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News Release from: The Profibus Group | Subject: Certified Profibus installer course
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 03 January 2003
International recognition for installer
course
The certified Profibus installer course developed at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) has been accredited by Profibus International for use worldwide.
The certified Profibus installer course developed at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) has been accredited by Profibus International for use worldwide Developed in response to the direct industry need for competent installation engineers, the one-day course is currently being translated into German and French and a training tour of South Africa has been organised by the regional Profibus Association in South Africa
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 20 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Taking place in January 2003, installer courses are running in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg.
It is estimated that 95% of all fieldbus faults are concerned with wiring and installation problems.
These installation problems occur in all fieldbus systems - not just Profibus.
The installer course aims to develop awareness of the common but easily avoided difficulties.
It teaches how to design, layout and test Profibus networks, how to avoid common but frequent pitfalls.
Competence is assessed at the end of the course by means of written and practical examination.
Since the first course in October 2001, over 70 people have successfully graduated.
The installer course is also offered to companies and other organisations "on-site" and already several UK companies have taken advantage of the reduced cost incurred by on-site training.
In addition, MMU runs The "Certified Profibus engineer course", an intensive 3.5-day course that looks under the bonnet of Profibus, concentrating on the details of network operation and the analysis of bus signals.
Again written and practical testing assures the competence of successful candidates.
This course was developed at the Profibus Interface Centre in the USA and is currently offered in Germany, Switzerland USA and (of course) England.
The certified Profibus installer course will be held at MMU on 21st February, 28th March and 9th May 2003.
The certified Profibus engineer course will be held on 25th-28th February, 1st-4th April and 29th April to 2nd May 2003.
(This was Engineeringtalk's Top Story on 2 January 2003).
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