- Graduate Certificate in Robotics and Industrial Automation at Conestoga College allows students to complete this program in 1 Year.
- Students are required to successfully complete two language electives (in one language) in order to graduate.
- This full-time graduate certificate program will help prepare graduates with a previous technical degree or diploma for engineering work in the industrial automation sector.
- The program offers key practical courses similar to those found in this highly successful Robotics and Automation Technology program.
- The main concepts covered under the program are:
- Advanced Solid Modelling
- Electrical Design and Commissioning
- Fluid Power in Automation
- PLC Programming
- Structured Programming
- The optional co-op stream includes one co-op work term instead of the Guided Career Management course.
- The student to teacher ratio is 20:1 which helps increase in interaction between professors and students.
- On average, 82% of students from the last three years found employment within six months of graduation.
- After completing this course, students have career opportunities as
- Controls technician
- Maintenance person
- Robotic technician
- PLC programmer
- Automation specialist
- Solidworks operator, etc with an average salary of 46,475 USD per year.