Systems, processes, applications, and standards supporting the design and application of automation.
Critical Work Functions
- 5.1.1 Understand the role and impact of automation to increase process performance
- 5.1.2 Identify major application areas for automation technology and calculate the financial implications of that automation
- 5.1.3 Integrate automation in various manufacturing, industrial, utility, scientific, and technical applications
- 5.1.4 Abide by industry codes, standards, and regulations
- 5.1.5 Research and apply emerging and future automation technologies
Technical Content Areas- 5.1.6 Automation types
- Discrete (e.g., automotive, heavy equipment, aircraft, aerospace, consumer goods)
- Process (e.g., chemicals, refining, brewing, smelting, energy, utilities, pharmaceutical manufacturing)
- Non-industrial applications (e.g., guidance systems, traffic control, test stands, and warehousing)
- Building (e.g., commercial)
- 5.1.7 Automation project phases
- Conceptual design
- Feasibility
- Definition
- System design
- Project planning
- Development
- Detail design and procurement
- Construction
- Commissioning/start-up
- Testing and validation
- Maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair
- Continuous improvement
- 5.1.8 Codes, standards, and regulatory bodies (as applicable)
- American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- International Society of Automation (ISA)
- International Electro-technical Commission (IEC)
- National Electrical Code (NEC)
- National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Other industry-specific codes, standards, and regulations
- Other international codes, standards, and regulations
- 5.1.9 Standards
- IEC 62381 - Factory Acceptance Test
- IEC 62337 - Commissioning of Electrical, Instrumentation and Control Systems in the Process Industry