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Process Control and Industrial Automation

Process Control and Industrial Automation

1 Weeks
Professional Level
Certificate Included
Course Content

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GenevaSwitzerland
September 15, 2026
€4,900
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Kuala LumpurMalaysia
September 16, 2026
€4,800
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AmsterdamNetherlands
September 24, 2026
€4,600
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ParisFrance
September 27, 2026
€4,900
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LisbonPortugal
October 9, 2026
€4,800
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Kuala LumpurMalaysia
October 16, 2026
€4,400
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LondonUnited Kingdom
October 27, 2026
£4,800
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DubaiUnited Arab Emirates
October 31, 2026
€4,400
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Kuala LumpurMalaysia
November 7, 2026
€4,400
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OnlineOnline
November 12, 2026
€2,400
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OnlineOnline
November 30, 2026
€1,790
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OnlineOnline
December 22, 2026
€1,790
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TunisTunis
January 13, 2027
€3,900
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GenevaSwitzerland
February 4, 2027
€4,600
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GenevaSwitzerland
February 27, 2027
€4,600
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WashingtonUnited States
March 21, 2027
€7,900
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LisbonPortugal
April 12, 2027
€4,400
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LisbonPortugal
May 5, 2027
€4,400
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Course Information

Duration

1 Weeks

Category

Electrical Engineering

Level

Professional Level

Certificate

Included

INTRODUCTION

Modern industrial facilities depend on reliable process control and automation systems to maintain safe, stable, and profitable operations. Variations in process conditions can affect product quality, energy consumption, equipment reliability, production capacity, and environmental performance. Effective control systems continuously measure operating conditions and adjust process variables to maintain approved targets. This course introduces the principles, technologies, and practical methods used in industrial control and automation. Participants examine the behavior of dynamic processes and the functions of measurement, control, supervision, and communication components. The program explains how control strategies should be selected, configured, tuned, monitored, and maintained. It also explores the integration of programmable controllers, distributed systems, supervisory platforms, and field instrumentation. Practical case studies connect control theory with real challenges in manufacturing, energy, chemical, oil, gas, water, and utility operations. The course equips professionals to strengthen automation reliability, operational visibility, process safety, and continuous performance improvement.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Participants will achieve the following objectives by this course:

  • Understand the principles and architecture of industrial process control systems.
  • Analyze process dynamics, disturbances, delays, and control requirements.
  • Evaluate sensors, transmitters, actuators, and final control elements.
  • Apply feedback, feedforward, cascade, ratio, and sequence control strategies.
  • Configure and tune proportional, integral, and derivative control loops.
  • Understand programmable controllers, distributed systems, and supervisory control platforms.
  • Diagnose common control loop, instrumentation, and automation system problems.
  • Improve alarm management, operator interfaces, and process monitoring practices.
  • Address industrial cybersecurity, safety, reliability, and change management requirements.
  • Develop a practical process control and automation improvement plan.

TARGET AUDIENCE

This program targets a professional audience seeking to improve knowledge and skills:

  • Control engineers responsible for industrial control design, tuning, integration, and performance improvement.
  • Instrumentation engineers managing sensors, transmitters, valves, analyzers, and measurement systems.
  • Automation engineers implementing programmable controllers, distributed systems, and supervisory platforms.
  • Process engineers seeking stronger understanding of control behavior and operational stability.
  • Electrical engineers supporting industrial control panels, drives, motors, and communication networks.
  • Maintenance professionals troubleshooting instrumentation, controllers, actuators, and automation equipment.
  • Production supervisors responsible for safe, stable, and efficient plant operations.
  • System integrators delivering industrial automation and control improvement projects.
  • Technical managers overseeing automation investments, reliability, safety, and modernization programs.
  • Operators seeking improved understanding of control loops, alarms, and system responses.

COURSE OUTLINE

Day 1: Process Control Fundamentals and Dynamic Behavior

  • Understanding objectives and benefits of industrial process control.
  • Identifying controlled, manipulated, and disturbance variables.
  • Examining open-loop and closed-loop control systems.
  • Understanding process gain, time constants, and dead time.
  • Analyzing first-order and integrating process behavior.
  • Interpreting process flow and instrumentation diagrams.
  • Evaluating stability, accuracy, response speed, and robustness.
  • Identifying common control system components and signal paths.
  • Assessing process control requirements using operating scenarios.

Day 2: Industrial Instrumentation and Final Control Elements

  • Understanding measurement principles for industrial process variables.
  • Selecting instruments for pressure, flow, level, and temperature.
  • Evaluating transmitter accuracy, range, calibration, and response.
  • Understanding analytical measurement and process analyzer applications.
  • Examining control valve types, characteristics, and sizing principles.
  • Evaluating actuators, positioners, dampers, and variable-speed drives.
  • Identifying measurement errors, noise, drift, and installation problems.
  • Applying calibration, validation, and preventive maintenance practices.
  • Diagnosing common instrumentation and final element failures.

Day 3: Control Strategies and Controller Tuning

  • Understanding proportional, integral, and derivative control actions.
  • Selecting appropriate controller modes for different processes.
  • Applying manual and automated controller tuning methods.
  • Evaluating loop response, oscillation, offset, and instability.
  • Implementing cascade control for disturbance rejection.
  • Applying feedforward control to measurable disturbances.
  • Using ratio, override, split-range, and selector control.
  • Managing interactions within multivariable process systems.
  • Assessing loop performance using practical operating data.

Day 4: Industrial Automation Platforms and Integration

  • Understanding programmable controller architecture and operating cycles.
  • Developing sequence, logic, interlock, and permissive control.
  • Examining distributed control system structure and functionality.
  • Understanding supervisory monitoring and data acquisition platforms.
  • Designing effective operator interfaces and process displays.
  • Integrating instruments, controllers, drives, and plant systems.
  • Understanding industrial protocols and communication network principles.
  • Managing historical data, events, trends, and system diagnostics.
  • Selecting automation platforms for different industrial applications.

Day 5: Safety, Cybersecurity, Troubleshooting, and Improvement

  • Understanding safety instrumented systems and protective functions.
  • Managing alarms through rationalization and prioritization.
  • Applying structured control system troubleshooting methods.
  • Diagnosing sensors, logic, communications, and actuator failures.
  • Assessing industrial cybersecurity threats and protective controls.
  • Managing access, backups, patches, and configuration changes.
  • Improving system reliability through redundancy and lifecycle planning.
  • Developing testing, commissioning, and acceptance procedures.
  • Preparing a comprehensive automation performance improvement plan.

COURSE DURATION

Duration: 1 Weeks

This intensive professional course is delivered over five consecutive training days through expert instruction, control system demonstrations, practical tuning exercises, instrumentation case studies, automation workshops, troubleshooting activities, group discussions, and implementation planning designed to strengthen technical competence and workplace application.

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

The course is delivered by a senior process control, instrumentation, and industrial automation specialist with extensive practical experience in controller tuning, programmable control systems, distributed control systems, supervisory platforms, industrial communication, process safety, cybersecurity, troubleshooting, commissioning, and automation modernization across complex industrial facilities.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Control, instrumentation, automation, process, electrical, maintenance, operations, and technical management professionals should attend.

CONCLUSION

Process Control and Industrial Automation Systems provides a practical framework for improving automated industrial operations. Participants gain essential skills in instrumentation, control strategies, controller tuning, automation platforms, and system integration. The course strengthens process stability, operational efficiency, safety, reliability, and troubleshooting capability. Practical exercises enable participants to translate technical principles into measurable workplace improvements. Upon completion, professionals will be prepared to support modern, secure, and high-performing industrial automation environments.

Process Control and Industrial Automation

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