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News Release from: PACT - IGDS
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 29 January 2008
PACT for Continuing Professional
Development
PACT (Partnership in Automation and Control Training) exists between Newcastle University and twelve companies in the UK chemicals and process industry sector, to provide CPD in process automation
PACT is an acronym for Partnership in Automation and Control Training: it is through the PACT that Newcastle University endeavours to meet the sector's needs for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in process automation The aim of the PACT is to enable companies in that sector to maintain and improve their competitive edge by creating a supply of personnel who understand and are able to effectively apply both classical and modern automation techniques
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 31 Jan 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The involvement of the companies in the PACT is fundamental.
There is a Local Management Committee (LMC) whose membership is dominated by the PACT industrialists.
That involvement underpins the relevance and usefulness of the scheme to its delegates (IGDS speak for students, where IGDS is another acronym, for Integrated Graduate Development Scheme).
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Note that participation in the IGDS is not restricted to delegates from the PACT.
There is a network of IGDS schemes offered by universities throughout the UK.
The IGDS in Process Automation at Newcastle is but one such IGDS.
The aim of the IGDS is to broaden and deepen the expertise and experience of personnel concerned with process automation, either in the design and development of control and related systems, in their application, or in the operation and the management thereof.
The objectives are that, upon completion of the course, delegates will be able to demonstrate:.
* knowledge about modern control technology, including both instrumentation and control systems, hardware and software.
* understanding of a range of relevant and up-to-date strategies and techniques, and an appreciation of how and when to apply them in industry.
* knowledge about general management practice and, in particular, project management methods.
* familiarity with good industrial practice, relevant standards and legal requirements, especially in relation to safety.
Delegates will also be able to:.
* adapt and apply control theory, related techniques and technology to the solution of industrial automation problems, open ended or otherwise.
* make judgements about, and to take responsibility for, technical issues in an industrial context, eg operability, safety, quality and viability.
* analyse complex automation problems of a process nature, reduce them to their underlying issues, and synthesise solutions subject to constraints.
* develop qualitative and/or quantitative models of systems in terms of the functionality of their components and signals and interpret their input-output relationships.
* work independently and demonstrate self-discipline, self-motivation and self-sufficiency.
* communicate effectively, especially in the written form, with other persons, technical or otherwise, using terminology correctly according to context.
* competently use the Matlab and Simulink software packages.
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