Course Overview

Length: 2 days (16 hours)

Hands-On: 50%

Target Audience: Personnel who work with or need to better understand industrial Instrumentation & Calibration concepts (Developing Technicians, Operators, Engineers, Process Control Techs, and I&C Managers and Supervisors)

Summary Description: This course introduces students to the core fundamentals involved with modern instrumentation and calibration concepts and practices.

This course develops a fundamental understanding of the concepts required to understand and successfully maintain, calibrate, and troubleshoot common sensors, instrumentation, transmitters, and measurement systems.

This course is useful for anyone from a mechanical technician or plant operator up to senior instrumentation technicians and engineers needing to better understand the instrumentation associated with their systems. The topics presented are based on decades of expert observations of the problems and mistakes made throughout the instrumentation and controls fields.

This course includes considerable hands-on exercises and practical demonstrations, and is designed to help students gain familiarity and confidence with common instrumentation systems.

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Length: 4 days (32 hours)

Hands-On: 50%

Target Audience: Personnel who work with or need to better understand industrial Instrumentation & Control concepts and systems (Developing Technicians, Engineers, Process Control Techs, and I&C Managers and Supervisors)

Summary Description: This course introduces students to the core fundamentals involved with modern industrial instrumentation, measurement, calibration, and controls. This course places heavy emphasis on the topics that are often misunderstood in industry and which cause many of the maintenance, troubleshooting, and plant performance problems.

This course is useful for anyone from a mechanical technician or plant operator up to senior instrumentation technicians and engineers needing to better understand the instrumentation associated with their systems. The topics presented are based on decades of expert observations of the problems and mistakes made throughout the instrumentation and controls fields.

Each student attending our public I&C courses will receive a 700-page hard-cover textbook for use in the course and detailed reference well after the course (Instrumentation & Process Control by Franklin Kirk: $200 retail cost). Instead of attempting to cover all topics of an I&C program that would require hundreds of hours of instruction within a short 3-4 day program, our I&C course focuses on the core topics that will enable the students to make good, effective use of the provided text reference as needed, so they can continue to learn and grow over time and solve whatever problem arises.

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Length: 2 days (16 hours)

Hands-On: 30-40%

Summary Description: This course will provide Operations and management personnel with a foundational understanding of the key concepts, issues, and topics required for them to effectively interact with I&C systems and to communicate and collaborate with engineers and I&C personnel, and to help them overcome common mistakes and misconceptions, to ultimately improve performance, reliability, and safety margins.

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Length: 4 days (32 hours)

Hands-On: 75%

Summary Description: This course provides a solid introduction to the basic operation of the ControlLogix series PLC's using Studio 5000 Logix software (previously RSLogix 5000)

This course focuses on the underlying principles required to perform routine maintenance such as troubleshooting hardware and IO problems, performing minor online & offline edits, performing force operations and bit manipulations, troubleshooting and resetting faults and status variables, and tracing and understanding common ladder logic. This course also covers the most common problems, mistakes, and important functionality of the ControlLogix® series.

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Length: 3 days (24 hours)

Hands-On: 75%

Target Audience: This course is designed for personnel involved in troubleshooting or maintaining ControlLogix® PLC systems. It also serves as a foundation for those who need advanced PLC and ControlLogix® knowledge or a refresher before advanced courses. Typical attendees include maintenance personnel, electricians, instrument technicians, automation personnel, engineers, and others working with ControlLogix® PLCs and Rockwell Logix software.

Summary Description: This course introduces the basic operation of ControlLogix® PLCs using Studio 5000 Logix software. It covers essential principles for routine maintenance, including troubleshooting hardware and IO issues, performing minor edits, force operations, bit manipulations, and resetting faults. It also addresses common problems and mistakes in the ControlLogix® series and builds a solid foundation to prevent field issues.

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Length: 2 days (16 hours)

Hands-On: 75%

Target Audience:Personnel who have some basic knowledge but need to perform moderate level troubleshooting and maintenance on ControlLogix® PLC systems. Typical attendees include: Electricians, Instrument Technicians, Automation personnel, Engineers and others who do higher level work with ControlLogix® PLC systems and/or Rockwell’s Logix series software.

Summary Description: This intermediate course bridges the gap between basic and advanced ControlLogix® courses. It covers core concepts and additional knowledge required for complex tasks and higher criticality systems. Students will engage in programming, IO and module configurations, and troubleshooting using Studio 5000 Logix software.

Note – this intermediate level course jumps right into the material and assumes students have at least a knowledge level equivalent to having recently completed our Basic ControlLogix® PLs course or equivalent.

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Length: 5 days (40 hours)

Hands-On: 50%

Target Audience: Personnel with intermediate level knowledge needing to begin doing higher level design, configuration, programming, and engineering oriented work on ControlLogix® systems.

Typical attendees include electricians, instrument technicians, automation personnel, and engineers.

Summary Description: This advanced course is designed for intermediate ControlLogix® practitioners to advance their skills in  design, development, programming, and project integration. It covers  control system development, creating well-integrated automation systems using ControlLogix® PLCs, and coordinating HMIs with PLC systems. Key learning points include:

• Control System Development: Learn to create effective automation systems using ControlLogix® PLCs and typical HMI systems.
• Engineering Aspects: Focus on programming structure, network layouts, communications, and I/O configurations.
• PLC Project Steps: Understand field component selection, system standards, functional templates, design documents, and troubleshooting.
• Examples and Tips: Gain insights into functions, features, coding, and common mistakes to avoid.

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Length: 3 days (24 hours)

Hands-On: 50%

Summary Description: This course takes students who already have the knowledge gained in our Instrumentation & Controls course (IC) to the next level to begin doing detailed process control work. This course makes heavy use of process simulations with realistic controller configurations and settings and is designed for personnel in roles such as controls engineer, senior instrument or controls technician, process or automation specialists, etc. This course is fast-paced and assumes personnel have knowledge equivalent to IC course and some experience working with process control loops and associated field equipment.

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Length: 2 days (16 hours)

Hands-On: 25-35%

Target Audience: Maintenance personnel responsible for performing maintenance, testing, and calibration work on Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS). Typical students include: Instrument Technicians, SIS Technicians, I&E Technicians, and Automation Personnel.

Summary Description: This course introduces students to the maintenance aspects of IEC 61511 (Safety Instrumented Systems. The primary targets of this course are instrument and automation technicians who maintain, troubleshoot, and repair safety instrumented systems. The course assumes technicians have basic understanding of instrumentation and controls but does reinforce key areas that often lead to problems and mistakes in SIS maintenance. Students will gain familiarity with the overall SIS program to help them understand their role and responsibilities in the program, as well as detailed coverage of maintenance related issues of IEC 61511 including proper proof testing of typical instrumentation devices.

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