NCAP — Certified Automation Professional
One certification, eleven technology modules — SCADA, PLC, HMI, drives, panel design, networking and DCS — trained the way a real integration project actually runs.
Automation isn't a single subject anymore — NCAP treats it like one system.
What Is Industrial Automation?
Controlling, managing and supervising an industrial process, task or machine through electronic and power-electronic instruments, computerized and networked systems is the practice of automation. Sensing conditions, deciding the next action through a program, and pushing field devices to act on that decision — together, that arrangement is an industrial automation system.
Why Automation — and What's Next?
Manufacturing competition, bulk demand, cost pressure and the need for precise, quality output are pulling supervision, testing and control under one roof. Getting hired in industry without automation knowledge is close to impossible today — the future is a hybrid discipline spanning instrumentation, electronics, power electronics, heavy electrical and embedded networked computing.
Fourteen connected points, from a field sensor to a running plant.
The same architecture used on live client integration projects — and the map NCAP training is built around.
Process Instruments & Sensors
Reads the physical state of the plant
PLC
Integration, programming, wiring
SCADA
MIMIC, alarms, trends, security, recipes
Industrial Networking
Ethernet, Modbus, Profibus, CANopen
HMI
Digital, analog-proportional & PID modes
Industrial Networking
ProfiNet, EtherCAT, DeviceNet, RS232/485
Star Delta Starter
Motor starting control
Auto Transformer
Reduced-voltage starting
Servo Drives
Precision motion control
Control Panel
AutoCAD, design, erection, commissioning, maintenance, loop testing
Switchgears
Protection & switching devices
Motor
The driven load
Solenoid Valve
Electrically actuated flow control
Control Valve / Air Compressor
Final process control element
Sixteen technology categories, trained across pharma, automobile, textile, process & machine lines.
Eleven modules, covering every hardware and software layer.
| Module | Covers | Category |
|---|---|---|
| SCADA | Supervisory Control & Data Acquisitions | Software |
| PLC | Programmable Logic Controller | Electronics Hardware |
| HMI | Human Machine Interface | Electronics Hardware |
| AC Drive | AC Motor Controller / Variable Speed Drive / Inverter | Power Electronics Hardware |
| DC Drive | Digital DC Motors Variable Speed Torque Drive | Power Electronics Hardware |
| Servo Drive | Servo Motor Controller Variable Speed Torque Drive | Power Electronics Hardware |
| Panel | Electric / Control Panels | Electrical Assembly |
| CAD | E Plan / AutoCAD — Computer Aided Design | Software |
| Network | Industrial Network Protocols | Software Set Ups |
| DCS | Distributed Control Systems | Electronics Hardware |
| Indicators | Panel Instruments for Supervision & Control | Instrument Electronics |
| Switchgear | Electrical Contactors, Relay, Devices | Electrical Hardware |
Certified against the hardware hiring floors already run.
A six-stage cycle, from orientation to a running model.
Demonstration → Workshop → Application Interface → Live Practice — repeated until it's second nature.
Orientation
Hardware, software and technology walkthrough before any wiring begins.
Introduction
Software and hardware detailing at component level.
Live Implementation
Developing I/O, control and monitoring against real field devices.
Real-Time Interface
Wiring, programming and testing on the actual panel.
Application Interface & Networking
Connecting PLC, HMI, SCADA and drives end to end.
Run Industrial Miniature Model or Simulation
Commissioning your own working system.
Nine roles NCAP-certified engineers are trained toward.
| Design Engineer | Designing knowledge for a specific industry — hardware & software development. |
| Application Engineer | Machine- or process-specific industrial hardware & software development. |
| Project Engineer | Integration, erection, commissioning, site testing and panels. |
| Service Engineer | Troubleshooting, wiring panels, testing, communication and program editing. |
| Maintenance Engineer | Production-machine and P&I servicing, upkeep and running. |
| Programming Engineer | Computerized scripting, setting, communication and site testing. |
| Jr. Engineer | Site visits, learning off-site tasks, following the positioned engineer. |
| Sales Engineer — Technical | Product knowledge, specifications, pricing and customer negotiation. |
| Marketing Engineer — Technical | Campaigning, meetings, setting up sales, product promotion. |
Where NCAP-trained engineers get deployed.
Eight modules, opened up topic by topic.
PLC — Programmable Logic Controllers 12 topics +
- Introduction to PLC, family & applications
- PLC fundamentals & components
- Sink, source, types of input & output flags
- Programming software addressing concepts
- Detailed analog programming instructions
- Upload, download & monitoring of programs
- Forcing, monitoring, modifying I/Os
- Standard procedure for writing LD, IL, STL, FBD, SFC
- Troubleshooting & fault diagnosis of PLC
- Documentation of project design
- OPC drive & communication to various SCADA
- ASCII programming interface to printer, bar code
SCADA — Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition 12 topics +
- Introduction to SCADA software
- Creating a new project / application in SCADA
- ODBC connectivity to MIMIC, graphic creation
- OPC connectivity to various PLC, animation editing
- DDE configuration to Microsoft Excel
- Real & historical time trending, events & alarms
- Scripting in Visual Basic, SQL, Oracle, RDBMS
- Commissioning of networked nodes
- Fault-finding troubleshooting of application
- Security layers to application
- Installation / uninstallation / OS basics
- Communication basics
Switch Gears / Industrial Drives 10 topics +
- Introduction to AC / DC / Servo drives & motors
- Motor & drive operation, fundamentals, limitations
- Selection of motors & drives
- Parameter programming / settings
- Control panel wiring with drive design
- Remote & local operation
- Communication with PLC, HMI, SCADA, DCS
- Different operating modes — RUN, STOP, JOG
- Mode selection design, advantages, load calculation
- Case study of industrial applications
HMI / MMI — Human Machine Interfaces 10 topics +
- HMI programming and application development
- Software configuration & parameter setting
- Creating and editing animation and MIMIC
- ODBC connectivity and RDBMS attachment
- Uploading / downloading an application project
- Events / alarms / security / DDE connectivity
- Communication with PLC / drive / DCS
- Fault-finding troubleshooting
- Keypad / touch / mono / colour / alpha-numeric learning
- SCADA v/s HMI — merits & demerits
Instrumentation / Sensors 9 topics +
- Sensors / transmitters in process industry
- Temperature, voltage, kW, transducers
- Working principles of RTD, TC and similar devices
- Flow & level — principles and selection criteria
- Control valves, AFC, DFC
- Process control fundamentals
- Erection, commissioning, installation & calibration
- HART protocol details & communication
- Maintenance, preventive maintenance, fault diagnosis & troubleshooting
Panel Designing & Designing Software 10 topics +
- Fundamentals of electric & control drawing / wiring
- Introduction to IP — Ingress Protection (NEMA)
- GA arrangement diagram with P&I
- Wiring & preparation of power & control circuits
- General arrangement of components wiring
- Switchgear & heavy electric practices
- Troubleshooting in electric & control live panels
- Selection of enclosure types per ambient conditions
- MCC / PCC / APFC / AMF / Control — PLC + Drive
- End-to-end termination, cabling, junction box wiring
DCS — Distributed Control Systems 7 topics +
- Introduction to application and DCS systems
- Architecture evolution of DCS technology
- Hardware architecture — CPU, power supply, I/O modules, bus bars, network
- Hot redundancy & comparison of PLC vs DCS
- Introduction to operating & engineering console
- Practical exposure to leading DCS systems
- Fault-finding, troubleshooting, wiring & networking
Industrial Networks 8 topics +
- PC to hardware — RS 232 standalone
- PLC + HMI + PLC — multi-node
- PLC + HMI + Drive
- SCADA PC + HMI + PLC + Drive
- Multi-drive configurations
- Master–slave / master–slave architectures
- Server–client architectures
- Foundation Fieldbus / Profibus DP / Ethernet
How the program is actually delivered.
Vocational training needs live theory backed by hardware and software practice on site, with real components — not slides. NCAP training comes with associated manuals, syllabus, index, transcripts, books, software CDs and catalogs to work from throughout.
NCAP is a completely position-based program, built for a mature, individual approach rather than a lecture hall. NCVT is an engineering company — not an institute. Our commitment is client-based, and the methodology runs from architecture and hardware through software practice to final running, testing and authorized presentation, under clear index and transcript guidelines.
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