To become the recognized leader in automation and control education, providing training, certifications, and publications to prepare the workforce to address technology changes and industry challenges in the most flexible and relevant ways.

Accomplishing our Mission

ISA serves the automation community by providing non-biased, vendor-neutral professional development opportunities that increase knowledge, technical skills, and competency. By offering lab-intensive opportunities, automation professionals can build essential skills through valuable, hands-on experience.

ISA offers relevant and flexible training opportunities, including:

• Classroom courses
• Instructor-guided online courses
• Self-paced modular courses
• Onsite courses and certification exams at your location
• Boot camp courses on critical topics
• Hands-on portable laboratories
• Virtual classroom training

ISA's certification programs provide an objective, third-party assessment and confirmation of an individual's skills.

• Certified Automation Professional® (CAP®)
• Certified Control Systems Technician® (CCST®).
• ISA/IEC 61511 Safety Instrumented Systems Certificate Program
• ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Certificate Program
• Automation Project Management Specialist Certificate

ISA is committed to providing a learning environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon an individual's race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status. Illegal discrimination or harassment (sexual or otherwise) or intimidation in the learning environment in any form will not be tolerated by ISA. Contact ISA at (919) 549-8288 or info@isa.org to notify us of any violation of this policy.

ISA is accredited by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard. IACET is recognized internationally as a standard development organization and accrediting body that promotes quality of continuing education and training.