An instrumentation and control technician inspects and tests instruments and plant machinery to ensure optimal and safe operation. Working in Qatar’s Energy sector, an instrumentation and control technician reads and interprets instrumentation drawings, installs and maintains new or existing instruments, calibrates and maintains instrument components used to control or measure level, pressure, flow, and temperature, diagnoses instrumentation faults within a Distributed Control System or Programmable Logic Controller, and consults with process operators. Instrumentation technicians generally work in the maintenance departments of factories, plants, and other petrochemical establishments. The Technician Certificate - Instrumentation (T. Cert. Instr) prepares graduates for entry into a career as technicians in the instrumentation field within Qatar’s Energy sector. The program is competency-based with two workplace- learning components completed within the trainees’ sponsoring company: a 4-week workplace orientation in the first half of the program, and a 24-week worksite practicum at the end of Year 2. While on campus, students train in a simulated work environment in workshops and College of Engineering and Technology pilot plants, using modern industrial class equipment. Trainees receive workplace safety training at the beginning of the program, with safety principles reinforced throughout every course and technical task in the program.
The Instrumentation program uses a block-training scheduled within three 15-week semesters and one 7-week semester.