Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using our state-of-the-art simulators. This APC/FDM course covers the practical application of Advanced Process Control (APC) or Field Device Manager (FDM) systems to a variety of continuous process plants. The course discuss automation and its importance, types of plants and controls, automation hierarchy, control system architecture, instrumentation and control, different types of computer-based control systems including PLCS and DCS. Basic requirements for good operator interface, industrial communication, information interchange, manmachine communication, enterprise level, engineering & commissioning, performance & dependability, dependable control systems, safety & hazard analysis, concepts & implementation of alarm & trip systems, device management protocols and Honeywell field device manager (FDM) will be illustrated during the course. The course will provide hands-on training sessions in PLC and HMI (OIU and SCADA) programming techniques using one of our stateof-the art Allen Bradley SLC 500, Siemens S7-200, AB Micrologix 1000 (Digital or Analog), AB SLC5/03 and AB WS5610 PLC simulators. Please refer to the last page of this course overview for details of simulators. link to course overview PDF

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of the total tuition hours

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology before or during the course for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued to participants through Haward’s Portal. This includes Wallet Card Certificates if applicable
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy Training Materials (PDF format) will be issued to participant through the Virtual Training Platform
Training Methodology	:	80% of the program will be theory and 20% will be practical sessions, exercises, case studies, simulators or videos
Training Program	:	The training will be for 4 hours per day starting at 09:30 and ending at 13:30
H-STK Smart Training Kit	:	Not Applicable
Hands-on Practical Workshops	:	Not Applicable
Site Visit	:	Not Applicable
Simulators	:	Only software simulators will be used in the virtual courses. Hardware simulators are not applicable and will not be used in Virtual Training