SITRAIN
SITRAIN Certification Program
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Overview of Topics
Drive technology
Automation Systems
CNC automation
Industrial
communications
Process automation
Safety systems - Safety
Integrated
Low voltage controls
and distribution, TIP
Sensors, measurement,
and test engineering
Electrical installation
technology
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Learning Options with SITRAIN
1. Learning in the
Training Center
3. Learning
with BTs
2. Customized
learning
4. Learning with
WBT
5. Learning
with books
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Customized SITRAIN Training Courses
2. Customized
learning
You request, we provide training...
 On your premises worldwide
 In your language
 Through our trainers with their excellent technical
and educational background
 With your Training equipment or ours
 On topics which are of particular relevance for your
machines and plants
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Blended Learning with SITRAIN
 Combination of face-to-face and online learning
 Combination of learning media and methods for preparing, accompanying and
reworking courses
Entry test (optional)
Face-to-face sessions
Optional module 1
Certification test
(optional)
Optional module 2
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Blended Learning: The Advantages
Higher learning efficiency by:
 Combination of learning methods and wide selection of
available media
 Specialist trainers oriented towards professional
requirements
 Portioned modules of visual resources; interactive learning
 Training equipment designed for methodological and didactic effectiveness
Entry test
(optional)
Face-to-face
sessions
Optional
module 1
Certification test
(optional)
Optional
module 2
Competitive advances through:
 Customization: flexible in contents, media, location, time and duration
 Safe application of theoretical knowledge in extensive hands-on sessions
 Acquaintance with the entire product range allows optimum matching of all components
of a plant
Cost reduction:
 Self-learning programs that are independent of time and location – as well as online
learning - reduce absence times, travel expenses and costs
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The Success of SITRAIN
Training results in:
 Optimum configuration of individual components of a plant
 Quick troubleshooting
 Reduced failure and restart times
 Increased employee satisfaction and loyalty
 Shorter familiarization times following changes in technology and staff
To sum it up:
Lower costs and higher profits!
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The Advantages of SITRAIN
Our strengths are:
 Comprehensive range of training courses
 Up-to-date course contents
 Balanced ratio of theoretical and hands-on sessions
 Limited number of course participants
 High-quality course documents
 Siemens as guarantee for quality
 The manufacturer as training provider
To sum it up:
High quality know how transfer directly from the market leader and manufacturer
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SITRAIN Ratings by Course Participants (in %)
Source: TNS Infratest 2008, poll among course participants and decision makers
General performance
Willingness to recommend
70
70
60
60
50
50
2003
2006
2008
40
30
2003
2006
2008
40
30
20
20
10
10
0
0
Excellent
Very good
Good
Acceptable
Bad
For sure
Repeat custom
Probably
Potentially
Probably not
Not for sure
Competition benefits
70
70
60
60
50
50
2003
2006
2008
40
30
2003
2006
2008
40
30
20
20
10
10
0
0
For sure
Probably
Potentially
Probably not
Not for sure
Very big
advantage
Big advantage
Medium
advantage
Low advantage
No advantage
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SITRAIN Ratings by Decision Makers (in %)
Source: TNS Infratest 2008, poll among course participants and decision makers
General performance
Willingness to recommend
70
70
60
60
50
50
40
40
2006
2008
30
2006
2008
30
20
20
10
10
0
0
Excellent
Very good
Good
Acceptable
Bad
For sure
Repeat custom
Probably
Potentially
Probably not
Not for sure
Competition benefits
70
70
60
60
50
50
40
40
2006
2008
30
2006
2008
30
20
20
10
10
0
0
For sure
Probably
Potentially
Probably not
Not for sure
Very big
advantage
Big advantage
Medium
advantage
Low advantage
No advantage
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What is the SITRAIN Certification Program?
A worldwide certification by SITRAIN for industry...
 Achieved though a worldwide certification test upon completion of the TIA
programming or service training course
 The certification is currently recertified every 3 years by participating in training
for continued technical developments and taking the certification test again
 Certification certificate to verify the acquired skills
For all additional information, please refer to Link
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Entry qualification – Automation with SIMATIC S7
Service, maintenance and
commissioning
in the automation
Projection and
programming in the
automation
Siemens Certified Service
Technician Level 1
Siemens Certified Service
Technician Level 2
Siemens Certified
Programmer
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The SITRAIN Certification Program
Enables You to...
Siemens Certified Service Technician Level 1

Hardware assembly and commissioning of a programmable logic control

Carry out simple program changes

Identify and troubleshoot basic soft and hardware bugs

Program saving and documentation
Siemens Certified Service Technician Level 2
 Being able to comprehend complex programs
 Carry out program changes quickly and safely
 Minimize potential error sources in the plant
 Quickly diagnose and troubleshoot complex faults in the networked plant
Siemens Certified Programmer :

Structure and create S7 programs

Work efficiently with SIMATIC STEP 7

Shorten the engineering phase

Design TIA structures
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SITRAIN Certification Program:
Requirements and Certification
Certifications
 Siemens Certified Service Technician Level 1
 Siemens Certified Service Technician Level 2
 Siemens Certified Programmer
Requirements for participation
 TIA service training course ST.SERV2 or ST-SERV3 or
 TIA training course ST-PRO3
Process
 Proof of hands-on experience
 Duration of approx. four to five hours
TIA-plant model
Certification documents




S7-300 PLC
Distributed I/O
Touch panel
Drive
 Uniform worldwide certificate
 Result of examination specifying the performance
Validity of certification
 Three years
 Renewed by recertification
Recertification
 Recertification training for Siemens Certified Service
Technician Level 2 and Siemens Certified Programmer
 Recertification training for Siemens Certified Service
Technician Level 1 will be released three years after
introduction of this certification
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Capabilities of a
Siemens Certified Service Technician Level 1
Application programming
and program documentation
HMI visualization
Commissioning and troubleshooting
Use of PLC components
with special functions
Design and cabling
PLC fundamentals
Selection and evaluation of
PLC components (hardware and software)
Operation of programming and diagnostics devices
Distributed I/O, communication
STEP 7 programming language
Drive technology
0%
50 %
100 %
Expertise and skills for solving problems and tasks
Fundamental technical knowledge, recognize relationships
Skills
Knowledge
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Capabilities of a
Siemens Certified Service Technician Level 2
Application programming
and program documentation
HMI visualization
Commissioning and troubleshooting
Use of PLC components
with special functions
Design and cabling
PLC fundamentals
Selection and evaluation of
PLC components (hardware and software)
Operation of programming and diagnostics devices
Distributed I/O, communication
STEP 7 programming language
Drive technology
0%
50 %
100 %
Expertise and skills for solving problems and tasks
Fundamental technical knowledge, recognize relationships
Skills
Knowledge
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Capabilities of a
Siemens Certified Programmer
Creation of functions, function blocks and multiple
instances (using example of a processing line)
Creation and application of complex data structures
Indirect addressing of complex data structures and
parameters
Library functions for integrated error handling
S7 communication
(global data, SFB/SFC communication)
Introduction to Industrial Ethernet
Overview of engineering tools
Use of PROFINET
Implementation of drives
Use of HMI devices
0%
50 %
100 %
Expertise and skills for solving problems and tasks
Fundamental technical knowledge, recognize relationships
Skills
Knowledge
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The success of the SITRAIN Certification Program
A worldwide certification by SITRAIN for industry...
 Ensures that technology specialists are always up-to-date in their knowledge
 Fulfils the requirements of quality management
(DIN EN ISO 9001)
 Enables the effectiveness of staff training to be assessed
 Guarantees an internationally standardized level of knowledge in automation
For all additional information, please refer to Link
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Your Advance with the SITRAIN Certification
Program
As employer:
 You have an up-to-date verification level for the qualifications of your
employees.
 You meet the requirements of the industry standard DIN EN ISO 9001.
As participant:
 You increase your value in the labor market
 You secure your professional future.
As recruiter of personnel:
 You are specifically searching for graduates from this program
 The level of knowledge is uniform worldwide
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Use of Certification Program
Benefit
Reason
More knowledge
results in better
productivity…
…through recertification every 3 years, therefore the graduates are constantly
familiar with the latest technologies.
Satisfaction through
performance…
… by faster and safer completion of tasks using the acquired knowledge.
Up-to-date
qualification…
… through the certificate even though the professional qualification may have
been some time ago.
Worldwide
recognition…
… through the SITRAIN Certification Program as it
 Is offered worldwide
 Offers an internationally uniform training concept
 Guarantees a worldwide, uniform defined level of knowledge
More efficient
completion of
projects…
… through the same technical knowledge of employees from different cultures
and language backgrounds in international projects.
Compliance with ISO
standard…
… through the certificate as verification of completion of required training
courses to keep knowledge level up to date.
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Contents of the
SITRAIN Certification Program Modules
Course
content
Course
content
detailed
Goal
Practice
Siemens Certified Service
Siemens Certified
Siemens Certified
Technician Level 1
Service Technician Level 2
Programmer
 PLC solutions plus additional ideas and possibilities
 Implementation of the TIA concept (Totally Integrated Automation)
Maintenance of a plant with
Implementation of a plant with
Maintenance of a plant with  Error diagnostics
 Industrial Ethernet
 Simple Error diagnostics  Strategies for
 Engineering tools
troubleshooting
 Strategies for
 Management of recipe
troubleshooting
 Troubleshooting also in case
database in WinCC flexible
of complex errors
 Diagnostic options
 Use PROFINET
 Diagnostic options
Know programming options for
SIMATIC S7 to
Know service options for
 Optimize the program
Simulation of different solution SIMATIC S7 to
through reusable blocks
possibilities for
 Optimize system availability  Shorten the programming
runtime
 Optimizing system
 Optimize the plant runtime
availability
 Optimize program change  Reduce the programming
overheads
 Optimizing the plant runtime
times
 Shorten the engineering
phase
 Example: Processing line
 Example: Processing line
 Example: Processing line
 Simulation of hardware and  Simulation of hardware and  Simulation of a wide range
software errors
software errors
of possible solutions
 Interaction of different TIA  Interaction of different TIA
 Configuration of different
components
components
TIA components
Recertification
Repetition of
respective
content and
preparation for
examination
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Recertification training
How does it work?
Countries in the world
Requirements
Title
Passed examination
CP-FAST1
Passed examination
CP-S7SRV/CP-FAST2
CP-FAST1-R
CP-FAST2-R
Recertification and
examination Siemens
Certified Service Technician
Level 1
Recertification and
Recertification and
examination Siemens
examination Siemens
Certified Service Technician
Certified Programmer
Level 2
Date of release September 2012
Passed examination
CP-S7PRG/CP-FAP
CP-FAP-R
September 2010
September 2010
Content
Repetition SERV1, SERV2
Repetition SERV1 – SERV3
Repetition PRO1 – PRO3
Examination
One of three available tests
CP-FAST1
One of three available tests
CP-FAST2
One of three available tests
CP-FAP
Charts
Duration
Price
Certificate
SCP_Rezert_d_exam, SCP_Rezert_e_exam
3 days
3 days
3 days
1.035,00 EUR
1.140,00 EUR
1.140,00 EUR
Siemens Certified Service
Technician Level 1
Siemens Certified Service
Technician Level 2
Siemens Certified Programmer
Validity
3 years
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Training center for SITRAIN Certification Program
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Training center for SITRAIN Certification Program
Siemens Certified
Service Technician
Level 1
Siemens Certified
Service Technician
Level 2
Siemens Certified
Programmer
Belgium
Yes
Yes
Yes
China
Yes
Yes
Yes
Brazil
Yes
Yes
Yes
Denmark
Yes
Yes
Yes
Germany
Yes
Yes
Yes
United Kingdom
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mexico
No
No
Yes
Netherlands
Yes
Yes
Yes
Norway
Yes
Yes
Yes
Austria
Yes
Yes
Yes
Russia
Yes
Yes
Yes
Switzerland
Yes
Yes
Yes
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Totally Integrated Automation Offers Vertical
Uniformity
ERP
Management level (MES)
WinCC
PCS 7
Operations level
(SCADA / Control System)
Control level
Field level
Totally Integrated Automation
 Fewer interfaces and reduced engineering overheads
 Increased intelligence in automation
 Enhanced, accelerated production transparency
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SITRAIN in over 60 countries
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Thank you for your attention!
Infoline Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 911-895-7575
Fax:
+49 (0) 911-895-7576
www.siemens.de/sitrain
Outside Germany
www.siemens.com/sitrain
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Examination guidelines V 5.9
First certification
Service
Tech. L1
Condition
Test content:
Participation in training
course
training courses
Test form:
Test duration
Support for test
training course folder
Documents for
participants
Validity of
certification
Topics
Test results
maximum
Test results
minimum
Service
Tech. L2
Recertification
Passed
ST-SERV 2
ST-SERV 3
ST-PRO3
examination
ST-SERV/PRO
1–3 and
ST-SERV 1–2
ST-SERV 1–3
ST-PRO 1–3
Recert. training
Participant attendance in SITRAIN TC/ITC
Approx. 5 hours
ST-SERV/PRO
1–3 and
ST-SERV 1–2
ST-SERV 1–3
ST-PRO 1–3
Recert. training
Programmer
Certificate, Statement of attendance, Result of the examination
3 years, then recertification
SIMATIC S7
SIMATIC HMI/Drives
SIMATIC S7
SIMATIC HMI/Drives
Total
SIMATIC S7
SIMATIC HMI/Drives
Total
70,0
30,0
70,0
30,0
100,0
35,0
15,0
70,0
60,0
40,0
60,0
40,0
100,0
30,0
20,0
70,0
70,0
30,0
70,0
30,0 Respective
100,0 first
examination
35,0
15,0
70,0
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Examination guideline 1 of 2
Re-certification
CP-FAST1-R
CP-FAST2-R
Requirement for
participation
Passed CP-FAST1
Test content
Course content ST-SERV1, Course content ST-SERV1
ST-SERV2, CP-FAST1-R
– ST-SERV3, CP-FAST2-R
Test form
Passed CP-FAST2
CP-FAP-R
Passed CP-S7PRG/
CP-FAP
Course content ST-PRO1 –
ST-PRO3, CP-FAP-R
Participant attendance in SITRAIN training center
Duration training
theory and practice
2 – 3 days
Included duration of
3 hours
practical test
2 – 3 days
2 – 3 days
5 hours
5 hours
ST-SERV1, ST-SERV2, CP- ST-SERV1 – ST-SERV3,
FAST1-R documentation
CP-FAST2-R documentat.
Support for test
Documents for
participants in every
case
Documents for
participants in case
passed
Validity of
certification
 Statement of attendance
 Result of the examination
Certificate „Siemens
Certified Service Technician
Level 1“
ST-PRO1 – ST-PRO3, CPFAP-R documentation
(total points recorded on certificate)
Certificate „Siemens
Certificate „Siemens
Certified Service Technician
Certified Programmer“
Level 2“
3 years
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Examination guideline 2 von 2
Re-certification
During test:
split-up in topics
CP-FAST1-R
CP-FAST2-R
CP-FAP-R
Focus
SIMATIC S7
SIMATIC HMI and drives
70,0 %
30,0 %
60,0 %
40,0 %
70,0 %
30,0 %
Test results
maximum
SIMATIC S7
SIMATIC HMI and drives
Total
70,0
30,0
100,0
60,0
40,0
100,0
70,0
30,0
100,0
Test results
minimum
SIMATIC S7
SIMATIC HMI and drives
Total
35,0
15,0
70,0
30,0
20,0
70,0
35,0
15,0
70,0
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Learning Paths SITRAIN Certification Program
TIA Service and Programming Training Courses
1)
Check your entering requirements online at www.siemens.com/sitrain
WBT2)
WBT2)
PLC for beginners (WBT)
PLC for beginners (WBT)
Micromaster 420 (WBT)
SIMATIC S7
TIA Service 1
ST-SERV1
5 days
PROFIBUS (WBT)
SIMATIC S7
TIA-Programming 1
ST-PRO1
WBT2)
WBT2)
WinCC flexible (WBT)
MICROMASTER 420 (WBT)
SIMATIC S7
TIA-Programming 2
ST-PRO2
5 days
WinCC flexible (WBT)
PROFIBUS (WBT)
SIMATIC S7
TIA Service 2
ST-SERV2
5 days
WBT2)
WBT2)
Industrial Ethernet (WBT)
WinCC flexible (WBT)
SIMATIC S7
TIA Service 3
ST-SERV3
5 days
5 days
Siemens Certified Service
Technician Level 1
CP-FAST1
3 days
Siemens Certified Service
Technician Level 2
CP-FAST2
5 hours
WBT2)
Industrial Ethernet (WBT)
WinCC flexible (WBT)
SIMATIC S7
TIA-Programming 3
ST-PRO3
5 days
Re-certification Siemens
Certified Service Technician
Level 2
CP-FAST2-R
3 days
Siemens Certified
Programmer
CP-FAP
5 hours
Re-certification Siemens
Certified Programmer
CP-FAP-R
3 days
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Content of SITRAIN Certification Program
Target
Group
Siemens Certified Service
Technician Level 1
Siemens Certified Service
Technician Level 2
Siemens Certified
Programmer
Service personnel, operators,
users, maintenance personnel
Service personnel, operators,
users, maintenance personnel
Programmers, commissioning
engineers, project engineers
Startup of the hardware of a PLC
and the components of Totally
Assembly
Integrated Automation
 Installation guidelines
 CPU I/O modules
 Wiring
 Distributed I/O, drive and HMI
Startup of the hardware of a PLC
Software for the PLC
and the components of Totally
 Operating system
Integrated Automation
 User program
 CPU I/O modules
Creation and start-up of a PLC
Content  Distributed I/O, drive and HMI
program
Software for the PLC
 Design and structuring
 Operating system
 Memory functions, timer
 User program
functions and counter functions
Creation and start-up of a simple
 Complex error handling in
PLC program
hard- and software
 Simple program improvements
Human Machine Interface
 Logic operations
 Improvement of WinCC flexible
application





Parameterization of the CPU
Configuring distributed I/O
Configuring a drive
Programming an HMI device
Structuring a program by using
a structogram
 Implementation of the program
taking reusability aspects into
account
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