Major industrial manufacturing companies use complex types of control systems to keep their operations flowing. You can be a part of making sure their production processes run smoothly. Your responsibility is to collect data from sensor systems and monitor the local environment for alarm conditions, then remotely control local operations such as opening and closing valves and breakers.
Automation and Controls is a multidisciplinary field. You can choose from programs with a heavy electrical focus or others which offer a broader education in electrical systems, fluid power, electronics, computer controls, PLCs, instrumentation, robotics and information technology. So what are you waiting for? Let’s move it!