The Certified Automation Specialist certification prepares and documents an individual’s skill proficiency in competences related to automated systems found in modern industrial facilities. Completion of this credential indicates satisfactory skill verification required to install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair integrated systems that include pneumatic, electrical, industrial control, networked components, PLC’s, HMI’s, distributed I/O and SCADA.

The CAS Certificate is achieved by completing the underlying technician credentials and demonstrating mastery via written and hands-on skills assessments. The following list indicates the technician level credentials along with a description of each.

Certified Automation Technician Level I
Introduces individuals to automated systems and provides a study of the fundamentals core competencies of pneumatics, electricity, sensors, and safety.
   • Introduction to Automation
   • Pneumatic Fundamentals
   • Electrical Fundamentals
   • Electrical Safety
   • Electrical Sensors

Certified Automation Technician Level II
Expands on the topics of level I to include the operation, installation and troubleshooting procedures for electrical circuits, industrial controls, and variable speed drives.
   • Electrical Wiring
   • Electrical Motors
   • Industrial Controls
   • Variable Speed Drives

Certified Automation Technician Level III
Continues skills development of previous topics from Level I and II by introducing programmable controllers and operator interface. With a focus on how these devices integrate with the previously covered components to create a complete automation system. This allows for application activities for development and troubleshooting of automation systems.
   • Programmable Controllers
   • Human Machine Interface
   • Applied Automation
   • Applied Troubleshooting

Certified Automation Technician Level IV
Further expands on the study of automation by covering advanced technologies that are often used with modern systems. These include networking and communication of control devices, operator control and data acquisition and artificial vision systems.
   • Industrial Networks
   • Distributed I/O Systems
   • SCADA Systems
   • Artificial Vision Systems