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Who Should Attend TS03?
Practicing technicians preparing for the CCST Level III exam with a 13-year minimum of combined education, training and related work experience, including at least five years in instrumentation, measurement and control.View Offerings by Format
Classroom (TS03)Length: 4 days |
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Learning Objectives
- Define the scope and format of the CCST Level III exam
- Compare process variable measurements and control valve selections
- Discuss how the various types of control technologies are used in industrial automation, including process control from basic to advanced control, discrete, batch, motor and, motion control
- Determine the requirement for tuning and discuss tuning procedures
- Identify the range of digital communications used in automation and how these are used in system integration
- Explain when safety instrumented systems (SISs) are needed and how they are specified
- Apply the critical areas of regulatory procedures and project documentation
- Interpret the best practice methodology for troubleshooting automation projects
Topics Covered
- Field devices
- Pressure
- Level
- Temperature
- Flow measurement
- Analytical measurement
- Discrete field devices
- Control valves
- Communication concepts
- Smart instruments
- Foundation fieldbus
- Control and simulation
- Response and loop characteristics
- PID control
- Advanced regulatory control
- Multi-variable control
- Distributed control system
- Control strategy design steps
- Documentation
- Batch control
- Discrete control
- Drive control
- Motion control
- Operator interface and alarm management
- Human machine interface (HMI)
- Historical data
- Safety, reliability and electrical
- Safety instrumented systems (SIS)
- Hazardous area classification
- Protection techniques
- Intrinsic safety
- Pressurized enclosures
- Grounding, shielding and interference
- Maintenance management
- General maintenance activities
- Maintenance repair and improvement
- Computerized maintenance management
- Maintenance execution responsibilities
- Workflow and project leadership
- Project justification
- Communications and team processes
Exercises
CCST exam-style practice questions.Resource Included
- “CCST® Study Guide Level III,” by ISA
- “The Condensed Handbook of Measurement and Control, Fourth Edition,” by N. E. Battikha (Digital)