Course Title: Develop, enter and verify discrete control programs for programmable controllers

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Teaching Period: VE 2018

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Course Code: EEET7037C

Course Title: Develop, enter and verify discrete control programs for programmable controllers

School: 174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4317 - Certificate IV in Instrumentation and Control

Course Contact: Program Manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468

Course Contact Email: vocenengineering@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 60

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

UEENEEE101A Apply Occupational Health and Safety regulations, codes and practices in the workplace

Course Description

This unit covers development, installation and testing of programs for programmable controllers (PLC) for a system requiring discrete control functions. It encompasses working safely, applying knowledge of control systems, control system development methods, using ladder diagrams/statement list/function block diagram instruction sets, following written instructions and documenting program development and testing activities.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

UEENEEI150A Develop, enter and verify discrete control programs for programmable controllers

Element:

1. Prepare to develop enter and verify program.

Performance Criteria:

1.1

OHS procedures for a given work area are identified, obtained and understood through established routines and procedures.

1.2

Established OHS risk control measures and procedures are followed in preparation for the work.

1.3

Safety hazards that have not previously been identified are reported and advice on risk control measures is sought from the work supervisor.

1.4

Control system scenario is determined from job specifications of the process/plant/machine to be controlled, and through consultation with appropriate person(s).

1.5

Equipment, software and testing devices needed to carry out the work are obtained and checked for correct operation and safety.

1.6

Installation of programmable controller is checked for compliance with regulations and job specification.

Element:

2. Develop control system and enter and test program.

Performance Criteria:

2.1

Established OHS risk control measures and procedures for carrying out the work are followed.

2.2

Circuits/machines/plant are checked as being isolated where necessary in strict accordance OHS requirements and procedures.

2.3

Control solutions are developed and documented based on the specified control mode and using acceptable methods for designing control systems.

2.4

Developed control system is converted to an appropriate form, such as flow, state and ladder diagrams(See Note 1)

2.5

Program is entered into the programmable control using a personal computer and appropriate software.

2.6

Entered instructions and settings are tested as meeting those specified in by the control system scenario.

2.7

Appropriate methods and tools are used to test control systems and operating faults and anomalies are identified and rectified. (See Note 2)

2.8

Methods for dealing with unexpected situations are selected on the basis of safety and specified work outcomes.

Element:

3. Verify, document and report programming activities.

Performance Criteria:

3.1

OHS work completion risk control measures and procedures are followed.

3.2

Program is transferred from a programmable controller to an external medium for storage. (See Note 3)

3.3

Control system specification and program are documented in accordance with established procedures.

3.4

Work completion is reported and appropriate personnel notified in accordance with established procedures.

Note.

1. Example of control functions are derived timers (off delay, self resetting, constant duty cycle), reversible counters, cascading timers, cascading counters, combining timers and counters, internal relays/flags/markers, latching relays (set/reset), jump instructions, master control instructions, bit shift registers, scan time considerations, one shot, retentive (power fail) functions, simple step sequence instructions

2. Examples of control system testing methods and tools are monitor mode as an aid to fault finding, inbuilt hardware/software diagnostics and use of error codes.

3. Examples of storage mediums are IC storage, hard disks, servers.

Learning Outcomes


Refer to Elements


Details of Learning Activities

Ref Workbook


Teaching Schedule

As per timetable


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

Students will be able to access course information and learning materials through CANVAS.

CANVAS is an online resource with the lesson plans for each unit. Within CANVAS are the session plans, assessments, resources and other materials required for completion of each unit of competency.

Additional materials maybe provided in class and lists of relevant reference books, resources in the library and accessible Internet sites will be provided where possible. During the course, you will be directed to websites to enhance your knowledge and understanding of difficult concepts.


Overview of Assessment

Students must pass each of the following assessment tasks to demonstrate competent. 

Assessment

Task 1

Lab 1 - 4

Task 2

Theory Exam

Task 3

Compile Project

These tasks assesses the following Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs):

Assessment  Mapping Matrix 

Element/

Performance Criteria Covered

Task 1

Task 2

Task 3

1.1

X

X

 

1.2

X

X

 

1.3

X

X

 

1.4

X

X

 

1.5

X

X

 

1.6

X

X

 

2.1

X

X

X

2.2

X

X

X

2.3

X

X

X

2.4

X

X

X

2.5

X

X

X

2.6

X

X

X

2.7

X

X

X

2.8

X

X

X

3.1

X

X

 

3.2

X

X

 

3.3

X

X

 

3.4

X

X

 

To be deemed competent you must demonstrate an understanding of all aspects required of the competency. Assessment methods have been designed to measure your achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over multiple tasks.


Assessment Tasks

As Above


Assessment Matrix

As Above

Other Information

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  • Relevant
  • Current
  • Satisfies the learning/competency outcomes of the course

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