# Instrumentation and Process Control Fundamentals

> Understand measurement instruments, control loops, PLCs and SCADA used in process plants, utilities and mines.

- **Provider:** Afriskora Training Solutions
- **Category:** Engineering & Maintenance
- **Duration:** 5 days
- **Formats:** classroom (cities across Africa), live virtual (Zoom/Teams), in-house for teams
- **Certificate:** Afriskora Certificate of Completion, verifiable online
- **Booking:** request dates and a quote; invoice and EFT payment
- **Web page:** https://afriskora.co.za/courses/engineering-maintenance/instrumentation-and-process-control-fundamentals
- **Request dates:** https://afriskora.co.za/request-training?course=instrumentation-and-process-control-fundamentals

## Overview

Process plants depend on instruments and control systems to run safely and efficiently. This course introduces the measurement of pressure, flow, level and temperature, control valves, PID control and loop tuning, PLC and SCADA systems, safety instrumented systems and calibration, with practical demonstrations and troubleshooting exercises.

## Who should attend

- Instrumentation and electrical technicians
- Process and plant engineers
- Operations staff
- Maintenance supervisors

## Learning outcomes

- Explain how common process instruments work
- Read P&IDs and loop diagrams
- Understand PID control and basic tuning
- Describe PLC, DCS and SCADA architectures
- Calibrate instruments and troubleshoot control loops

## Course outline

### Day 1: Measurement

- Pressure and temperature
- Flow measurement
- Level measurement
- Analytical instruments

### Day 2: Final control elements

- Control valves
- Actuators and positioners
- Variable speed drives
- Valve sizing basics

### Day 3: Process control

- P&IDs and loop diagrams
- Control loops
- PID control
- Loop tuning

### Day 4: Control systems

- PLCs
- DCS and SCADA
- Industrial networks
- OT cybersecurity

### Day 5: Safety and maintenance

- Safety instrumented systems
- Calibration
- Troubleshooting
- Practical exercises