Course Description
Instrumentation and process control are at the heart of safe, efficient, and reliable operation across oil and gas, petrochemical, power, and manufacturing facilities. This course provides a solid grounding in field instrumentation, measurement, control systems, and the technologies that keep industrial processes within safe operating limits.
Participants learn how process variables — pressure, temperature, level, and flow — are measured, transmitted, and controlled, and how modern control systems (PLC, DCS, SCADA) integrate these signals into automated operations. The course bridges the gap between field devices and control-room decisions, making it valuable for technicians and engineers alike.
What you will achieve
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the fundamentals of process measurement and control
- Describe the measurement of pressure, temperature, level, and flow
- Understand transmitters, signal standards, and calibration
- Explain control loops, feedback, and PID control principles
- Describe control valves and final control elements
- Understand PLC, DCS, and SCADA systems and their roles
- Explain safety instrumented systems and alarm management
- Interpret P&IDs and instrument documentation
How the course is delivered
The course combines clear theoretical explanation with practical examples drawn from industrial process facilities. Instrument principles are illustrated with real device examples, control loop demonstrations, and P&ID interpretation exercises.
Content is aligned with ISA (International Society of Automation) good practice, balancing field instrumentation with control-system understanding.
Designed for
This training course is ideal for:
- Instrumentation and control technicians
- Electrical and process engineers
- Maintenance personnel working with field instruments
- Operations staff needing control system understanding
- Anyone entering instrumentation and automation roles
Daily programme
- Introduction to instrumentation and control
- Process variables and measurement principles
- Signal standards (4-20 mA, digital)
- Instrument accuracy and calibration
- Pressure measurement
- Temperature measurement
- Level measurement
- Flow measurement
- Control loops and feedback
- PID control fundamentals
- Controller tuning basics
- Cascade and advanced control concepts
- Control valves and actuators
- PLC systems
- DCS and SCADA systems
- Industrial communication and networks
- Safety instrumented systems (SIS)
- Alarm management
- P&ID and instrument documentation
- Troubleshooting and maintenance
Certification & accreditation
BII Certificate of Completion
BII Certificate of Completion Upon successful completion, participants receive a BII Development Institute Certificate of Completion with a unique reference code that is independently verifiable. Our certificates are recognised internationally and reflect successful completion of your chosen programme.
