Course Details

Advanced Diploma in Process Control & Instrumentation

Overview

  • Course Date:

    TBA

  • Registration Period:

    TBA

  • Duration/Frequency:

    480 Hours (1 Year)

  • Mode of Training:

    Face-to-Face (Classroom Teaching), E-learning

Class schedule:
  • 4 evenings a week
  • 6:30pm - 10:30pm

(to be confirmed closer to the course commencement)

Course Duration:
480 hours (1 year)

Please refer to the Academic Calendar.

Enquiries

For course specific details, please contact the course manager: 
  • Name: Mr Wong Weng Yew 
  • Email: WONG_Weng_Yew@sp.edu.sg 
  • Contact No: 68790689 

For other enquiries, please email to ptenquiry@sp.edu.sg

Course Objective

Advance your engineering career in Singapore’s high-tech manufacturing plants! 

With smarter automation systems, advanced industrial networks, and AI-driven technologies, the demand for skilled professionals in today’s pharmaceutical, chemical, and semiconductor industries to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable operations is growing rapidly. 

Through this Advanced Diploma in Process Control and Instrumentation, you will gain advanced technical knowledge and practical skills to manage complex control systems, ensure operational reliability, and support modern industrial operations.

What You Will Learn

  • Gain hands-on experience in state-of-the-art laboratories, featuring cutting-edge equipment from Siemens, Yokogawa, Endress+Hauser, Pepperl+Fuchs, Bosch, Festo and National Instruments  
  • Learn Advanced Programmable Logic Control that guides control system design, advanced instruction sets, intelligent I/O modules, local area networks, supervisory control and data acquisition in PLC systems 
  • Configure, operate, and monitor Distributed Control Systems (DCS) for process industries
  • Implement industrial communication protocols and cybersecurity practices for connected control systems
  • Leverage AI, machine learning, troubleshooting, and system integration techniques to optimise automated operations

Technologies introduced are widely used across Singapore’s pharmaceutical, chemical, and semiconductor plants, ensuring your skills are aligned with the needs of high-growth sectors. 

Designed For

Aspiring engineers, technicians, and technical officers seeking to advance your career in industrial automation and control systems, or upskill in industrial networking, cybersecurity, and AI-driven automation technologies to grow. 

More Information

This is a 1-year part-time course consisting of 4 Post-Diploma Certificates. You will experience a flexible learning approach with over 30% of the course content delivered through live online sessions, allowing you to engage in real-time discussions and activities from anywhere.

Post-Diploma CertificateKey Modules
PDC 1 - Post-Diploma Certificate in Control & Advanced PLC- Advanced Programmable Logic Control
- Dynamics & Control
PDC 2 - Post-Diploma Certificate in Instrumentation & AI for Automation- Instrumentation and Measurement System
- AI for Automation
PDC 3 - Post-Diploma Certificate in Distributed Control System & Computer Control- Distributed Control System Applications
- Computer Control Systems
PDC 4 - Post-Diploma Certificate in Industrial Networks and Cybersecurity & Process Control- Industrial Networks and Cybersecurity
- Process Control Engineering

Please click here for the Module Synopsis.

Academic Progression and Pathways

Singapore Institute of Technology

If you score a minimum grade of "A" in module Dynamics and Control or Process Control Engineering, you will be eligible for module exemption from Control Engineering in the Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Electrical Power Engineering at SIT. Exemptions amount to 6 Credit Units (CUs) out of the 180 CUs required for Degree completion.

Industry Endorsements

This course has received endorsement from the Instrumentation and Control Society, Singapore (ICS):

“The Instrumentation and Control Society, Singapore (ICS), believes that the Advanced Diploma in Process Control and Instrumentation (NAPCI) offered by Singapore Polytechnic provides an excellent upgrading opportunity for our engineering workforce in the process control and instrumentation industry. The course offers extensive foundational training in control system basics as well as in advanced topics on PLC, Distributed Control System, AI and Industrial Networks and Cybersecurity which makes this course highly relevant to the control industry.

- Dr Yang Zhizong, President, Instrumentation and Control Society, Singapore

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