The provision of comprehensive training and in-depth practical exposure to the products, systems and solutions that make up the world of modern industrial automation can lead to greater plant efficiencies and significantly reduced maintenance costs.
Des Burrows, business manager at Sitrain for Siemens Southern Africa, says the organisation has adopted a multifaceted approach to skills development that establishes the levels of prevailing knowledge within an enterprise, matches this with a needs analysis, and then offers training courses aimed at bridging the gap.
“As the organisation that provides all the training for the Industrial Automation and Drive Technologies divisions within Siemens Southern Africa, we use our knowledge resources to add value to the activities of these business units through the provision of training and needs analysis on all the Siemens equipment that they bring to market,” he says.
“The needs analysis forms part of an holistic overview of the automation process, involving one-on-one interviews to identify gaps and give advice on how to close them,” he says. “Following this exercise, we are able to choose the appropriate courses for the customer, and where non-Siemens equipment is installed, offer advice on where to source training for any third party equipment.”
Burrow’s says that Sitrain has recently introduced hands-on training for fault finding and troubleshooting, two specialised courses that will assist delegates to fault find and troubleshoot on PLC and drives applications.
“This reactive fault identification training empowers the customer to take responsibility for first line maintenance,” he adds. “The five-day S7 troubleshooting course and the two-day drives maintenance course equip the customer with all the skills necessary for first line maintenance, saving a considerable amount of money as no callout is required.”
Having moved into new premises at Siemens Park in Midrand, Burrows say the facility now boasts an area with five classrooms and several demonstration rooms with installed equipment that facilitates a combination of theoretical and practical training.
Other courses available with Engineering Council of South Africa validation include Process Control Systems, S7 Pro 1 and 2 as well as Scada WinC.
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