Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using our state-of-the-art simulators. This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Certified Automation Professional (CAP). It covers the preliminary scope, work practices and cost/benefit analysis of automation alternatives; the technical studies for the preliminary automation strategy and justification analyses; the conceptual summary document; the system and process operational strategies; the alternative technical solutions, detailed requirements, data and focused project cost estimates; the basis-of-design, user requirements, hazard analyses, security analyses and regulatory compliance assessments; the customer design criterial, preferences, quantity, type and flow of data; and the detailed equipment specifications and instrument data sheets. Further, the course will also discuss the physical communication media, network architecture and protocols; the functional description of the automation solution; the designing of test plan and choses methodologies; the detailed design for the project; and the control configuration or programming, human machine interface (HMI), database and reporting function in accordance with the design documents.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of the total tuition hours

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology before or during the course for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued to participants through Haward’s Portal. This includes Wallet Card Certificates if applicable
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy Training Materials (PDF format) will be issued to participant through the Virtual Training Platform
Training Methodology	:	80% of the program will be theory and 20% will be practical sessions, exercises, case studies, simulators or videos
Training Program	:	The training will be for 4 hours per day starting at 09:30 and ending at 13:30
H-STK Smart Training Kit	:	Not Applicable
Hands-on Practical Workshops	:	Not Applicable
Site Visit	:	Not Applicable
Simulators	:	Only software simulators will be used in the virtual courses. Hardware simulators are not applicable and will not be used in Virtual Training