This qualification is suitable for those seeking a career as an instrumentation technician, able to work under limited supervision and with self-management of their own learning and performance.
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This qualification is suitable for those seeking a career as an instrumentation technician, able to work or study autonomously, with responsibility for own learning and performance.
There are two entry level qualifications in the qualification pathway for individuals intending to become an IMC technician. This qualification is intended for individuals who are either embarking on an IMC apprenticeship, or who want to gain the broad operational knowledge of IMC theory in preparation for entry into an IMC apprenticeship.
There are two entry level qualifications in the qualification pathway for individuals intending to become an IMC technician. This qualification is intended for individuals who are either embarking on an IMC, training programme or who want to gain the broad operational knowledge of IMC theory in preparation for entry into an IMC training programme.
Graduates will be able to work as an entry level technician in the Industrial Measurement and Control field servicing industries such as pulp and paper, dairy, petrochemicals, steel and aluminium, wood products, extractives, food products, energy generation and distribution, water and wastewater, and other utilities. Graduates of this qualification are not IMC technicians. but may progress into an IMC apprenticeship Trainees need to complete the New Zealand Certificate in Industrial Measurement and Control (Practice) (Level 4) [Ref: 2251] to fulfil the training requirements for an IMC technician.
Graduates will be able to work in an entry level role in the Industrial Measurement and Control field servicing a broad range of industries such as found in manufacturing, utilities and facility management.
Graduates of this qualification are not IMC technicians. Trainees need to also complete the New Zealand Certificate in Industrial Measurement and Control (Practice) (Level 4) [Ref: 2251] to fulfil the training requirements for an IMC technician.
There is growth in the use of IMC in many niche and broader industries in the three suggested categories. There is little to gain by listing all possible applications of the qualification.
Removed reference to ‘apprenticeship’ as there are no apprenticeship programmes.
Graduates will be capable of operating at a senior technician level.
Graduates will be capable of operating at a senior technician level responsible for managing activities and projects.
This qualification may lead to the New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (Level 6) [Ref: 2612] or other higher level qualifications in the electrotechnology field.
This qualification may lead to the New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (Level 6) [Ref: 2612] or the New Zealand Diploma in Applied Science (Level 6) [Ref 2553] or other higher level qualifications in the electrotechnology field.
Graduates will be able to work as a Senior IMC technician in the Process Control of Process Automation fields servicing industries such as pulp and paper, dairy, petrochemicals, steel and aluminium, wood products, extractives, food products, energy generation and distribution, water and wastewater, and utilities. To:
Graduates will be able to work as a Senior IMC technician in the Process Control or Process Automation fields servicing a broad range of industries such as found in manufacturing, utilities and facility management.
