Proportional Integral Derivative Skill Set
Instrumentation Technicians work in many sectors including oil and gas, mining, minerals processing and associated industries.
This PID skill set will equip you with the skills needed for the set up, adjustment and tuning of control loops.
This course is low fee* for residents of Western Australia and temporary residents holding certain visa types. An annual fee cap of $400 for those aged 15-24 or concession holders or $1,200 for everyone else, applies to this course. Some eligibility conditions apply for the low fee training and other fees may apply for some courses. Please refer to the FAQs(opens in a new tab) for more information.
*Please note that eligibility requirements apply to some of the low fee training.
Overview
Campus Midland
When Continuous enrolment
How Online
Instrumentation Technicians work in many sectors including oil and gas, mining, minerals processing and associated industries.
This PID (proportional integral derivative) skill set will equip you with the skills needed for the set up, adjustment and tuning of control loops. While it is highly recommended that you have completed UEE40420 Certificate IV in Electrical - Instrumentation prior to doing this skill set, it is possible to enrol in both concurrently and North Metropolitan TAFE will help you manage the order of completion of subjects so that you can achieve the pre-requisite units before commencing this PID program.
For further information, please contact instrumentation@nmtafe.wa.edu.au
- Understand PID algorithms
- Investigate different techniques used to loop tune in flow level, temperature and cascade tuning
I have the following attributes:
- Good maths skills
- Good analytical skills
- Keen to work with instrumentation
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Continuous enrolment, 2025
Details
Course fees
(Tuition fee* $116.64 + Resource fee $0.00 )
(Tuition fee* $34.56 + Resource fee $0.00 )
Half price fees
The Lower fees, local skills (half price) discount and fee caps have been applied to the Tuition Fee total displayed under Course Fees. Tuition Fee capping is not reflected in the fees displayed when looking at the cost per unit. Please note that fee caps only apply to the calendar year, so multi-semester courses across more than one calendar year may have a higher fee. See the Half price courses page for more details.
Lower fees, local skills are available to residents of Western Australia, and temporary residents holding certain visa types. They are not available for people living outside of Western Australia, or international students. Full eligibility details are available on our Half price courses page.
Enquiries regarding fees can be made by calling us.
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*Fee disclaimers
The fees quoted are estimates only and are for the entire course for students enrolling on a full-time basis. Please view the full list of Fee disclaimers.
Please note fees listed include all units required to gain this qualification. If you're a continuing student and have successfully completed a lower-level qualification that is a prerequisite for this course, you'll only pay for the units that you need to enrol in, to complete this course.
Enquiries regarding fees can be made by calling us.
Units
Core
| National ID | Unit title |
|---|---|
| UEEIC0029 | Set up and adjust PID control loops |
| UEEIC0030 | Set up and adjust advanced PID process control loops |
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