Instrumentation Technology

Program Director: Chelsea Hoke
Office: ExxonMobil Petroleum and Advanced Technologies Center, Suite 202
Address: 855 E. Lavaca St., Beaumont, TX 77705
Phone: (409) 880-1739
E-mail: instrumentation@lit.edu

The 60 SCH Instrumentation Technology Program prepares individuals to test, certify, install, repair, inspect and maintain the high-tech instruments used in automated systems that are critical to the operation of chemical plants, petrochemical refineries, power plants, and air and water pollution control agencies. The curriculum includes pneumatic and electronic control systems, control loop adjustments and their analysis, process computers, process simulation, and programmable logic controllers. Graduates are proficient in the calibration of controls and the troubleshooting and maintenance of hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical and electronic control devices.

Students who complete the Recommended Program of Study for the Instrumentation Technology A.A.S. earn an Associate of Applied Science Degree and students who complete the Recommended Program of Study for the Electronic Instrumentation Certificate earn a Certificate Award.

All courses in the Recommended Program of Study require a grade of 'C' or better.

Awards

Associate of Applied Science

Level I Certificate