Associate of Applied Science in Industrial Instrumentation & Electrical Technology 

Instrumentation Technology program

What is the Industrial Instrumentation and Electrical Technology program?

This program offers training in the field of instrumentation technology.  Students are prepared to be competent, qualified instrument technicians who can meet the ever-changing demands of modern industry.  It includes training in electrical and electronic technology, basic programmable logic controllers (PLC’s) knowledge and troubleshooting techniques, utilization of measurement sensing devices, control valves, and process control management.

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Video Transcript:

Chart a course to a successful future with the Industrial Instrumentation and Electrical Technician program at Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College.

The industrial instrumentation program at Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College is a hands on learning environment where students come in and we teach them the concepts of repair, troubleshooting, and maintaining components used in industrial systems.

Instrumentation has been great. This has probably been one of the best programs I have ever seen or heard of. Everyone has practical knowledge. All of these instructors have worked in the field. Most of them have retired after twenty to thirty years of practical experience and now they are teaching and passing it on to people like me who are trying to enter the field. All of it has been very hands on.

Graduates from this industrial instrumentation program go into a wide variety of fields. Anywhere there is a process or an instrument that requires calibration, we send our technicians into those fields. Most students have offers on the table before graduation. Within three to six months after graduation, they are fully employed.

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Program Objectives:

  • Demonstrate safety knowledge and practices in the shop.
  • Demonstrate ability to install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair various types of measuring and control instruments and peripherals such as measuring, transmitting, indicating, recording, and controlling devices, final elements, PLC, DCS, optical instruments, and control areas of electronics, motor controls, and different types of measuring systems.   
  • Demonstrate Industrial Electrical skills needed in the field. 
  • Demonstrate appropriate knowledge gained from general education courses.