Diploma in Instrumentation Engineering Technology

Whether at urban power plants or remote mine sites, big machines are working 24/7. These machines are controlled by complex instruments… so complex it takes specialized technologists to look after them.

Instrumentation engineering technology is a specific skill set—you need to be comfortable with technology, good at visualizing how systems work, and interested in troubleshooting solutions. It’s also a career with diverse job opportunities. Demand is especially high in heavy industry, mining, manufacturing, and production.

Saskatchewan Polytechnic offers the only accredited instrumentation engineering technology program in Saskatchewan. The three-year diploma is offered full-time at the Saskatchewan Polytechnic Moose Jaw campus. During five academic semesters and three Co-operative Education work terms, you’ll get practical training in:

• analytical instruments
• codes and standards
• computer programming
• data communications and networks
• digital and linear circuits
• digital logic
• distributed systems
• drafting
• electronics
• instrument measurement
• machine shop
• process applications
• project management
• relay and instrument controls

Classroom theory is supported by extensive lab time. You’ll have access to leading-edge equipment and supportive instruction as you apply what you’ve learned in experiments, applied research, and a major second-year project.

The Co-op Work Term Advantage

Co-operative work terms are paid, so you'll earn while you learn. Saskatchewan Polytechnic arranges your interviews; it's up to you to shine. It's also a chance to develop important "soft skills" in job interviewing, professional attitude, interpersonal communication, and more.

Many of our co-op employers require both a valid Saskatchewan Driver's License and a clean Driver's Abstract. For international students, it can take up to 12 months to obtain a Driver's license; therefore, it is to your advantage to come with a Driver's License from your home country if possible.

Diploma to Degree

Use your diploma to ladder into a technology degree at Memorial University in Newfoundland or a mining engineering technology degree at Queen’s University in Ontario.

Accreditation

Technology Accreditation Canada (TAC) accredits the program at the Technologist level.

TAC is a bold, world-class accreditation organization delivering accreditation services for the engineering technology and applied science profession in Canada.

Professional Registration

Technology Professionals Saskatchewan

Technology Professionals Saskatchewan is the provincial regulatory body for graduates of this Saskatchewan Polytechnic program. As a graduate of an accredited program recognized by Technology Professionals Saskatchewan, your academic training places you on an expedited path towards obtaining professional registration as an Applied Science Technologist (A.Sc.T.) or Certified Technician (C.Tech.).

Year 1 - Semester 1

• CIRC 105 Basic Electronics
• CIRC 106 Basic Electronics Lab
• INST 105 Industrial Instrumentation Practices
• MAT 110 Mathematics for Engineering Technologies
• MEAS 111 Instrument Measurement 1
• MEAS 112 Instrument Measurement 1 Lab
• PHYS 107 Instrumentation Physics
• SEM 101 Technology Seminars

Total semester credits: 25

Year 1 - Semester 2

• CHEM 125 Chemistry 1
• CIRC 107 Digital Electronics
• CIRC 108 Digital Electronics Lab
• INST 106 Instrumentation Safety
• INST 107 Industrial Instrumentation Documentation
• INST 221 Final Control Elements
• MAT 112 Differential Calculus for Engineering Technologies
• TCOM 102 Workplace Communication

Total semester credits: 25

Co-operative Work Term 1

• COOP 101Co-operative Work Term

Year 2 - Semester 3

• CHEM 225 Chemistry 23
• CIRC 200 Automation Circuits 1
• CNTR 207 Instrument Control 1
• CNTR 208 Instrument Control 1 Lab
• COMP 218 Industrial Computer Applications
• MAT 210 Integral Calculus for Engineering Technologies
• MEAS 200 Instrument Measurement 2
• TCOM 103 Technical Communication

Total semester credits: 25

Co-operative Work Term 2

• COOP 201 Co-operative Work Term

Year 2 - Semester 4

• CIRC 222 Automation Circuits 2
• CNTR 209 Instrument Control 2
• CNTR 210 Distributed Control Systems
• MAT 211 Advanced Mathematics for Engineering Technologies
• MEAS 201 Instrument Measurement: Analyzers 1
• PROJ 227 Project Management

Total semester credits: 25

Co-operative Work Term 3

• COOP 301 Co-operative Work Term

Year 3 - Semester 5

• CIRC 201 Automation Circuits 3
• CIRC 202 Industrial Data Communications and Networks
• CIRC 203 Industrial Data Communications and Networks Lab
• CLTR 100 Diversity
• CNTR 229 Instrument Control 3
• MEAS 202 Instrument Measurement: Analyzers 2
• PROJ 206 Capstone Project
• STAT 201 Statistics for Engineering Technology
• TCOM 104 Applied Research in Technology

Total semester credits: 25

Instrumentation engineering technologists work at oil refineries, fertilizer and petrochemical plants, mine and mill sites, manufacturing facilities, consulting engineering firms, for sales and service companies. The type of work is also varied; you could be involved in installation, calibration, maintenance, operation and monitoring, upgrading, and trouble-shooting.

Potential Careers