Instrumentation courses for electrical trades

RMIT University in Melbourne has recently reorganised its Electrotechnology Trade Division with new management, dedicated teaching staff and an administrative support team.

Part of this reorganisation is a series of strategic alliances with local and international vendors to facilitate the provision of training resources and technical support within the instrumentation department.

Instrumentation programs have been developed commencing in 2008 in response to industry demands for skilled tradespeople who are ‘job ready’. These new programs cater to a diverse range of skill requirements across many industry sectors such as pulp and paper, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, water industry, petrochemical, manufacturing, construction, biotech and mineral processing.

The Certificate III — Instrumentation program provides apprentices with the fundamental knowledge and essential skills to install, maintain and commission process control instrumentation.

The Certificate IV — Instrumentation program extends that learning to include advanced control concepts, complex control systems and programming skills with PLCs, SCADA and control interfaces.

The Certificate IV ‘Dual Trade’ program is a five-year apprenticeship that combines a Certificate IV — Instrumentation with a Systems Electrician qualification. Graduates are fully licensed technicians.

A two-year ‘cross training’ program is also available to ‘upskill’ electricians to a Certificate IV — Instrumentation.

For further information, contact Graham Williams by ph: (03) 9925 4394, email: graham.williams@rmit.edu.au, or visit the website www.rmit.edu.au/siebs.