Master Troubleshooting in Process Operations

ESD’s practical, simulation-based course equips engineers with the real-world skills to diagnose faults, fix failures fast, and keep process plants running safely and efficiently

IT’S GREAT when your process plant is running smoothly – but do you know what to do if things go wrong?

Knowing how to troubleshoot and solve problems is a vital skill for an engineer. Not only can that expertise keep the operation working as it should – crucially, you can fix it quickly when it doesn’t.

ESD’s hands-on course, Problem Solving And Troubleshooting in Process Operations, teaches participants how to do just that, by gathering and analysing data to figure out what’s causing the issue and identify the solution.

Using practical simulation exercises to recreate real-life scenarios, students will learn in real time how to identify equipment malfunctions, faulty instruments, and control system issues around valves, pumps, compressors, and columns.

“The hands-on experience and the opportunity to solve real-life problems in a safe and supportive environment really helps participants to learn by doing,” says ESD managing director Mark Dixon, an experienced engineering professional who has been delivering courses for 30 years. “But it also includes lectures, group discussions, videos, CBT, and multimedia training – an engaging variety of techniques that help students truly embed deep and lasting learning.”

By the end of the two-day course, the participants will be able to identify and react to abnormal conditions on a process plant, including unstable operation, alarms, and trips. They will know how to monitor an operating process and spot unusual situations and correct them early, before they become more serious.

“Each 40-minute session will focus on a different area,” adds Mark. “The first will introduce troubleshooting, explaining what it is, the monitoring of normal conditions and the principle of operating parameters and why and how they are controlled. Then we look at fault analysis and diagnosis before specific sessions on valves, pumps, compressors and columns, and then explore issues around instrumentation, ESD systems, and upstream process.”

Like Mark, all the course tutors at ESD Simulation Training are highly experienced engineers and operations professionals, combining extensive formal training in their individual fields with real-world knowledge gained from decades of service in the industry. Over the past 30 years ESD’s engaging method of teaching has trained 40,000 engineers, improving expertise, professionalism, and safety across the whole sector.

“The great thing about our training is the hands-on aspect,” says Mark. “Troubleshooting and problem solving is a fantastic skill to have in this industry, and simulation is a fantastic way to learn that. Practicing real situations gives engineers the experience to take back to their workplaces, and the confidence to know that when situations arise, they have the skills and knowledge to deal with them.”

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To find out more or to sign up to Problem Solving And Troubleshooting in Process Operations, visit https://bit.ly/esd-simulation-problem-solving-troubleshooting