Level 4 Introduction to Automation

The programme is suitable for technician/operation staff with level 3/4 qualifications (or equivalent industry experience) and apprentices who need retraining as automation systems technicians. Programme learning outcomes are:

• Introduction to industrial automation technical terms.
• Planning, developing, and building automated systems.
• Technical documentation
• Building models and creating simulations.
• Open and closed-loop control systems.
• Pneumatic and electrical actuators, sensors, and controllers.
• Using computers as tools for programming and simulation.
• Be able to detect and eliminate errors in simple automation.
• Be able to investigate PLC Technology.
• Become familiar with the internal architecture of PLCs and their application.
• Be able to explore the typical input and output devices used with PLCs.
• Become familiar with basic programming techniques used with PLCs.
• Be able to develop PLC systems to solve engineering problems.
• Become familiar with how PLCs are used in various industrial applications.
• Become familiar with Solenoid valves.
• Become familiar with Sensor technology.
• Become familiar with Electrical wiring.
• Become familiar with Relay control systems.
• Become familiar with Logic control.
• Become familiar with Control of direct current motors.
• Become familiar with Inductive sensors.
• Become familiar with Optical sensors.
• Become familiar with Polarity reversal circuits.
• Become familiar with programming PLCs in Ladder Diagram (LD).