An intensive professional development training course on
Design Criteria in Instrumentation Engineering
A Crucial Component of the Oil & Gas Industries
Why Choose Design Criteria in Instrumentation Engineering Training Course?
Design Criteria in Instrumentation Engineering Training Course offers an essential foundation for professionals responsible for designing, selecting, and integrating instrumentation within oil and gas facilities. Instrumentation plays a defining role in determining operational efficiency and safety, making correct design criteria a critical component of plant performance. This course provides a structured pathway to understanding how instrumentation influences measurement accuracy, control stability, and compliance with industry standards.
Throughout the week, the Instrumentation Engineering Training Course guides participants through documentation requirements, equipment selection practices, hazardous area considerations, and the integration of control elements into plant processes. Delegates gain clarity on specifications, tagging philosophies, certification needs, and project management aspects that govern instrumentation design. Each topic is aligned with real operational environments, ensuring that learning remains practical, relevant, and directly applicable.
By combining theory with hands-on discussions and case-based examples, this Design Criteria in Instrumentation Engineering Training Course enables participants to understand how instrumentation decisions affect both routine operations and long-term plant performance. Delegates leave the course with improved confidence in interpreting documentation, evaluating design options, and supporting instrumentation projects across all stages—from concept through final handover.
What are the Goals?
This Instrumentation Engineering Training Course aims to equip participants with a strong understanding of how instrumentation design principles shape operational efficiency, reliability, and safety. The course emphasizes the interpretation of drawings, justification of design choices, and the application of correct classification and certification standards in the oil and gas environment.
By the end of this Design Criteria in Instrumentation Engineering Training Course, participants will be able to:
- Assist in making informed decisions regarding instrumentation design and equipment selection
- Interpret drawings, diagrams, and documentation related to new instrumentation installations
- Understand process control strategies and the correct application of design philosophies
- Apply hazardous area zoning and select compliant instrumentation for each area
- Manage instrumentation projects effectively from design through handover
Who is this Training Course for?
This Design Criteria in Instrumentation Engineering Training Course is ideal for professionals involved in instrumentation, engineering design, or plant operations who need a deeper understanding of design principles and documentation. Whether the participant is a beginner or an experienced specialist, the course structure ensures progressive learning supported by interactive instruction.
This training course will greatly benefit:
- Instrumentation, electrical, mechanical, process, and multidisciplinary engineers
- Technical specialists and plant engineering staff
- Management personnel overseeing instrumentation design or installation
- Design teams involved in project execution
- Budgeting and financial staff supporting instrumentation procurement
- Team leaders, supervisors, and foremen engaged in operational decision-making
How will this Training Course be Presented?
This Design Criteria in Instrumentation Engineering Training Course uses practical, engaging, and progressive learning methods that guide delegates from fundamental principles to advanced design considerations. The course ensures that participants with diverse backgrounds feel comfortable while gaining valuable, applied knowledge about instrumentation design.
Training delivery includes:
- Instructor-led presentations that simplify technical design concepts
- Interactive discussions linking design criteria to real plant environments
- Practical demonstrations, simulations, and hands-on exercises
- Documentation interpretation and design-focused activities
- Application-based examples aligned with industry practices
This approach ensures strong retention, improved competence, and immediate workplace relevance.
The Course Content
- Understanding instrumentation signals
- Understanding process diagrams (including block, flow and where the P&ID fits in)
- Functional Design Specification (FDS) and drawing standards
- Vendor pre-qualification, interaction and quotation request
- Tag numbering and naming conventions
- Reading and creating P&IDs, including assorted P&ID symbology
- Instrumentation drawings and documents, including:
- Instrument selection report, instrument specification, data sheets, loop diagrams & schematics, cable schedules, hook-up diagrams, junction box wiring diagrams, cable racking layout, cable routing diagram, instrumentation index, history sheets, I/O lists, panel layout, power distribution, earthing diagrams and philosophy, PLC schematics, trip/alarm schedules, instrumentation detail, etc.
- Electrical schematics (related to instrumentation projects), including:
- Load lists, main & control circuits, electrical layout, single line diagrams, etc.
- Pneumatic and hydraulic instrumentation schematics
- Acceptance testing
- PLC, SCADA and DCS design criteria and specification
- Area and classification
- Instrument classification
- Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) and SIS requirements, from a design point of view
- Instrumentation selection and sizing (including equipment for the most common measurements)
- Smart devices, HART and Fieldbus considerations for instrumentation plant design
- Digital data communication aspects
- Control valves and actuators, including selection and sizing
- Equipment protection
- Material selection
- Spares philosophy
- Design considerations for future expansion
- Redundancy and loss of power considerations
- Control philosophy, including:
- Feedback, feed forward, on/off, regulatory, cascade, ratio, advanced control, etc.
- Project management, including:
- Project life cycles, scope, time, cost and quality management, risk, etc.
Certificate and Accreditation
- An AZTech Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course
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