Automated Controls Installation and Maintenance

The Advanced Certificate in Automated Controls Installation and Maintenance (ACIM) will build upon the knowledge and skills evolved during an electrician apprenticeship or an engineer’s practical training and experience. The increasing complexity of industrial automated control systems demands installation and maintenance people who are computer literate and who can communicate with co-workers who will often be, like themselves, working across disciplines. ACIM program graduates will be charged with doing installations and given considerable responsibility in the set-up and maintenance of industry-recognized equipment. The program will be offered part-time, with the following time split:

• 50% lab and BCIT site activities
• 40% classroom
• 10% online, including troubleshooting simulator access, D2L quizzes and assignments, remote BCIT lab access, and research.

The program will incorporate a blend of traditional face-to-face instruction, problem-based learning, collaborative learning, and individual hands-on practical project assignments, as well as a strong laboratory component to foster experiential learning. Students in the program will be exposed to a very wide range of up-to-date equipment at BCIT.

Testimonial

“In full support of a strong electrical industry, ACIM is designed to give electrical students and practitioners specialized hands-on training experience they need to be leaders in the emerging field of automated controls. I am eager to see what BCIT’s advanced certificate program and our apprenticeship program can accomplish together.”