在所有过程工业中，需要测量和控制诸如温度，压力，液位和流量之类的量。控制和测量通过多种方式完成，包括：电子，气动和液压设备以及计算机。仪器技术人员安装，维护，测试和校准用于控制和测量的设备。技术人员与过程设计人员一起工作，其工作包括对控制回路进行故障排除，调整控制器和系统以及对计算机进行编程和故障排除。
Every industrial process on Earth relies on an instrumentation technician to keep things on track. And with Northern's two-year Instrumentation & Control Engineering Technician diploma, your job prospects will include them all.<br>Youll master the complex equations used to tune controllers to a particular process. And youll learn to install, maintain, test and calibrate the critical equipment that measures and controls temperature, level, pressure and flow.<br>Along the way, youll hone your math, science and problem-solving skills. Youll cover the fundamentals of electricity and electronics. Youll learn troubleshooting techniques and how to interpret drawings.<br><br>From furnaces and boilers to pulp mills and power plants youll master the safety protocols that keep everything running smoothly.<br>In all process industries, quantities such as temperature, pressure, level and flow need to be measured and controlled. Control and measurement are done by various means including electronic, pneumatic, and hydraulic equipment and computers. The instrumentation technician installs, maintains, tests and calibrates the equipment used to control and measure. The technician works with the process designers and the work includes troubleshooting control loops, adjusting controllers and systems and programming and troubleshooting computers.