- Environment Primarily outdoor work
- Education High school diploma
- Average salary $56,000 to $94,000
Career profile
Instrumentation technicians repair, maintain, calibrate, adjust and install industrial measuring and control instrumentation. They typically interact with process and equipment operators, suppliers, and facilities personnel to inspect and test the operation of instruments and systems to diagnose faults using pneumatic, electrical and electronic testing devices and precision measuring instruments. They also repair and adjust system components, such as sensors, transmitters and programmable logic controllers, or removing and replacing defective parts.
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In this occupation activities may include:
- Calibrating components and instruments according to manufacturers’ specifications
- Installing control and measurement instruments on existing and new plant equipment and processes according to appropriate installation standards and practices
- Communicating with equipment operators to detect equipment problems and to ascertain whether mechanical or human errors contributed to any problems * Inspecting and testing the operation of instruments and systems to diagnose faults using pneumatic, electrical and electronic testing devices and precision measuring instruments * Repairing and adjusting system components, such as sensors, transmitters and programmable logic controllers, or removing and replacing defective parts
Education
- A high school diploma (or equivalent) is typically required, along with a four-year apprenticeship program in industrial instrument repair or a two-year college program in industrial instrumentation technology with several years of experience.
Certifications
- Standard and emergency first aid
- Construction Safety Training System (CSTS)
- Confined Space entry
- H2S Alive®
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
- Fall protection
- Asbestos safety
- Aerial lift training
- Pipeline Construction Safety Training (PCST)
Licensing
- Instrumentation and control technician trade certification is available, but voluntary, in all provinces and territories, except in Quebec.
- Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified instrumentation and control technicians upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.
- Travel likely required
- Shiftwork/variable work hours
- Primarily outdoor work
- Physical work
- Work away from home/in camps
You are a critical thinker who likes to plan ahead. You are comfortable using computers and following processes.
- Computer use
- Critical thinking
- Computers and electronics
- Installation
- Repairing
- Quality control analysis
- Attention to detail
- Operation monitoring
- Repairing
- Troubleshooting
- Collaborative
