Training
To know all comprehensive functions and use the flexibility and openness of WinCC OA we offer various training courses: for WinCC OA beginners to experts, who want to deepen their knowledge in some areas. The variety of training modules is large, but we offer also individual classes. For our WinCC OA partners the completion of certain courses is a prerequisite, in order to get the partner status or to keep it. Therefore we guarantee our customers the highest quality of care. For certification of WinCC OA distribution partner the WinCC OA Basic training must be attended.
Details about the trainings modules
| Module | Duration | Description | ||
| Certified WinCC OA Basic Training | 1 week | This course provides trainees with the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully design and build a WinCC OA application. It is aimed at staff getting their first experience of WinCC OA. | ||
| Certified WinCC OA Engineer Workshop | 3 days | In this course the participants become acquainted with internal mechanism and details of WinCC OA. Typical subjects are: debugging, performance, communication between the managers and scripting “Do’s and Don’ts”. To derive a maximum benefit a current customer project is used as Basic for discussion to show and discuss the used mechanism. Further subjects (like WinCC OA Add Ons or special functions) can be arranged previously with the trainer. | ||
| Certified WinCC OA Developer Workshop | 3 days | This workshop provides experienced trainees with the knowledge and skills necessary to use the WinCC OA API Toolkit. In the training there will be presented the means of creating custom drivers, managers and/or Ctrl-extensions (DLLs). | ||
| Certified WinCC OA Extended Developer Workshop | 1 week | Within one week, this trainer led workshop provides experienced participants with expert knowledge as well as with the necessary skills needed to use the WinCC OA API toolkit. The participants learn to create/compile/set up specific CTRL-enhancements (DLLs), managers and drivers. A particular focus lies on the creation/compilation/setting up of a driver / manager with increased requirements for the productive operation, eg. multiple connections, redundancy, protocol-specific address data, debug flag / report handling. | ||
| Certified WinCC OA Consultant Workshop | 3 days | This workshop provides experienced trainees with the knowledge and skills necessary to set up complex and large WinCC OA projects. This will include best practices for creating data structures, graphical references and system architecture of large, distributed and redundant systems. Also debugging and failure analysis will be covered. Further subjects (like WinCC OA Add Ons or special functions) can be arranged previously with the trainer. | ||
| Certified WinCC OA Safety Engineer Workshop | 2 days | This two day instructor-led workshop provides experienced trainees with the knowledge and skills necessary to set up WinCC OA in safety related projects. The existing basic and operating conditions will be discussed in detail. Implications to the customer’s project will also be taken into consideration. | ||
| Certified WinCC OA Security Workshop | 4 days | This four-day instructor led course provides experienced trainees with the knowledge and skills necessary to use WinCC OA as a process control systems in a secure network environment, as recommended in WinCC OA Security Guideline. This course introduces trainees into the basics of security mechanisms which are available in WinCC OA. | ||
| Update Training | 1 day | This one day training/presentation provides experienced WinCC OA engineers some insights into the newly available functionalities and features from the latest up to date WinCC OA release. | ||
| WinCC OA BACnet Workshop | 1,5 days | This training provides experienced WinCC OA engineers some insights into the available building management engineering solution WinCC OA BACnet. | ||
| WinCC OA AMS Workshop | 3 days | Within this workshop, trainees will be taught to administer Advanced Maintenance Suite (AMS), how to dispatch and keep track of trouble tickets, as well as to analyze results using AMS reports. | ||
| WinCC OA SmartSCADA Add-on-Training | 2 days | The SmartSCADA Add-on is a tool delivering its users instruments for statistical analysis of a system they are familiar with. These instruments are also called wizards and using “R”, which is a mathematical programming language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. The main idea behind the analysis is to find hidden dependencies and to evaluate system performance. | ||
| WinCC OA Object-oriented programming and panels | 2 days | This two day instructor-led course provides trainees with the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully use the WinCC OA integrated script language CTRL++ to implement object-oriented concepts and to successfully use the concept of object-oriented panel references. It is aimed at staff implementing WinCC OA Control code, panel-dependent as well as panel-independent. | ||
| WinCC OA Video Expert | 2 days | This two day instructor-led course provides trainees with the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully plan and build video surveillance systems based on WinCC OA VIDEO. Based on presentations and hands-on practices this training provides the technical base for the setup of cameras, installation of distributed video systems and the optimization of bandwidth usage. | ||
| WinCC OA IOT Suite Admin training | 1 day | This one-day trainer-led course provides the participants with the expertise and skills required to set up a Siemens Nanobox such as IPC227E with Siemens Industrial OS, IOT OPA (On Premise Administration) and the IOT Suite. Furthermore, the use of the IOT Suite is trained so that the participants can share their knowledge and train other IOT Suite users. | ||
| WinCC OA Project Specific Start Up Workshop | 2 days | This start up workshop helps WinCC OA newcomers to gain a high performance project start and leads to a safe and comfortable feeling within a possibly unfamiliar tool environment. The extent of the project specific start up workshop is oriented towards a simple standard project. Concept development at major projects, e.g. complex data models of different PLC types, special WinCC OA features as, e.g. Disaster-Recovery or BACnet object library, are not included in the start up training and will require additional consulting. | ||
ATTENTION:
Due to the Covid-19 situation english language WinCC OA trainings will be held temporarily ONLINE until further notice. Due to this change, the duration of all trainings will be slightly extended. The total sum off training hours will be the same as before, but stretched over a longer time span. A 3 day training will be changed to 4 days, the basic training will be 7 days. A WinCC OA Basic Training takes place online from Monday - Tuesday of the following week (only on workdays). Please notice our requirements & restrictions regarding web based trainings.
All training modules can be booked in German or English language. The trainings require a minimum number of 3 participants if not defined differently.
Training schedules
| Date | Training | Location | Language | Status | ||||
| 28.11.2023 - 01.12.2023 | Certified WinCC OA Engineer Workshop | web-based | English | fully booked | ||||
| 11.12.2023 - 19.12.2023 | Certified WinCC OA Basic Training | web-based | English | fully booked | ||||
| 12.12.2023 - 15.12.2023 | Certified WinCC OA Engineer Workshop | web-based | English | fully booked | ||||
| 18.12.2023 - 21.12.2023 | Certified WinCC OA Consultant Workshop | web-based | English | fully booked | ||||
| 08.01.2024 - 16.01.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Basic Training | web-based | English | fully booked | ||||
| 16.01.2024 - 19.01.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Engineer Workshop | web-based | English | |||||
| 22.01.2024 - 26.01.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Basic Training | Eisenstadt | German | |||||
| 29.01.2024 - 01.02.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Developer Workshop | tbd | tbd | |||||
| 05.02.2024 - 13.02.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Basic Training | web-based | English | fully booked | ||||
| 20.02.2024 - 23.02.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Engineer Workshop | web-based | English | |||||
| 26.02.2024 - 29.02.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Developer Workshop | tbd | tbd | |||||
| 04.03.2024 - 08.03.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Security Workshop | web-based | English | |||||
| 04.03.2024 - 08.03.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Basic Training | Eisenstadt | English | |||||
| 11.03.2024 - 15.03.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Basic Training | Eisenstadt | German | |||||
| 19.03.2024 - 22.03.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Engineer Workshop | web-based | English | |||||
| 25.03.2024 - 28.03.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Developer Workshop | tbd | tbd | |||||
| 08.04.2024 - 16.04.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Basic Training | tbd | English | |||||
| 16.04.2024 - 18.04.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Engineer Workshop | Eisenstadt | German | |||||
| 22.04.2024 - 25.04.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Developer Workshop | tbd | tbd | |||||
| 13.05.2024 - 17.05.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Basic Training | Eisenstadt | German | |||||
| 13.05.2024 - 22.05.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Basic Training | web-based | English | |||||
| 21.05.2024 - 24.05.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Engineer Workshop | tbd | tbd | |||||
| 03.06.2024 - 06.06.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Developer Workshop | tbd | tbd | |||||
| 10.06.2024 - 18.06.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Basic Training | tbd | English | |||||
| 18.06.2024 - 21.06.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Engineer Workshop | web-based | English | |||||
| 24.06.2024 - 28.06.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Security Workshop | tbd | tbd | |||||
| 01.07.2024 - 04.07.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Developer Workshop | tbd | tbd | |||||
| 08.07.2024 - 16.07.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Basic Training | tbd | English | |||||
| 15.07.2024 - 19.07.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Basic Training | Eisenstadt | German | |||||
| 23.07.2024 - 26.07.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Engineer Workshop | tbd | tbd | |||||
| 29.07.2024 - 01.08.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Developer Workshop | tbd | tbd | |||||
| 05.08.2024 - 13.08.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Basic Training | tbd | English | |||||
| 27.08.2024 - 30.08.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Engineer Workshop | tbd | tbd | |||||
| 02.09.2024 - 05.09.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Developer Workshop | tbd | tbd | |||||
| 09.09.2024 - 13.09.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Security Workshop | tbd | tbd | |||||
| 09.09.2024 - 17.09.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Basic Training | web-based | English | |||||
| 16.09.2024 - 20.09.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Basic Training | Eisenstadt | German | |||||
| 24.09.2024 - 27.09.2024 | Certified WinCC OA Engineer Workshop | tbd | tbd |
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For questions about the training please call us at: +43 2682-741-0
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