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Instrumentation and Industrial Automation Technology

Perry Technical Institute’s Instrumentation & Industrial Automation Technology program introduces students to today’s world of computerized industrial automated manufacturing.

The program’s curriculum covers basic mathematics for electronics, electricity, solid state, digital devices, applied physics, and calculus. Programmable logic controllers, transmitters, transducers, recorders, and controllers are used to simulate control techniques. Temperature, level, flow, and pressure are just a few of the process controls that instrumentation technicians monitor, install, troubleshoot, repair, and calibrate.

The goal of the Instrumentation & Industrial Automation Technology program is to provide the resources and instruction students need to obtain entry-level employment as instrumentation technicians. Trained instrumentation technicians work in industries such as petrochemical, pulp and paper, chemical, food processing, metal refining, power generation, and engineering.

The Instrumentation & Industrial Automation Technology program is 24 months in length (eight quarters). The student will earn 159.0 credit hours which are 2,688 clock hours. Tuition is payable on a quarterly basis. There are four quarters in an academic year.

This training program concludes with an externship off campus, or with the completion of a capstone project on campus. The student to instructor ratio for the Instrumentation & Industrial Automation Technology program is 24:1.

Program Outline

Quarter 1

Course NumberTitleClock HoursCredits
IN 110Math for Electronics
137

9.5
IN 111Electrical Fundamentals I
95

6.5
IN 112 LLab & Shop Projects
104

5.0
Totals:33621

Quarter 2

Course NumberTitleClock HoursCredits
IN 120Solid State Devices
72

5.0
IN 121Electrical Fundamentals II
108

7.5
IN 122 LLab & Shop Projects
156

7.5
Totals:33620

Quarter 3

Course NumberTitleClock HoursCredits
IN 130Operational Amplifiers
84

5.5
IN 131Physics I
50

3.5
IN 132Instrumentation I
43

3.0
IN 133 LLab & Shop Projects
159

7.5
Totals:33619.5

Quarter 4

Course NumberTitleClock HoursCredits
IN 140Physics II
110

7.5
IN 141Calculus I
43

3.0
IN 142Instrumentation II
65

4.5
IN 143 LLab & Shop Projects
118

5.5
Totals:33620.5

Quarter 5

Course NumberTitleClock HoursCredits
IN 210Calculus II
72

5.0
IN 211Instrumentation III
69

4.5
IN 212Motor Control
25

1.5
IN 213 LLab & Shop Projects
170

8.5
Totals:33619.5

Quarter 6

Course NumberTitleClock HoursCredits
IN 220Industrial Computing I
95

6.5
IN 221Instrumentation IV
100

7.0
IN 222 LLab & Shop Projects
141

7.0
Totals:33620.5

Quarter 7

Course NumberTitleClock HoursCredits
IN 230Programmable Logic Controllers
90

6.0
IN 231Digital Fundamentals
87

6.0
IN 232Networking Fundamentals
30

2.0
IN 233 LLab & Shop Projects
129

6.0
Totals:33620

Quarter 8

Course NumberTitleClock HoursCredits
IN 240Analytical Instruments
64

4.5
IN 241Industrial Computing II
30

2.0
IN 242Employment Preparation
72

5.0
IN 243 LLab & Shop Projects
50

2.5
IN 244 EExternship
120

4.0
Totals:33618

Total Clock Hours: 2688

Total Credit Hours: 159

Instrumentation & Industrial Automation Technology Book and Tool List

The book and tool list for students in the Instrumentation & Industrial Automation Technology program is intended to be a minimum requirement to complete the program. The book and tool list will be provided no later than the first day of class. For specifics on cost of books, training materials, uniforms, and tools, please refer to Program Cost Breakdown.

Instrumentation & Industrial Automation Technology Equipment List

Students in the Instrumentation & Industrial Automation Technology program utilize the following equipment:

Computers

Signal generators

Oscilloscopes and related electronic equipment

Digital multi-meter

Analog/digital transmitter

Control valves

Recorders

Variable frequency drives

Motor control stations

Pumps

PLC labs

HMI labs

Hydraulic labs

Smart communication devices

Distributed control system