Program Overview
The Instrumentation and Controls Postgraduate Diploma Program provides a comprehensive understanding of industry best practices in instrumentation, controls, and networking technology. Through lectures, demonstrations, case studies, and site visits, students develop the skills to design, configure, operate, and maintain instrumentation and control systems in diverse industrial settings. Graduates are prepared for careers as Instrument and Control System Designers, Control Systems Technologists, and other roles in industries such as chemical, petroleum refining, and food processing.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
Overview:
The Instrumentation and Controls Postgraduate Diploma Program develops a profound understanding of industry best practices in instrumentation, controls, and networking technology. Instruments and process control systems measure and control variables like pressure, flow, temperature, level, motion, force, and chemical composition.
Objectives:
- Comprehend engineering standards and specifications related to instrumentation and controls.
- Ascertain requirements pertaining to the reliability of instrumentation and control systems.
- Recognize design specifications associated with instrumentation, distributed controls, programmable logic controllers, and ancillary systems.
- Perceive sizing, wiring, configuration design, and operational characteristics of control systems.
- Understand requirements for the effective maintenance of instrumentation and control systems.
Detailed Description:
This program imparts knowledge and skills in designing, configuring, tuning, operating, and maintaining instrumentation and controls systems in diverse industrial settings. The program consists of 176 hours of instruction, encompasses in-depth classroom lectures, demonstrations, and case studies. Practical understanding is enhanced through site visits.
Outline:
Course Schedule:
9 weeks, 61 lessons
Individual Modules:
Instrumentation (12 lessons)
- Introduction to Instrumentation
- Documentation
- Flowsheet Symbols
- Pressure Instrumentation
- Level Instrumentation
- Flow Instrumentation
- Temperature Instrumentation
- Resistance Temperature Detector
- Current Alarms and Accessories
- Control Values and Accessories
- Team Project IV
- Course Overview, Exam Preparation, and Final Exam
Control System (12 lessons)
- Basic Control Principles
- ON/OFF Control
- Proportional Control
- Reset and Integral Action
- Rate or Derivation Action
- Multiple Control Modes
- Typical Control Schemes
- Process Dynamics
- Controller Tuning
- Other Controller Systems
- Team Project IV
- Course Overview, Exam Preparation, and Final Exam
Networking and Communication Systems (12 lessons)
- Basic Principles
- Serial Communication Standards
- Serial Communication Standards (Continued)
- Error Detection
- Open System Interconnection Model
- Industrial Protocols
- Open Industrial Fieldbus and Device Net Systems
- Local Area Networks (LAN's)
- Interwork Connections
- Host To Host Transport Layer
- Process Automation: The Factory of The Future SCADA Systems
- Course Overview, Exam Preparation, and Final Exam
Canadian Electrical Code (7 lessons)
- Electrical Code Overview, Wire and Cable Applications
- Grounding and Bonding
- Protection and Control
- Fire Systems and Pumps, Swimming Pools, Motor Applications
- High Voltage Substations and Lines
- Hazardous Locations, Emergency Systems
- Course Overview, Exam Preparation, and Final Exam
Engineering Project Management (12 lessons)
- Introduction, Project Life Cycle, and Management Processes
- Initiating a Project
- Project Scope Planning
- Project Scheduling and Budgeting
- Planning Project Integration
- Executing a Project
- Monitoring and Controlling a Project
- Closing a Project
- Life Cycle (LCC) Analysis
- Tendering Process
- Contracting Process
- Course Overview, Exam Preparation, and Final Exam
Canadian Industrial Practices & Workplace Culture (6 lessons)
- Good Industrial Practices
- Workplace Safety
- Canadian Workplace Culture and Cultural Intelligence
- Getting Jobs Ready and Keeping The Job
- Entrepreneurship and Small Business Skills
Teaching:
Teaching Methods:
Lectures, demonstrations, case studies, site visits
Faculty:
Practicing industrial professionals
Unique Approaches:
Practical, comprehensive learning process
Careers:
Potential Career Paths:
- Instrument and Control System Designer
- Control Systems Technologist
- Instrument Technologist
- Process Control Technologist
Opportunities:
- Employment in various industries, including chemical, petroleum refining, food-processing, automotive manufacturing, steel production, and pulp and paper sectors.
Outcomes:
Graduates are responsible for modern industrial equipment that seamlessly integrates electrical, mechanical, and instrumentation technologies.