This class focuses on the knowledge and skill-sets required to function as an instrument maintenance technician. The electrical skill-sets possessed by a trained electrician will serve as a basis for expansion to include the skill-set required to maintain an instrument control system. Process measurement techniques, measurement, and control equipment, calibrations techniques, and calibration equipment will be discussed and utilized in numerous hands-on lab sessions. The knowledge and skill-sets gained from attending this class will lead the student to become an asset to an I&E maintenance team.
xAt the end of this course, the participants will be able to:
Introduce students to instrument documentation for proper document interpretation
Review physics terminology and definitions, math functions, and engineering unit assignments as used in the instrumentation field
Introduce instrument calibration equipment and its proper utilization
Discuss process control and measurement fundamentals and related equipment
Discuss analog/digital transmission signals
Relay proper use of HART communicators
Discuss process control valve elements, makeup, and function
Provide proper calibration techniques for transmitters and control valves
Practice loop wiring connections, calibrations, equipment configurations/operations
Discuss instrument troubleshooting techniques
Discuss process control fundamentals
Electricians assigned the additional responsibilities of instrument maintenance
Technicians with electrical skills cross-training into the instrument discipline
Supervisors needing to audit/ evaluate a cross-training program for their employees