Many of the devices and objects we use in our everyday lives are produced using CNC milling. It’s a highly sophisticated machine that creates components using precise cutting and machining tools.

As an industrial technician, you will work with both manual and computer-controlled machines that can turn, drill and mill plastic and metal. During the program, you will learn everything from programming and preparing robots and machines to drawing and designing machine parts. As an industrial technician, you have good job opportunities, especially in machine factories and large industrial companies that produce wind turbines, parts for the space industry or pumps.

Working with electronics prototyping, you will install, troubleshoot and repair electronic equipment. You may specialise in communication and consumer electronics such as computers, phones and radios, hospital equipment or the development of new electronics.

With specialized knowledge within technology, IT and the components used in electronic circuits, there are good job opportunities in manufacturing companies, hospitals, the military, or airports.

It is an advantage if you are good with numbers, logical thinking, maths, computer science and have good analytical skills.  

Working with industrial control, you work with the automation of production machinery. This requires the ability to troubleshoot both during installation and in operating systems, either across industries or within a specialized area.

During the program, you learn how to make different components such as pneumatic/hydraulic systems, programmable control systems, motors and robots work together.

If you specialize in industrial control, you will gain a wide range of skills, including learning how to install cables, instruments and control centers, circuitry design and programming.

The field is rapidly evolving, so you will be in a strong position if you keep up with the development of new technologies, methods, etc.

Working with ‘Industry 4.0’, you work with the automation of production machinery. This requires the ability to troubleshoot both during installation and in operating systems, either across industries or within a specialized area.

During the program, you learn how to make different components such as pneumatic/hydraulic systems, programmable control systems, motors and robots work together.

The area ‘Industry 4.0’ focuses on how information and communication technologies (ICT) impact real-time optimization and systems for efficient automation and production.

As an automatic control technician within this specific area, you will work with implementing Industry 4.0 principles at companies, including designing, and implementing systems, introducing software and hardware, and supporting programs, especially within cyber security.

This area is in rapid development, so it is essential to be able to combine solid technical knowledge with all the new opportunities and requirements, while constantly being aware of risk and security.

As a technical designer in industry, you will work with computer aided design (CAD) – specialized software to create two- and three-dimensional images and animations of objects both in production and for use in advertisements and technical manuals. CAD can convey many types of information, including dimensions, types of materials and tolerances, and it is essential for finding solutions to specific problems and simulating how a design will work in the real world. 

Working with mechatronics, you work with the automation of production machinery. This requires the ability to troubleshoot both during installation and in operating systems, either across industries or within a specialized area.

During the program, you learn how to make different components such as pneumatic/hydraulic systems, programmable control systems, motors, and robots work together.

The area ‘Mechatronics’ specializes in mechanics, pneumatics, electronic control systems, programming, robots and system development. And if you specialize in mechatronics, you will focus on combining these areas to design, build, maintain and repair automated equipment and program control systems.

In addition to factory assembly lines, mechatronics is also used in everything from packaging machines to supermarket cash registers and conveyor systems.

Working with robot systems integration, you work with the automation of production machinery. This requires the ability to troubleshoot both during installation and in operating systems, either across industries or within a specialized area.

During the program, you learn how to make different components such as pneumatic/hydraulic systems, programmable control systems, motors and robots work together. And especially, the number of robots used in industry is growing rapidly. As an automatic control technician with a focus on ‘robot systems integration’, you play a key role in ensuring they fit correctly into the production process, including assessing which type of robot is best suited to a given task, e.g. lifting, loading, unloading, or welding, where to place it and how to connect and adapt it to the rest of the production process.

While larger manufacturing companies such as car manufacturers led the way in integrating robots into their production, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are now entering the fray, increasing the need for skilled automatic control technicians with a focus on ‘robot systems integration’. This results in great job opportunities.

Welders work with different metals to cut and combine components from steel beams to pipes, plates and pressure vessels. You will also be an expert interpreting blueprints, standards, and symbols in order to correctly translate these requirements into structures and products. And the ability to operate the different types of welding equipment both safely and accurately is of the utmost importance.

The opportunities to work in a wide range of industries are many, and your work location can vary from a construction site to a power plant or a ship at sea.