This course introduces instrumentation systems to technicians new to the natural gas industry.

Course Prerequisites

• GTA Web-Based Training
  o Core WBT
  o Statistics and Uncertainty
  o Instrumentation Systems
• GTA Instructor-Led Training
  o Drawing Sets and Print Reading
  o Electric Power Fundamentals

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the student will have received instruction designed to assist him/her in
the following:

• Explain the purpose of instrumentation and control in the natural gas pipeline industry.
• Explain the environmental and safety concerns required for technicians working on natural gas
  pipeline components.
• Explain the three control variables commonly used in measurement.
• Define the terms used in instrumentation.
• Explain secondary measurement devices.
• Explain the need for calibrating instruments and control loops.
• Explain the test equipment used for instrumentation testing and calibration.
• Describe and give examples of an instrument loop.
• Describe a control loop and its use in process control.

Course Outline

1. Instrumentation and Control
2. Environmental and Safety Concerns
3. Instrumentation Units of Measurement
4. Instrumentation Terms
5. Measurement Devices
6. Calibration
7. Test Equipment Used For Calibration
8. Instrument Loops
9. Control Loops

Recommended Resources

• GTA Instrumentation Systems Participant Guide
• GTA Instrumentation Systems Instructor Presentation.
• Internet sites and textbooks related to industrial instrumentation systems.