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What is Automation?
The dictionary defines automation as “the technique of making an apparatus, a process, or a system operate automatically.”
We define automation as “ the creation and application of technology to monitor and control the production and delivery of products and services.”
Using our definition, the automation profession includes “everyone involved in the creation and application of technology to monitor and control the production and delivery of products and services”; and the automation professional is “any individual involved in the creation and application of technology to monitor and control the production and delivery of products and services.”
Automation encompasses many vital elements, systems, and job functions.
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Automation provides benefits to virtually all of industry. Here are some examples:
•Manufacturing , including food and pharmaceutical, chemical and petroleum, pulp and paper
•Transportation , including automotive, aerospace, and rail
•Utilities , including water and wastewater, oil and gas, electric power, and telecommunications
•Defense
•Facility operations , including security, environmental control, energy management, safety, and other building automation
• And many others
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Automation crosses all functions within industry from installation, integration, and maintenance to design, procurement, and management. Automation even reaches into the marketing and sales functions of these industries.
Automation involves a very broad range of technologies including robotics and expert systems, telemetry and communications, electro-optics, Cybersecurity, process measurement and control, sensors, wireless applications, systems integration, test measurement, and many, many more.
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Why is the Automation Professional so Important?
Think about the cell phone and computer you use every day to do your job. Think about the car you drive to take to work. Think about the food you eat; water you drink; clothes you wear; and appliances you use to store, prepare, and clean them. Think about the television you watch, video games you play, or music system you listen to. Think about the buildings you visit. Think about any modern convenience or necessity. Just about anything you can think of is the result of complex processes. Without talented individuals to design, build, improve, and maintain these processes, these technological advances would never have occurred and future innovations would be impossible. Without automation professionals, our world and our future would be very different.
Подумайте про мобільний телефон і комп'ютер які ви використовуєте щодня, щоб зробити свою роботу. Подумайте про автомобіль, на якому ви їздите на роботу. Подумайте про те, що ви їсте; воду яку п'єте; одяг, який ви носите; і техніку яка використовується для зберігання, підготовки та очищення їх. Подумайте про телебачення, яке ви дивитеся, відео ігри які ви граєте, або музичну систему, яку ви слухаєте. Подумайте про будівлі, які Ви відвідуєте. Подумайте про будь-які сучасні зручності або необхідності. Про що б ви не подумали, це є результатом роботи складних процесів. Без талановитих людей для проектування, будівництва, поліпшення і підтримки цих процесів, ці технологічні досягнення ніколи б не відбулися, і майбутні інновації були б неможливими. Без фахівців автоматизації, наш світ і наше майбутнє будуть дуже різні.