A plan to become a millwright was waylaid when Daniel Barrett first visited the SAIT campus after graduating from high school in 2006 — a tour of the automated systems lab hooked him from the moment he stepped inside.
After earning his diploma in Automated Systems Engineering Technologies (now the design and automation stream of Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) in 2008, Barrett stayed on with SAIT, working in the applied research department for the water treatment group and competing in the 2009 Solar Decathlon House contest, placing sixth in the global competition with Team Alberta.
After moving to Regina to work for a Honeywell integrator doing building controls, including HVAC, access control, security and surveillance, Barrett returned to Calgary for an opportunity to teach at SAIT in 2012.
Today, he prepares robotics and automation to students for careers in this cutting-edge field in the classroom and beyond, including training them for provincial, national and, recently, World Skills competitions.
Awards and achievements:
- has trained Skills competitors who have earned gold, silver and bronze medals at the national level, and five gold and silver medals at the provincial level
- earned automation certifications from ABB, NC3, FESTO and Tridium
If I wasn’t doing this: I’d be developing customized automation solutions for a variety of companies — I love to constantly be challenged and develop new solutions.
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SAIT is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of Treaty 7 which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Îyârhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney.
We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the city of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta.