Electromechanical Engineering Technician (Diploma, Co-op and Non Co-op Version)

About this programme

Ministry approved title is Electromechanical Engineering Technician. Get the technical skills required to repair and modify automated equipment. Discover all aspects of electromechanical engineering in the two-year Electromechanical Engineering Technician Ontario College Diploma program, delivered over four consecutive 14-week terms. This program prepares you with a complementary set of technical and theoretical skills that are readily transferable to working in any industry that incorporates automation into its daily activities. Learn to build and troubleshoot electrical systems, design electro-pneumatic circuits for process automation, develop your knowledge of motor controls, explore the workings and applications of programmable logic controllers and industrial robots, and also learn about the important aspects of mechatronics, quality control, group project work, leadership development, and entrepreneurship. Your acquired knowledge and skills can be focused on an area of electromechanical engineering/mechatronics that you are passionate about through a final project and optional co-op field placement in industry. Over the course of this program, you experience both classroom and lab-based hands-on learning activities in which you develop communication, problem solving, and leadership and mentoring skills. You learn the fundamentals of mechatronics system design and construct functional automated systems as part of collaborative class projects. As a student in this program, you learn about: electronic circuits pneumatics computer-aided design microcontrollers digital logic programmable logic controllers motor controls and machine tool operations industrial robots mechanical systems mechatronics quality control project management Students also have the option to gain real-world experience through a paid co-operative education (co-op) work term (see Additional Information for more details). Please note that places in the co-op work term are subject to availability and academic eligibility. Please note admission to the co-op program does not guarantee a co-op placement. In your last semester you complete an electromechanical project that solves an industrial automation problem. Your project incorporates the project management knowledge and methodology that you learn in the program and demonstrates your technical skill through a fully-functional automated task. Upon completion of the program, you are eligible to write the Level 1: Siemens Certified Mechatronics Systems Assistant certification, which will certify you as a Siemens Mechatronics Level 1 technician. Graduates may find a career in a number of areas such as the manufacturing sector, automated warehouses, and automated equipment servicing. Job opportunities are varied, as almost every automated industrial process requires electromechanical maintenance in some capacity. This program has opportunities for graduates to pathway into further credentials including Algonquin College's Bachelor of Automation and Robotics (Honours); see the Careers & Pathways page for more information.