All about the profession of instrumentation engineer

An engineer for work with control and measuring equipment repairs all electronic devices, performs timely testing of their condition and maintenance. Thanks to professional education, an instrumentation and control engineer is able to arrange the supply of equipment in each production workshop, this employee collects information issued by automatic devices and gets an idea of ​​the way to use electrical energy.

How to get the profession of an instrumentation and control engineer, what are the functional responsibilities of this specialist and career prospects - we will tell you in our review.

To begin with, let's dwell on the decoding of the abbreviation instrumentation, it means instrumentation and automation. Thus, we can conclude that KIPovets engineer is a department specialist who is responsible for the operability of all sensors and devices of the enterprise. These can be water meters, thermostats, frequency converters, as well as pressure gauges, pressure gauges and many other automatic meters - instrumentation engineers are fully responsible for the maintenance of these devices, their repair and restoration. A specialist in this profession is responsible for introducing modern technological innovations and setting up computer equipment.

Instrumentation and control engineer - a managerial position, subordinate to this specialist are designers, electricians and adjusters. A person who has a certificate from Rostekhnadzor for work with electrical equipment, which is issued on the basis of certification, is appointed to this position.The candidate for the position must have a higher technical education, there are no requirements for work experience.

In accordance with the existing ECTS, which sets professional standards, the site engineer performs the following functions:

• provides specialized operation of devices;
• conducts research and diagnostics of the equipment condition;
• if necessary, it repairs and restores the functionality of out-of-order electrical devices;
• carry out adjustment of automated elements, production lines;
• fixes the operating parameters of the devices, processes the results obtained and, on their basis, draws up protocols and other planned documentation;
• develops a set of measures aimed at improving the operational parameters of technology, the safety of devices and the efficiency of production;
• draws up a scheme for removing equipment from work when it breaks down, as well as re-introducing it into the general production process after repair;
• agrees with the contractor the reconciliation acts on the repair work;
• takes part in the suspension of equipment, as well as restarting in the event of preventive maintenance;
• in due time carries out technical certification of electrical devices;
• provides external services for the re-equipment of production shops in accordance with the new regimes and regulatory documents;
• maintains a register for the timely submission of all necessary control data for verification;
• forms a production request for the purchase of measuring instruments necessary for the production process, their components and other necessary resources.

During the delivery and commissioning of the equipment, the instrumentation and control engineer performs the following tasks:

• checks the availability and authenticity of certificates, as well as passports of electrical appliances, clarifies the correctness of their execution;
• analyzes all offers from subcontractors;
• attracts installers to work, provides employees of installation companies with access to equipment.

At the stage of installation and connection of electrical appliances, KIPovets is responsible for the following types of work:

• draws up a service report on the need to enter new codes into the internal electronic document management system;
• fills in data on goods and services in the electronic system operating at the enterprise;
• makes the execution of contracts with the contractor, scans all the necessary constituent and permissive documents of the contractor, coordinates with lawyers and higher managers the draft contract with the specifications attached to it;
• checks the functionality of the purchased electrical devices, if the declared parameters do not match, makes a claim to the contractor.

In addition, instrumentation and control engineer:

• periodically takes data on the operation of the equipment used;
• in the event of a breakdown of electrical appliances, generates defective statements;
• warns the management about the risk of emergence of centers of accidents and fire hazardous situations.

Specialist in this position has the right to stop equipment in order to repair it... In addition, he regularly reads the incoming primary information, organizes it, analyzes and processes it, and also performs the calculations necessary for production. The instrumentation and control engineer, in accordance with the job description, oversees the preparation of working reports, as well as tables, diagrams and graphs based on data received from electrical appliances.

In order to fulfill their professional duties, the leading instrumentation and control specialist should know:

• technical, as well as economic and design parameters of the equipment when operating in an accident mode or during repair and restoration work;
• approved standards for industrial electrical installations;
• ways and methods of visual assessment of the performance of electrical equipment;
• a mechanism for calculating the parameters of electrical equipment;
• methodology and tools for carrying out all necessary measurements;
• a set of existing methods used to receive data, process it and then transfer it to higher structures;
• standard of work with computer equipment;
• the basic principles of economics and ergonomics in the field of a manufacturing enterprise.

The KIPOvets engineer must be able to work with specialized programs on a PC, as well as have the skills of diagnosing and setting up automation. This employee must know all the safety requirements at the enterprise associated with the use of personal protective equipment, as well as fire safety standards.

As for the training of a candidate for the position of an instrumentation and control engineer, secondary education, even a professional technical one, will clearly not be enough here. After graduating from a technical school or college, a young specialist receives the qualification of an instrumentation locksmith, this does not allow him to take the position of an engineer. If a person wants to have a high category, he should take care of getting a higher education. Graduates of polytechnic, energy and technological universities, in a word, any educational institutions that provide a full-fledged technical education, can apply for the specialty of an instrumentation and automation engineer. The names of the programs, after graduating from which you can apply for the position of engineer, usually sound as follows.

• Management in technical systems.
• Automation of production and technical processes.

The training period is 4-5 years. During the period of training, an instrumentation and automation specialist receives specialized knowledge in physics, mathematics, information technology, mechanics, design, as well as automation, hydraulics and electrical engineering. In Russia there is a fairly wide list of technical universities with a good reputation, so you shouldn't worry about studying. Modern institutes offer both full-time and part-time studies for engineers.

The second option is optimal for those who have already graduated from college or technical school and got a job as a fitter or locksmith and are planning to pursue a career as an engineer in the future. Through distance learning a young specialist can get the necessary education on the jobhowever, in this case the study period will be one year longer. However, a locksmith with a secondary education also has the opportunity to acquire the desired profession even without studying at a higher educational institution. If a person has worked in the profession for several years, then at any time he can go to specialized training centers and take retraining courses there. After completing the classes, certification is carried out - issued a document that allows you to apply for the position of engineer.

In the functionality of an instrumentation and control engineer, one of the main tasks is to maintain the trouble-free operation of all electrical appliances. That is why, regardless of the professional category and length of service, every three years a specialist must pass certification on labor protection issues. This specialist has direct contact with working devices and in the course of performing professional duties is exposed to the danger of electric shock, gas poisoning, burns and other health risks.

Automated systems are available wherever any instrument is used, so the profession of an instrumentation engineer is truly universal. It does not matter at all whether this person will work in a boiler room, construction industry or in production - this specialist can always choose a place for himself that will suit him. However, in most cases, these are homeowners' associations, automated process control systems, as well as enterprises related to automation and instrumentation.

In the course of his work, the engineer contacts other services. So, workers give him information about the malfunction of individual devices or the entire line. The specialists of the measuring departments transmit the schedules of planned and unscheduled maintenance, as well as information on the timing of the start of overhaul and commissioning. Functional employees receive defective acts with estimates from the engineer.

The work of an instrumentation and control engineer is assessed by the speed of troubleshooting, as well as the uninterrupted operation of the equipment, compliance with all repair and technical inspection schedules and minimization of downtime. On average, in our country, the salary of a KIP engineer varies from 45 to 50 thousand rubles. The highest salaries are received by specialists in Moscow and St. Petersburg, followed by the Republic of Bashkortostan.

Important: applicants entering a technical university must clearly understand that only those people who do not have serious health problems can be accepted for the position of an engineer.... If the applicant has problems with coordination of movements, vision and hearing, as well as pathology of the cardiovascular and nervous system, or diseases in which a person can suddenly lose consciousness, he will not be taken to the position of an instrumentation engineer.