PLC, SCADA & Communications
As well as providing stand alone courses like Modbus and Communications Network, we also provide the individual units from our Instrumentation course so as to give students the opportunity to brush up on their blind spots of learning.

PLC 2 – Analogue
This unit covers development, installation and testing of programs for an industrial system requiring advance control functions. It encompasses working safely, using structure logic, acceptable design techniques, applying knowledge of high level instructions, and documenting development and prog...

HMI
This course, as delivered by Volt Edge covers the setting up and configuring human machine interface and industrial networks for process control systems to meet performance standards. This unit encompasses the adoption of process control schemes that meet safety and process requirements, selecti...

PLC – Digital
This unit covers development, installation and testing of programs for programmable controllers (PLC) for a system requiring discrete control functions. It encompasses working safely, applying knowledge of control systems, control system development methods, using ladder diagrams/statement list/...

Pressure
As offered by Volt Edge, this unit covers setting up pressure measuring components and systems and providing solutions to pressure measurement problems as they apply to various process and control work functions. It encompasses working safely, setting up and calibrating pressure measuring compon...

Density/Level
As offered by Volt Edge, this unit covers setting up density/level measuring components and systems and providing solutions to density/level measurement problems as they apply to various process and control work functions. It encompasses working safely, setting up and calibrating density/l...

Flow
As offered by Volt Edge, this unit covers setting up flow measuring components and systems and providing solutions to flow measurement problems as they apply to various process and control work functions. It encompasses working safely, setting up and calibrating flow measuring systems, problem s...

Temperature
As offered by Volt Edge, this unit covers setting up temperature measuring components and systems and providing solutions to temperature measurement problems as they apply to various process and control work functions. It encompasses working safely, setting up and calibrating temperature measuri...

Valves
As offered by Volt Edge, this unit covers finding and repairing faults in final control elements, including control valves, actuators and positioners. It encompasses working safely, interpreting valve specifications, applying knowledge of final control elements operating parameters, conduc...

Modbus
This is the first in the series of protocol units to introduce learners to how the MODBUS protocol used in Industrial Automation to communicate with devices. Once you have completed this course you will be competent in understanding how to troubleshoot and connect devices on a MODBUS RS485 netwo...

PID Controls
As offered by Volt Edge, this unit covers providing solutions to predictable problems in process control loops. It encompasses working safely, applying logical problem solving procedures, evaluating performance, the use of measuring devices, providing solutions to predictable control problems, a...

Communications and Network Topology
This is our first unit in a series of units to introduce learners on how network hardware comes together with hubs, switches and routers using communications and messages and DHCP. Once you have completed this course you will be competent in understanding how this is utilised, some troubleshooti...

Digital Systems
As offered by Volt Edge, this unit covers diagnosing and rectifying faults in digital components of electronic control systems. Our unit encompasses safe working practices, interpreting diagrams and technical data, applying knowledge of digital systems to logical fault finding processes, impleme...