Become competent in all basic, advanced, and practical concepts of DCS operations.

What you'll learn

Gain skills on all basic, advanced and practical concepts on DCS operations.

Learn how to activate control schemes correctly, troubleshoot process and control problems and identify tuning problems.

Learn how to recognize DCS tag attributes and variables.

Learn the essential good practices and safety precautions recommended for Control Room operator.

Requirements

Some control room exposure is desirable, but not required.

Description

Many new and inexperienced control room operators enter plants every year. This course is aimed at training both new and experienced operators. The course focuses not only on the mechanics of how to use the DCS but also covers many of the intricate details necessary for skilled and high quality operation.This course covers important DCS operational details, including DCS tag attributes, parameters, and fields, and how to start up complex control schemes. We cover procedures for how to detect control problems and tackle them quickly and effectively. The course covers DCS graphics.The course helps to prevent careless mistakes that could potentially cause shut-downs and encourages safe habits. The operators also learn to fully utilize features like alarms, trending, event monitoring, history, and other advanced features that can make the operators' time more effective. The course also covers the meaning and use of various types of DCS tags – PV, analog, digital, input/output, numerics, summers, multipliers, timers, sequence programs, continuous programs, and many other tags.Learning OutcomesAt the end of the course, operators will be skilled in all basic, advanced and practical concepts of DCS operations. They will understand DCS tag attributes and variables. They will know how to activate control schemes correctly, troubleshoot process and control problems, and identify tuning problems. They would have learned tag ranges, tuning parameters, alarm system, alarm limits, rate of change limits, trending in the DCS, event history, logs, reports, and security.The course also teaches safety and important good habits recommended for operators. This course is a must for any operator or technician and will be of great value to engineers and supervisors too.Our DCS400 (DCS Training for Control Room Operators) training course is very practical, and easy to understand for everyone: engineers, technicians, operators, and students – both new and experienced. That is why our customers consider us the best. This training course is aimed at training both new and experienced operators. It covers not only the mechanics of how to use the DCS but also covers many of the intricate details necessary for skilled and high-quality operation, important DCS operational details, including DCS tag attributes, parameters, and fields, and how to start up complex control schemes and other related topics. The course helps to prevent careless mistakes that could potentially cause shutdowns and encourages safe habits. The operators also learn to fully utilize features like alarms, trending, event monitoring, history, and other advanced features that can make the operators' time more effective. The course also covers the meaning and use of various types of DCS tags – PV, analog, digital, input/output, numeric, summers, multipliers, timers, and many other tags. Our course is more hands-on than any competitor. This level of hands-on approach tremendously aids the learning process and mastering process control theory and practicals.Our instructors have over 30 years of industrial experience and process control training experience. They not only have the technical process control knowledge but also skills to make sure participants are fully engaged and able to concentrate on the material.If you would like to participate and enroll in more detail and a full-blown course on DCS400 DCS training for control room operators and beyond, please contact us directly at info@picontrolsolutions.com. In our wider training course, in addition to Udemy topics you will understand and learn how to do custom DCS tags and calculations, activate Long Cascade and Complex Control Schemes, the difference between continuous versus sequence control, how to design online analyzers and discrete signals, control valve characterizers and nonlinear transformations, advanced process control, and many more related topics.After completion of our full-blown DCS400 training course, you will get an international diploma as a process control expert in the field of DCS for control room operators. For more information, please contact us at info@picontrolsolutions.com.Thank you,PiControl Solutions

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to Distributed Control Systems (DCS)

Lecture 1 Introduction, terms and definitions

Section 2: DCS Architecture and Control Network

Lecture 2 DCS Architecture and Control Network

Section 3: Analog and Digital Signals

Lecture 3 Analog and Digital Signals

Section 4: DCS Tagnames and Graphics

Lecture 4 DCS Tagnames and Graphics

Section 5: PID Control Tags and Attributes

Lecture 5 PID Control Tags and Attributes

Section 6: Other Types of DCS Tags

Lecture 6 Other Types of DCS Tags

Section 7: Alarms, Events and Alerts

Lecture 7 Alarms, Events and Alerts

Section 8: Trends

Lecture 8 Trends

Section 9: Remote Access

Lecture 9 Remote Access

Section 10: Safety and Recommended Procedures

Lecture 10 Safety and Recommended Procedures

Section 11: Management of Change Procedures

Lecture 11 Management of Change Procedures

Lab Technicians and DCS/PLC Technicians,Process Control Engineers, Advanced Process Control Engineers, and Instrument Engineers,Managers and Supervisors