.
• Build and test a digital logic circuit.
• Calculate voltage current or resistance using Ohms Law.
• Design and install a complete network system.
• Diagnose hardware and software problems with a computer.
• Use test equipment to troubleshoot and find faulty components.
• Write programs to control automated machines.
• Write programs using Visual Basic.

 

Career Options

You could work as a(n):

• Controls Technician
• Electronics Technician
• Instrumentation Technician
• Maintenance Technician

Alumni of our program work at:

• ABB Motors
• Hiram Walker Allied Domecq
• Tokai Carbon
• Tyson Foods

 Credentials that stack with this degree:

• Associate of Applied Science in Automation Technology
• Bachelor of Applied Science
• Technical Certificate in Industrial Control Systems

Hands-on Learning Opportunities

• Measure current, voltage, resistance, and compute power of D.C. and A.C. circuits
• Demonstrate proficiency in troubleshooting D.C. and A.C.  circuits, locating shorts, opens, and overloads
• Compute math problems are necessary to calculate energy power, voltage, current, and resistance of A.C. and D. C. circuits
• Understand Lockout/Tagout procedures
• How to install industrial motors, control transformers, reversing contactors, manual motor starters, multi-function timers, and control relays
• Understand how to troubleshoot industrial motors and controls
• Understand how to Power up and jog the robot and recover from common program and robot faults
• Demonstrate how to Execute production operations, Create, modify, and execute a teach pendent program, and backup and restore individual programs and files
• Understand the Components of PLC
• Connect PLC to PC
• Basic Programming of PLC
• Understand Sub Routines, JMP and Label Commands, and Logic Gates and Sequencing

 

Skills You Will Learn

• Blueprint Reading
• Precision Measurements and Safety
• Machining Technology

 

Career Options

You could work as a(n):

• Maintenance worker
• Electronics tech
• Enstrumentation tech
• Controls tech

Alumni of our program work at:

• Tyson Foods
• ABB Motors
• Hiram Walker
• Allied Domecq
• Tokai Carbon

 Credentials that stack with this degree:

• Technical Certificate in Industrial Control Systems
• AAS in Automation Technology
• Bachelor of Applied Science
• Bachelor of Professional Studies