How to delve deeply into the instrumentation industry

That’s when you reach the first bottleneck, having already become familiar with and understood everything within your scope of work. If you dig deeper, you will still find that some of what you thought you knew or understood before was actually wrong or incomplete. Participate more in external exchanges; don’t limit yourself to your own company.

It’s simple: go to larger companies to apply for jobs, check their recruitment requirements, and see what positions you are qualified for; that way you’ll know what else you need to learn.

That’s exactly what I do now. But I think the field of instrumentation is a bit complicated to describe; it’s too diverse, and it’s not easy to find a job in this area.

There are few opportunities for face-to-face interaction; most communication takes place online

Instrument management is a process that spans from planning, design, selection, procurement, construction, acceptance, commissioning, operation, maintenance, repair, renovation, upgrading to eventual disposal. Therefore, the instrumentation field is not just about maintenance work. 1. The quality of a project, just like genes, determines the intensity of subsequent maintenance. Therefore, being familiar with the design and engineering standards and requirements, and planning well from the engineering stage, is necessary to ensure better operation of the instruments. It is possible to become familiar with the main tasks of instrumentation in various design stages (overall design, process package, basic design, detailed design) ； Instrument design is primarily based on **standards, specifications, and regulations, such as GB, SH, HG ； Uniform design specifications for instruments ； Instrument procurement: Instrument framework procurement, procurement technical agreement ； Review of design documents, etc ； 2. Requirements for instrument construction, commissioning, and acceptance: construction plan, briefings, progress and quality control, change management, commissioning, the three inspections and four confirmations, the nine completions and five handovers, as well as the transfer of completion documents and spare parts information – the owner needs to be clear about their own responsibilities and the requirements for the construction party ； 3. Preparation for starting up the instrumentation: preparation of personnel, tools, and plans/protocols, as well as confirmation of pre-startup conditions and safety inspections, etc ； 4. From the internal classification within the instrumentation field: control systems, field instruments, and analytical instruments – this allows for the expansion of professional knowledge in various areas ； 5. From the perspective of instrument management, instrument maintenance is not merely about ensuring that the instruments are in good condition and that the equipment operates properly. In terms of management, whether it is team management or specialized management—such as the establishment, revision, and implementation of policies, personnel management, staff training, performance management, team building, safety, environmental and occupational health management, spare parts management, cost control, technical analysis, and technological upgrades—familiarity with these aspects is necessary in order to make the transition from maintenance to management. Management makes it function more effectively. In short, it can be considered in terms of breadth and depth ； Improve oneself comprehensively across the entire process of design, procurement, engineering, and maintenance. The above are personal opinions for reference only.

It feels like I’m a child of this situation right now