College for Instrumentation & Controls (Engineering Technology & automation) experience
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 มี.ค. 2023
- Welcome to my channel. I currently have a few videos describing the instrumentation & electrical career. This video is a brief overview of my college experience. common names fir this career ate instrumentation & controls technician, automation technician & electrical technician.
I plan on adding some controls lessons in the near future so keep an eye out for those videos.
My skill sets are automation, calibration, controls troubleshooting, physics and some engineering.
If you are considering associate level careers, instrumentation is the way to go.
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Thanks for making this video Greg. I'm in South Florida and I'm thinking about going back to school for instrumentation. I was looking at a school in Texas before I saw this video. I didn't know they had classes for instrumentation in South Florida. Anyway, I applied at Palm Beach State College. BTW, the way I found out about this career field was actually through truck driving. I was delivering liquid nitrogen and I often interacted with technicians at Air Separation Units.
Nice dude that's cool. Oleg Andric runs the program He's a really nice guy He has a lot of connections it's a great program. I guess in Texas they usually want you to have certain certifications for the high-paying jobs but I've been working in Florida and Ohio and no one here cares about those certifications. Just something to keep in the back your mind but you can't go wrong if you go to that school you'll get a good job and start your career off right
The program I took is called electrical power technology and me engineering technology department. It covers all the bases for engineering and instrumentation
Palm beach state college definitely has a great program. The hands on experience and the fact that most of the professors are in the industry they are teaching and can give great perspective on how the work will be in the field and not just book knowledge. Can't wait to see what projects you have in store
Yeah it's been a little while since I've really done any projects outside of the workplace.. at work I've done some pretty interesting stuff my goal is to one day redo the automated color sorter that I built for My Capstone project with pneumatic controls and a much faster starting rate if you check out my shorts that I made my school project is in there
Hey is that you Darryn what the hell
@@gregroche7323 what's up Greg yep this is Darren do look forward to the colour sorter update.
@@randomhelp yeah who knows when I get around to it I mean I think I have the skillset to do it now I don't know if I have the willingness though might take awhile
@@randomhelp what's new with you man how are things going your married now right
Hey Greg, I’m in Kansas City. I have a bachelors degree in biology from Purdue. I’m about 40 years old and I’m looking to become and to become an instrument and electrical control technician. I don’t have any experience, but I’m really good at math and physics and thinking I want to eventually become and electrical engineer. Any ideas how to start this career shift. I found a school in Texas, but that’s a move and I need a full time job. Sounds great if I can get a job like you did in first semester. Could you please point me in the right direction? That would be awesome. I really appreciate it.
No problem if I was you I would start looking around for a maintenance technician job where you learn electrical controls an instrumentation on the job. There are different types of Maintenance technicians so make sure it's not one that's just based on mechanical stuff. Make a resume be honest putting your little objective that you're really good at physics and you want to move into electrical controls. That's probably a good starting point. In my region the standard to higher maintenance technician has dropped significantly... that might be enough to get you in the door... I'm going to think about it and send another reply later today or tomorrow. Also I would suggest making a LinkedIn profile and just start adding people in your region with the title of recruiter. I wouldn't expect a huge income on your first job.. maybe 50-60k then start your classes and go from there. Subscribe to my channel I have a video about how to get your first job as an instrument Tech you'll get some good tips in that
@@gregroche7323 thanks Greg. I really appreciate it you looking into this to assist me. I subscribed to your channel
@@michaelarlen660 by-the-way physics is underestimated in industrial work. In my opinion physics and electrical theory are the most important concepts to understand.
Also one more tip before I forget if you're sure you want to be an engineer that's going to have to be factored in on the degree you get I would suggest figuring out how the credits transfer before you even sign up for school if you're planning on being an engineer. There's not a huge difference in Pay between technician and engineer but as an engineer you have a much easier path into management and if you want to ever make 150+k a year you're going to need to have the engineering degree. They're all different types of engineers but some of them are more or less office job so also keep that in mind
I live in Johnson county, near Overland Park. Im looking at the Johnson county community college, but I I am not sure the exact program I should look into. I found a school in Texas that seems to offer instrumentation and electrical technician degree more specifically. How do I got about with selecting the correct program to start with? Or will that require me to move to Texas or Florida so I have a greater chance of being able to work while going to school like you did?
Hello from Michigan. I have applied for a Utility instrumentation position and have a "Science/computer occupations" associates. I am told I will be taking a test in five days on "utilities instrumentation." So far my direction for study will be to memorize symbols for P&ID and "SCADA basics?". Would you please advise? I have no specific Utility Instrumentation experience but intermediate experience with lithium battery building, light electronics repair and good soldering skills. I can not read schematics, but can identify common board components.
You have five days to figure out how to read schematics it's not that complicated. Learn how a 4 to 20 milliamp analog works learn about thermocouples rtd's pressure sensors level sensors learn the difference between a pressure sensor and a pressure switch learn about flow meters. Understand the principle of head pressure as it applies to liquid level. Learn how a basic three phase motor operates. Watch my video on basic motor control circuit and pay attention make sure you understand it. Learn what a PLC is. Learn what a relay is and how to read it on schematics and if you have time look into logic gates and practice a little bit. I know it sounds like a lot but it's really not you just need a general understanding of all those topics you should be able to figure all that out within 3 or 4 hours
If anyone reads this comment and they're going into the field they don't know any of those topics those are things that you need to know those topics come up constantly
Fuse Transformer 24-volt DC 480-volt three-phase 120 V AC emergency stop button float switch normally open normally closed failure State on valves butterfly valve gate valve solenoid valve Google all those topics after you learn the first assignment LOL follow my advice and you got a pretty good shot at getting the job
@@gregroche7323 Dude, Thank you, I will.
@@patrickthenomad your welcome. Ohms law & watts law also for circuit analysis... those are the two most basic laws for troubleshooting circuits if you understand those you understand how electricity works sort of
So can you teach me how to not get electrocuted?
Best way to learn is to try. Best method hold one hand behind your back every time you work in a panel, stand to the side when you turn on breakers