PLC and SCADA Technologies Training Course

Course Overview:

This advanced course is designed for all those aspiring to understand the Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs systems) and SCADA technology.

The learners will master the basics and delve deeper into IEC 61131-3 standard development languages, ladder diagrams, and simulation of analog devices. 

The students will integrate concepts and carry out in-depth modules of PLCs and SCADA systems alongside breath-taking installation techniques, communication strategies between the two systems, and interference elimination. Aspects such as architecture of voting systems and safety PLCs are also examined. 

This course-focused for engineers and technicians allows participants to gain knowledge and practical experience on construction, installation, and monitoring of effective control systems.

Course Objectives:

• Describe the fundamental principles of the PLC
• Identify the basic components
• Write a ladder logic program
• Explain the basics of advanced programming according to IEC 61131-3
• Compare different methods of analog processing
• Apply common-sense installation practices
• Examine the different components of a SCADA system
• Describe the basic principles of serial communications
• Evaluate the requirements for PLC-to-SCADA communications
• Distinguish the specific requirements of the PLC in safety-related applications

Who Should Attend?

This workshop is specifically tailored for any personnel who are responsible for designing, selecting, sizing, specifying, installing, testing, operating, and maintaining programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and supervisory (SCADA) systems. This could include facilities, process, chemical, electrical, instrumentation, maintenance, and mechanical engineers and technicians.

Course Outlines:

• Introduction to control systems
• SCADA versus DCS
• PLC environmental enclosures
• Processing and scanning
• Digital processing
• Analog processing
• Installation practices
• Interference or noise reduction
• Cable spacing and routing
• Earthing and grounding
• Binary and hexadecimal numbering systems
• The IEC 61131-3 standard
• Ladder logic diagrams
• Functional block diagrams
• Derived function blocks
• Structured text
• Instruction lists
• Sequential function chart
• SCADA basics
• SCADA set-up and simulation
• System architecture
• Communication strategies
• Asynchronous transmission
• Coding • The RS 232 standard
• The RS 485 standard
• Modbus
• Safety PLCs
• Voting system architectures