Fundamentals of Instrumentation & Controls (I&C)

Teaches participants I&C fundamentals for a better understanding of how process measurements and control can ensure the reliable, safe, and efficient operation of facilities.

Personal Development

Two classroom or remote training days
Providing 1.6 CEU (Continuing Education Units) or 16 PDH (Professional Development Hours)

Course Overview 

This 2-day course includes instruction on the fundamentals of instrumentation and controls as they apply to the oil and gas industry.

Instrumentation and controls provide the basic building blocks for all automated control systems which we observe in every modern operating oil and gas facility. Solid robust and reliable instrumentation and controls not only ensures efficient and profitable plant operations, but also includes safe functionality of the process, protection of the environment and regulatory compliance when required.

This course provides the opportunity for the participants to obtain a solid understanding of various technologies used for process measurements, final control elements and basic regulatory controls, including an understanding of common pitfalls related to design, maintenance and operational issues of instrumentation and controls.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

  • Field measurement devices including level, pressure, temperature flow
  • Final control elements, including a step by step approach to sizing control valves
  • Basic control theory
  • Common control algorithms
  • Key design, maintenance and operations I&C considerations

Course Benefits

This training course will provide participants with the opportunity to understand how process measurements and controls can assure the reliable, efficient and safe operation of their facilities.

Without basic I&C knowledge technicians, Junior I&C engineers, facility engineers, and project managers, are often left with only a minimal understanding of I&C fundamentals.

A greater understanding of these fundamentals is a requirement for the improvement of plant operations, the analysis of emergency situations and the assessment of safety, environmental and regulatory compliance issues such as the ones related to Process Hazards Analysis / HAZOP studies.

This workshop will provide the foundation for basic level learning and consistent and improved communications between staff.

This course will provide improvement in quality and consistency at the facility, which will enhance the other processes that rely on instrumentation and controls.

Prerequisites or Related Courses

The following course, or equivalent knowledge, experience and training, is a prerequisite.

  • P&ID (Piping and Instrumentation Diagram) and Engineering Drawings Interpretation
Additionally, this course provides the basic foundation for:
  • PHA / HAZOP Facilitation
  • PH & RA ENG TÜV (Rheinland) Certificate

Who Should Attend

This knowledge and understanding is typically required by engineers & technologists in the design phase and by operations and maintenance staff once facilities are operating.

This will be suitable for anyone learning how instrumentation and control systems should be designed, maintained and improved. This knowledge can also be used in assessing process safety, emergency situations and regulatory compliance issues.

  • Facilities, Operations, Maintenance, and Health & Safety (HSE) Professionals
  • I & C, Mechanical Engineers and Technologists, EITs
  • Engineering Managers, Project Engineers and Project Managers
  • Professionals responsible for Process Hazards Analysis/HAZOP/ Safeguarding studies

Why Choose Risk Alive?

Risk Alive is a specialized process safety firm providing expert PHA facilitation services, industry-leading training, along with the Risk Alive Platform and Risk Intelligence Companion software solutions.

  • Senior facilitators with 30+ years of active field experience. Most of our instructors are practicing process safety professionals with decades of hands-on expertise. You learn through real case studies, live examples, and hands-on facilitation exercises drawn from situations our facilitators have actually encountered - the conflicts, the missing information, the design errors caught at the last minute.

  • Flexible delivery. In-person in Calgary, in-person on your site, online live, or online on-demand.

  • Tailored to your processes, units, and data. For onsite and private sessions, Risk Alive can customize training content to your company's specific processes, units, and operational data, so your team learns on material that reflects their real working environment.

  • End-to-end partnership. From senior-led PHA/HAZOP facilitation services, to training your internal team, to equipping them with the analytics and AI software, Risk Alive supports the full process safety competency journey.

  • Professional development credits. Participants earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs) or Professional Development Hours (PDHs) to support ongoing professional certification and career development.

  • Government grant eligibility. Many participants and companies qualify for government training grants that can help offset course costs. Contact us to learn which programs may apply to you.

  • Complimentary software access. Every course graduate will be given access to our Risk Intelligence Companion on our beta environment which allows you to search through anonymized industry PHA data – causes, consequences, safeguards, and risk rankings from real studies.

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