Diploma in Mechatronics (Robotics and Automation) Assiniboine Community College - North Hill Campus (Brandon), Canada

Assiniboine’s three-year Mechatronics diploma is an interdisciplinary program that combines mechanical engineering technologies and electronics. Graduates will have hands-on expertise in aspects of mechanical engineering, electronics, and computer science, pulling together knowledge from these disciplines to develop automated machines to service the agricultural sector.  

Program Learning Outcomes

• Fabricate and build electrical, electronic, and mechanical components and assemblies in accordance with operating standards, job requirements, and specifications. 
• Analyze, interpret, and produce electrical, electronic, and mechanical drawings and other related technical documents and graphics necessary for electromechanical design in compliance with industry standards. 
• Select and use a variety of troubleshooting techniques and equipment to assess, modify, maintain, and repair electromechanical circuits, equipment, processes, systems, and subsystems. 
• Modify, maintain, and repair electrical, electronic, and mechanical components, equipment, and systems to ensure that they function according to specifications and to optimize production. 
• Design and analyse mechanical components, processes, and systems by applying engineering principles and practices. 
• Design, analyze, build, select, commission, integrate, and troubleshoot a variety of industrial motor controls and data acquisition devices and systems, digital circuits, passive AC and DC circuits, active circuits and microprocessor-based systems. 
• Install and troubleshoot computer hardware and programming to support the electromechanical engineering environment. 
• Analyse, program, install, integrate, troubleshoot and diagnose automated systems including robotic systems. 
• Establish and maintain inventory, records, and documentation systems to meet organizational and industry standards and requirements. 
• Select and purchase electromechanical equipment, components, and systems that fulfill job requirements and functional specifications. 
• Specify, coordinate, and apply quality-control and quality-assurance programs and procedures to meet organizational standards and requirements. 
• Work in compliance with relevant industry standards, laws and regulations, codes, policies, and procedures. 
• Develop strategies for ongoing personal and professional development to enhance work performance and to remain current in the field and responsive to emergent technologies and national and international standards. 
• Contribute as an individual and a member of an electromechanical engineering team to the effective completion of tasks and projects. 
• Design and analyze electromechanical systems by interpreting fluid mechanics and the attributes and dynamics of fluid flow used in hydraulic and fluid power systems.