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  • Engineering Intern
    Job Type: Part-Time
    Location: Luray, VA

Description

Getting Online with PLC & HMI

  • Learning Objectives:
    • Master connecting and interfacing with PLC and HMI systems.
    • Differentiate between uploading and downloading processes.
    • Acquire skills in converting and editing HMI programs.
  • Tests: 
    • Connect to a PLC and perform both an upload and download, explaining each step.
    • Convert an existing HMI program and make a minor edit, demonstrating the process.

Understanding Data Types & Ladder Logic Basics

  • Learning Objectives:
    • Identify and understand various data types.
    • Apply basic programming logic using emulators.
  • Tests: 
    • Identify and explain five different data types in a sample ladder logic program.
    • Create a simple ladder logic program using at least three different data types.

Creating HMI Displays & SCADA

  • Learning Objectives: 
    • Develop skills in creating and understanding graphic objects for HMI displays.
    • Implement data trending, logging, and report generation.
  • Tests: 
    • Design a basic HMI display incorporating graphic objects and PLC tags.
    • Generate a simple report based on data trends from a SCADA system.

Identify & Understand Electrical Hardware

  • Learning Objectives: 
    • Accurately identify common electrical hardware.
    • Troubleshoot and diagnose hardware issues.
  • Tests: 
    • Identify and describe the function of five pieces of common electrical hardware.
    • Troubleshoot a simulated hardware issue, documenting the diagnosis process.