Course Syllabus
Course Description
This training emphasizes the importance of working safely and of measuring your skills based on time and materials standards to save you and your employer money on troubleshooting projects.
Course Objectives
At the end of the program, participants will:
Understand the basic principles of typical process sensors
Acquire troubleshooting skills for 3-phase AC facilities and equipment
Be able to measure and test electrical parameters
Be acquainted with mechanical faults associated with process facilities and equipment
Course Outlines
Review of basic electrical troubleshooting
Introduction to advanced troubleshooting
Principles of typical process equipment and facilities
Pump, Agitator, Heaters
Motors, Transformers
Contactors, Overloads
Instrument testing and measurement of electrical parameters
Operate the system remotely or locally
Take voltage, resistance, and current measurements with a multimeter
Inspect, repair, and replace components
Disconnect and ring out wires
Principles of input transducers and sensors
Temperature, Float, & Selector Switches
Relays, Timers, Pushbuttons
Solenoid Valves, Fuses, Indicators
Interpretation of electrical schematic diagrams
Cross references
Electrical designators
Electrical symbols
Wiring, Terminal Blocks, Wire Connectors