The goal of the WFT Program is to prepare residents with the skills required to gain employment in industries that will drive the local economy over the next several decades. The WFT Program will engage with eligible entities in an endeavor to train residents with skills sets needed in industries that are expected to grow in the coming years.

Northland Pioneer College’s Energy and Industrial Technician program prepares students to be technicians, operators, and maintenance workers capable of understanding the entire industrial system within which they work. Core courses cover a range of complex related mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical, thermal, and sensory control systems in an ever-changing industrial or energy production environment. NPC offers eight areas of specialization within the EIT degree program:

  1. The Electrical specialization prepares you to be a certified industrial electrician, focusing on alternating current, motors, lighting, circuit breakers, grounding, various types of control systems, basic electronic theory, and distribution systems.
  2. The Industrial Plant Operations specialization prepares you to be a certified power plan operator focusing on plant safety, minor maintenance, reading diagrams, instrumentation and control measurement, plant boilers, turbines, water treatment, and air and water pollution control.
  3. The instrumentation specialization prepares you to be a certified instrumentation technician, focusing on instrumentation, hand and power tools, fasteners, actuators, positioners, relays and timers, digital logic circuits, programmable logic controllers, and distributed control systems.
  4. The Mechanical Maintenance specialization prepares you to be a certified industrial maintenance mechanic, focusing on electric generation and distribution, mining, water treatment, natural gas, refinery, semiconductor, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical processes. The program also covers basic mechanical maintenance, including hydrostatic and pneumatic testing, low- and high-pressure steam systems, and heat exchanges.
  5. The Operations and Maintenance specialization prepare you to be a certified operator and mechanical mechanic, focusing on electric generation and distribution, mining, water treatment, natural gas, refinery, semiconductor, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical processes. The program also covers basic mechanical maintenance, including hydrostatic and pneumatic testing, low- and high-pressure steam systems, and heat exchangers.
  6. Electrical and instrumentation specialization covers the principles and applications of a certified electrical and instrumentation technician whose job is to service and maintain electrical-related equipment, including high voltage systems, adjust and calibrate pressure, temperature, level, flow, and control measuring and recording devices used in computer-integrated manufacturing.
  7. Industrial Electrical, Motors, and PLC’s specialization cover the principles and applications of mechanical drives, rotating electrical motors and fluid power, and hydraulic components including maintaining, troubleshooting, and looking at predictive and preventative maintenance used in computer-integrated manufacturing.
  8. Industrial Mechanics and Fluid Power specialization covers the principles and applications of mechanical drives, rotating electrical motors and fluid power, and hydraulic components including maintaining, troubleshooting, and looking at predictive and preventative maintenance used in computer-integrated manufacturing.

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