Participants must have the following criteria:
· At least one year working experience as a field operator/technician in process plant
· Be able to interpret process flow drawings of process plant
· Have knowledge of the basic instruments of process control loop
· Be able to listen, speak, read and write English at a proficiency level equivalent to the Employability Skills System (ESS) level 6
· Be able to use numeracy skills at a proficiency level equivalent to ESS level 6
Assessment is conducted 10 days from the completion of the last training day.
Assessment duration: 3 hours
A Statement of Attainment (SOA) from the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) will be issued on successful completion of module.
Trainees must attain a minimum of 75% attendance and sit for assessment.
SPUR funding is applicable only for Singaporeans and Permanent Residents.
This 3-day course is designed using Singapore Workforce Skills Qualification (WSQ) Framework to give participants the knowledge and skills in operating the Distributed Control System for normal control of a process plant.
Operators, plant operation specialists and engineers who are working in process plants.
At the end of the course, participants will be able to
Lectures , Demonstrations and Discussions
Hardware: PC, Operation Keyboard
Software: CENTUM VP
Call up process displays on DCS
· Use appropriate function keys to call up various types of process displays on DCS
· Monitor operating conditions of a process plant by calling up the relevant process displays on DCS
· Evaluate deviations of process variables from the steady state condition of a process plant on DCS
Perform control operations using DCS
· Perform control operations for different types of process variables
· Switch control modes of controllers for manual, automatic or auto-cascade control
· Operate different types of control schemes
· Operate on-off control points for field equipment
Monitor historical data on DCS
· Monitor historical data for appropriate process points using trend displays
· Set appropriate trend setting to provide required historical data
· Analyse the historical data for possible causes of process abnormalities
Respond to process alarms on DCS
· Interpret different types of process alarms
· Analyse the causes of process alarms
· Rectify process variables that are in alarm state