COURSE INFORMATION
Essentials of Instrumentation & Process Control
Type:
Training Course
Length:
3 Days
CEU:
2.4
PDH:
16
Fee:
$2195 CAD
Upcoming Sessions
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Course Description
This 3-day Instrumentation and Process Control course covers typical field devices and instruments for measuring and controlling variables in process control. Participants will be introduced to closed-loop feedback control and PID functions. This course also introduces the Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), and Distributed Control Systems (DCS).
Participants will have an opportunity to build basic PLC ladder logic programs using an Allen-Bradley based PLC simulation software, and use Control Loop Simulation software to explore responses and experiment with PID settings.
Participants will need to bring a PC laptop. Prior to the course participants will be provided with The Control Loop Simulation software. Participants will also be given detailed instructions for the download and installation of the PLC Simulation program LogixPro® 500.
Please note: The PLC and Control Loop Simulation software will only operate in a WINDOWS environment.
(Optional) Participants with MAC OS laptops will participate in instructor-led demonstrations, but not be able to perform individual hands-on experimentation.
A complete set of course materials and lunch is included in the Essentials of Instrumentation & Process Control course.

Who Should Attend
Oil and gas employees who need to improve their understanding of instrumentation and control systems. This course will provide supervisors and newly graduated plant engineers and technologists with the critical information required to improve their basic knowledge of instrumentation and controls systems.
Course Outline 
The following topics are covered in the Essentials of Instrumentation & Process Control course:
1. Control loop fundamentals and instrumentation and process control terminology
2. Field measurement devices (Pressure, Flow, Level, Temperature)
3. Actuators and final elements
4. Basic process control modes (PID and basic loop tuning)
5. Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)l, (I/O field devices and programming)
6. Distributed Control System (DCS)

Instructor 
Ted MortensonTed Mortenson has over 30 years of experience in Canada and abroad in the fields of instrumentation, electrical, and electronics functioning in education, training, and learning & development roles in the private and public sector.
Ted is also Owner/President of TAM Technical Services which has a mandate to provide a full range of services and support for industrial sector maintenance departments. Through TAM Technical Services, Ted has participated in the development and delivery of industry-specific short-term intensive training courses in the areas of process control, instrumentation and electrical for oil and gas and mining employees and recently consulted in the development of an Instrumentation Apprenticeship program in one of the GCC countries.
Ted holds an Inter-provincial Red Seal Journeyman status in Instrumentation and Control and also has provincial Journeyman status in Alberta and Saskatchewan. He has an Electronics Engineering Diploma and an MBA in Educational Management.
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