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The Automation Competency Model

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The Automation Federation has released the Automation Competency Model, a formal federal document defining the skills and competencies needed in the automation field. The Automation Federation worked with industry experts and representatives from the Department of Labor to develop the model.

Documents

• Current Automation Competency Model
• Occupation Descriptions
  • Automation Technician
  • Control Software Engineer
  • Control Systems Engineer
  • Advanced Control Engineer
  • Enterprise Integration Engineer
  • Automation Network Engineer
  • Automation Sales-Marketing Professional
• AF Automation Competency Model Statement Paper
• Automation Competency Model Network (ACMN)--via IMS

Webcasts

• Archived Web Cast – September 2009
  • PowerPoint Presentation
• Archived Web Cast – November 2008
  • PowerPoint Presentation

Usage/Case Studies and Implementation

• Cleveland Community College
  • Automation Competency Model Case Summary by the U.S. Department of Labor
• The Dow Chemical Company
  • Process Automation Work Force Development in The Dow Chemical Company: Aligning and Leveraging the Automation Competency Model
• Fairfield University
  • Automated Manufacturing Engineering Curriculum
    • See pages 300–302 for program description and pages 324–326 for course descriptions.

News

• 16 September 2008: Automation Federation Convenes Industry Experts to Assist U.S. Department of Labor with Creation of Automation Competency Model
• 23 October 2008: Automation Federation Continues Work with Department of Labor to Build Automation Competency Model
• 30 April 2009: Automation Competency Model is First Complete U.S. DOL Produced Competency Model
• 28 May 2009: Automation Federation Is Named as a Winner of the Managing Automation 2009 Progressive Manufacturing
• September 2009: ISA Insights: Automation Federation and the U.S. Department of Labor Aired Webinar
• 27 January 2011: The Automation Federation and IMS to Develop an International Automation Competency Model Network
• 11 April 2011: The Automation Federation Named a Winner of the 2011 PROGRESSIVE MANUFACTURING 100 AWARDS 
• 15 May 2012: The Automation Federation and American Association of Community Colleges announce the creation of the Automation Community College Consortium

Additional Resources

• Automation Mentor Program
• Building the Automation Generation Website
• Automation and Engineering Curriculum