Course Prospectus
Overview
Why Attend
The main aim of this course is to provide the participants with basic knowledge about Siemens PLC Programming, to create or to modify Step 7 PLC programs and to find PLC program faults.
Course Methodology
<p>The course is hands on with great emphasis on the practical aspects of Programmable Logic Controller applications. The course is based around Siemens S7-1500 range of PLCs using TIA Portal.</p>
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
The course objectives are to provide the participants with the knowledge and skills to enable them to work with Siemens S7 (1500 / 1200 controller series).
On completion of this course the participant will be able to do the following:
- Understand the fundamentals of interaction of the TIA components
- Solve simple programming tasks using elementary STEP 7 instructions
- Reliably operate the "TIA Portal" engineering platform
- Program simple plant functions with basic STEP 7 instructions predominantly in ladder diagram (LAD)
- Perform simple commissioning of TIA components
- Monitoring PLC software using Code or Variable Tables
- Forcing Variables
Target Audience
Electrical and instrumentation technicians and engineers
Target Competencies
- Oil & Gas
- Food & Beverage
- Cement
- Chemical Industry
- Mining
- Fertilizers
- Pharmaceutical Factories.
- Water and Waste Water station
- Customers who already have in their plants S7-1200 / 1500
Note
SIMATIC S7 knowledge
This course involves practical and hands-on training on real PLC stands.
Course Outline
- Overview of the SIMATIC S7 system family
- The components of the TIA Portal: STEP 7, WinCC
- The basic structure of a SIMATIC S7-1500
- Role of input and output modules
- Presentation of programming languages LAD, FBD, STL programming in TIA Portal
- Global variable categories, data types and addressing modes
- Elementary logic instruction set
- Numerical Instructions
- Arithmetic Instructions
- Program execution in automation systems
- Hardware configuration and parameterization of the SIMATIC S7-1500 modules, a PROFINET IO system
- STEP 7 block types and program structuring
- Binary and digital operations based on TIA Portal
- Programming of different block types FCs / FBs
- Error organization blocks
- Output diagnostic messages
- Distributed Peripherals
- Data management with data blocks
- Programming organization blocks
- Test tools for system information, troubleshooting and diagnostics
- Using TIA PORTAL software for troubleshooting
- Detecting and eliminating software errors, that lead to the CPU Stop state
- Detecting and eliminating logical software errors
- Saving and documenting program changes that were made
- Program documentation and saving
- Deeper understanding of contents through practical exercises on TIA system model
- Open Discussion…
Schedule & Fees
2026 Schedule & Fees
| Dates | City | Language | Fees | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - 5 Nov, 2026 | English | USD 3,400 Per participant | ||
| 1 - 5 Nov, 2026 | Arabic | USD 3,400 Per participant | ||
| 15 - 19 Nov, 2026 | English | USD 3,400 Per participant | ||
| 15 - 19 Nov, 2026 | Arabic | USD 3,400 Per participant |
2027 Schedule & Fees
| Dates | City | Language | Fees | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Jan - 4 Feb, 2027 | English | USD 3,400 Per participant | ||
| 31 Jan - 4 Feb, 2027 | Arabic | USD 3,400 Per participant | ||
| 14 - 18 Feb, 2027 | English | USD 3,400 Per participant | ||
| 14 - 18 Feb, 2027 | Arabic | USD 3,400 Per participant | ||
| 2 - 6 May, 2027 | English | USD 3,400 Per participant | ||
| 2 - 6 May, 2027 | Arabic | USD 3,400 Per participant | ||
| 16 - 20 May, 2027 | English | USD 3,400 Per participant | ||
| 16 - 20 May, 2027 | Arabic | USD 3,400 Per participant | ||
| 1 - 5 Aug, 2027 | English | USD 3,400 Per participant | ||
| 1 - 5 Aug, 2027 | Arabic | USD 3,400 Per participant | ||
| 15 - 19 Aug, 2027 | English | USD 3,400 Per participant | ||
| 15 - 19 Aug, 2027 | Arabic | USD 3,400 Per participant | ||
| 31 Oct - 4 Nov, 2027 | English | USD 3,400 Per participant | ||
| 31 Oct - 4 Nov, 2027 | Arabic | USD 3,400 Per participant | ||
| 14 - 18 Nov, 2027 | English | USD 3,400 Per participant | ||
| 14 - 18 Nov, 2027 | Arabic | USD 3,400 Per participant |
