How do I start a PLC

1. How do I start a PLC/SCADA career with no experience at all? Burraq Engineering Solutions The PLC HMI SCADA Training more towards computer programming skills. This may be obvious because SCADA is primarily software running on a computer that interfaces with PLC and other industrial automation. The best practice is to first get basic PLC HMI SCADA training (Human Machine Interface) because SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) is basically an HMI with data acquisition software built-in. Building Management Systems (BMS) are typically somewhere in-between HMI and SCADA. Because BMS does not require the speed automation control need, it is becoming more common that SCADA software is serving as BMS too. Before you are working with a specific HMI-SCADA software, like we have recommended in other learning phases on this site, use one of the most popular brands for your basic training. In our recommendation below we recommended you start with very popular Allen Bradley brand HMI basic training on RSView 32. Then for our SCADA basics course recommendation below, one was chosen that uses the very popular Siemens brand SCADA WinCC and a free open source SCADA software.

2. Why spend thousands on SCADA training for one particular brand only to find your employer doesn’t use that brand? Instead, get the recommended courses below for a few hundred and let your employer set up a SCADA vendor training for the specific brand they use. It’s a much more cost-effective approach. HMI overview SCADA overview Hands-on with 2 or more SCADA brands We have color-coded this entire site based on Occupational titles to help you decide what PLC training is most needed based on your relative occupation.   