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2015
Boot Camps for
Automation Engineers
and System Integrators
Get the in-depth training needed
to excel in automation engineering
and systems integration with ISA’s
Automation Engineering Survival
Training Series!
Scott Sommer, P.E., CAP, Senior ISA Member,
is currently a Technical Fellow - Automation for
Renmatix in Philadelphia. He has over 32 years of
experience in automation, instrumentation, and
process control design and applications that have
given him a unique vision and insight to effectively
and efficiently manage the automation scope and
activities of large industrial projects.
Enroll now at:
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Nicholas Sands, CAP, is currently a process control
engineer working for DuPont’s Kevlar® and Nomex®
businesses. In his 19 years with DuPont, he has been
a business process control leader, site process control
leader, process control consultant, and plant control
engineer in several different businesses. Sands is the
author of DuPont’s best practices on alarm management and is co-chair of the ISA18 standards committee working on
alarm management.
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Your Automation Survival Course Developers
Do you have what it takes to survive in the world
of process automation and/or system integration?
Sharpen your process automation know-how with
these intensive courses featuring expert-led lecture
and hands-on exercises covering practical,
real-world automation and system integrator
survival skills.
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2015 ISA Automation Engineering
Survival Training Series
ISA Automation Engineering Survival
Training (AEST)
Sharpen your competitive edge in process automation and system
integration. Choose the intensive, hands-on training course that’s
right for you.
ISA’s Automation Engineering Survival Training offers a unique process automation
engineering experience designed to hone your process automation knowledge and
skills. This intensive technical training boot camp for automation engineers combines
lecture and hands-on labs with a plant tour to maximize your learning experience. ISA’s
seasoned “Survival Expert” will guide you through a fast-paced and rigorous course of
topics from process measurement fundamentals through advanced automation, and
everything in between!
Looking for a way to quickly ramp up your skills and know-how in process
automation and system integration? Look no further than the 2015 ISA
Automation Engineering Survival Training Series.
Select between two fast-paced, lecture and lab training experiences—ISA’s
original, comprehensive automation engineering boot camp or ISA’s newest
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Whether you’re working in a plant environment or operating more in a
project design or commissioning role, ISA has the expert-led training you
need to excel in your career. Both of these unique courses offer:
Who Should Attend?
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You Will Cover:
• Fast-paced, highly intensive instruction over multiple days
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• Hands-on laboratory learning that simulates real-world
job functions and technical processes
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• Industry-proven expertise of ISA’s premier automation
and control instructors
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• CEU and PDH credits for each course successfully completed
• Valuable, content-rich ISA textbooks
Learn more and enroll yourself, your co-workers, and/or
your employees at: www.isa.org/Web15/AEST.
Use promo code AEST15W.
Education & Training
ISA is recognized worldwide as a leader in non-biased, vendor-neutral
education and training programs for automation professionals. Industry
professionals—whether an experienced engineer, practicing technician, or
newcomer to the industry—can hone their skills at ISA’s regional training
centers, through onsite training programs at their company, or via distance
education.
New automation, control system, or process control engineers
Recent process engineering and other engineering graduates
Seasoned engineers looking to refresh their process automation knowledge
and skills
Individuals wanting to learn more about process automation
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Development and maintenance of control system documentation
Measurement and control concepts, current loops, tuning, valves, strategies, and
final control elements
Introduction to advanced control, alarm management, HMI design, safety, and
operator effectiveness
Networking basics and control system security
Project management fundamentals, team building, and interpersonal skills
required to be successful in a plant environment
Introduction to ISA standards for batch control and manufacturing operations
management
(For more details on subtopics, visit www.isa.org/Web15/AEST)
Course Resources (included with registration):
ISA Standard: ANSI/ISA-5.1-2009—Instrumentation Symbols and Identification
ISA Textbook: Successful Instrumentation and Control Systems Design, Second
Edition by Michael D. Whitt
Course Details:
Course No.: AEST
Length: 4.5 Days
CEUs (PDHs): 3.6 (36)
Registration: $2,990 ISA Member; $3,369 Affiliate Member;
$3,740 Community Member/List; $2,990 Multi-Registration Rate
ISA Automation Engineering Survival Training:
Integrator Version (AESTIV)
Do you work for a system integrator? Do you support client projects? Do you need to
expand your skills in working in a project design or commissioning environment? ISA’s
new Automation Engineering Survival Training: Integrator Version (AESTIV), designed
specifically for system integrators, focuses on concepts important to automation
engineers and others involved in a project design and commissioning role.
Who should attend?
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New automation, control system, or process control engineers working for
system integrators
Seasoned system integration engineers looking to refresh their process
automation skills
Automation engineers in a position with a system integrator or end user
Automation engineers wishing to move into a career as a system integrator
Note: A basic understanding of automation principles and documentation
methods is a recommended prerequisite.
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Utilizing control system documentation to determine functional specifications
and requirements
Installing and commissioning sensors, fieldbus segments, and control loops
Leveraging advanced control, alarm management, HMI design, and functional
safety to maximize value to the client
Designing and segmenting control system networks with an emphasis on data
transactions and network security
Applying the project management fundamentals and team-building and
interpersonal skills required to be successful in a plant environment
Implementing ISA standards and best practices for procedural control and
manufacturing operations management
(For more details on subtopics, visit www.isa.org/Web15/AEST)
Course Resources (included with registration):
ISA Textbook: A Guide to the Automation Body of Knowledge, Second Edition
by Vernon L. Trevathan
Course Details:
Course No.: AESTIV
Length: 4.5 Days
CEUs (PDHs): 3.6 (36)
Registration: $2,990 ISA Member; $3,365 Affiliate Member;
$3,740 Community Member/List; $2,990 Multi-Registration Rate
Learn more and enroll yourself, your co-workers, and/or your employees at: www.isa.org/Web14/AEST
2015 SCHEDULE
Part of ISA’s 2015 Technical Training Camp
Denver, CO...................................................... 9–13 March
Houston, TX.............................. 8–12 June; 12–16 October
Philadelphia, PA................................................3–7 August
Atlanta, GA...............................................9–13 November
2015 SCHEDULE
Columbia, IL.................................................... 13–17 April
ISA Headquarters,
Research Triangle Park, NC, USA......... 1–5 June; 6–10 July;
26–30 October