Instrumentation school training courses in Fairbanks, AK (public, in-house or online)

The Instrumentation Technology certificate will develop entry-level skills in industrial instrumentation, maintenance and calibration. Courses combine the technical know-how, the use of state-of-the-art equipment, and hands-on experience necessary for work in a variety of industrial instrumentation fields to include all automated industries such as upstream and downstream oil and gas, mineral technology, power generation, wastewater treatment and HVAC.

Students will gain the necessary ob...

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When you complete this lesson, you will be able to describe the design, operation and use of safety alarm systems and instrumentation

Describe alarm systems.
Describe shutdown systems.
Describe equipment protection devices.

When you complete this lesson, you will be able to discuss LAN architecture and topology, communication network access, transmission media, and network protocols.

Discuss LAN architecture as it applies to industrial networks
Discuss the structure and pros and cons of star, common bus, and ring topology
Discuss error detection and how it is accomplished in the various network topologies
Describe the different types of transfer medium and their pros and cons
Describe through...

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When you complete this lesson, you will be able to discuss the three types of programming languages used most commonly in PLCs, and various instruction sets used in programming.

List the two types of ladder logic

Discuss Boolean logic functions
Discuss the use of individual instructions and functional blocks in ladder logic
Describe ladder relay instructions
Describe timer instructions
Describe counter instructions
Describe program/flow instructions
Describe...

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When you complete this lesson, you will be able to discuss
I/O error checking and its impact on communications and function. In addition, you’ll be able to identify the various
types and structure of PLC memory and describe how memory interacts with the peripheral I/O.

Compare volatile and nonvolatile memory and provide example types of each.
Describe data table structure within the CPU memory.
Discuss the addressing of the I/O modules.
Describe memory maps and their fun...

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