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Operator Basic Training Course

33 Days OPE/FTBO-EOverview

LEVELFoundation

AUDIENCENewly recruited operators for oil refineries or chemical plants.Technicians or staff to be retrained as operators in the chemical, petrochemical or oil industries.

PURPOSETo provide newly hired operators with the basic knowledge required for a rapid and effective integration.

LEARNING OBJECTIVESTo acquire the fundamental techniques needed to hold the position of field operator.To understand the everyday operating procedures of main equipment and machines.To face the inherent risks of processing units and put into practice safety rules.

WAYS AND MEANSTraining involves alternating:learning fundamentals in classpractical exercises on-siteworkshops and tutorials.

Agenda

INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL DEVICESPhysical variables used in process operations.Components of a control loop.Instrumentation: workings and operation.Practical exercise on a control loop.

6 d

PIPEWORK - VESSELS - STORAGE TANKSRecognition, workings and operation of equipment.Identification symbols for various items of equipment.Flow sheet drawing.Introduction to isometric drawings.Practical exercise of line-plotting and recognizing the different equipment.

5 d

HEAT EXCHANGE EQUIPMENTHeat, energy and heat transfer.Heat exchangers: technology, main types, workings and operation.Practical exercise on an exchanger.Furnaces and boilers: technology, combustion, draft and operation.Practical exercise on furnaces/boilers.

7 d

ROTATING MACHINERYFluid flows.Technology, working and operation of pumps.Practical exercise on pumps.Technology, workings and operation of compressors, steam turbines and electric motors.Practical exercise on a compressor or turbine.

7 d

PROCESSES - PRODUCTS - SAMPLING AND TESTINGBasic chemistry. Chemical solutions: composition and hazards.Vapor pressure and boiling point.Distillation: principles of the separation, distillation columns.Products. Quality control tests. Sampling.Principles of manufacturing processes.Manufacturing process diagram.

5 d

SAFETY IN INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONSProduct hazards: flammability, toxicity.Risks related to the behavior and use of fluids.Emptying processes: blind and gasket fitting, degassing and inerting, entering a vessel.Example of procedures for shut-down and start-up.Case studies - Group work.

3 d

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