"control systems," "electrical equipment," and "process control" aren't the only skills we found instrument and controls technicians list on their resumes. In fact, there's a whole list of instrument and controls technician responsibilities that we found, including:
See the full list of instrument and controls technician skills.
Before becoming an instrument and controls technician, 24.7% earned their bachelor's degree. When it comes down to graduating with a master's degree, 4.0% instrument and controls technicians went for the extra education. If you're wanting to pursue this career, it may be possible to be successful with a high school degree. In fact, some instrument and controls technicians have a college degree. But about one out of every three instrument and controls technicians didn't attend college at all.
Those instrument and controls technicians who do attend college, typically earn either electrical engineering degrees or electrical engineering technology degrees. Less commonly earned degrees for instrument and controls technicians include music degrees or electromechanical instrumentation and maintenance technologies/technicians degrees.
Once you've obtained the level of education you're comfortable with, you might start applying to companies to become an instrument and controls technician. We've found that most instrument and controls technician resumes include experience from West Fraser, Jacobs Enterprises, and New York Power Authority. Of recent, West Fraser had 78 positions open for instrument and controls technicians. Meanwhile, there are 6 job openings at Jacobs Enterprises and 6 at New York Power Authority.
Since salary is important to some instrument and controls technicians, it's good to note that they are figured to earn the highest salaries at Evonik, Intel, and The Coca-Cola Company. If you were to take a closer look at Evonik, you'd find that the average instrument and controls technician salary is $90,222. Then at Intel, instrument and controls technicians receive an average salary of $90,106, while the salary at The Coca-Cola Company is $88,541.
View more details on instrument and controls technician salaries across the United States.
Some other companies you might be interested in as a instrument and controls technician include United States Army Corps of Engineers, United States Marine, and Fluor. These three companies were found to hire the most instrument and controls technicians from the top 100 U.S. educational institutions.