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Process lab · Level 3 of 8

Calibrate a pressure transmitter

Level 3 of 8 in the Process lab: a free process control exercise at Intermediate level, which takes about 40 minutes. Run a five-point as-found calibration up and down, adjust zero and span, prove it as-left and issue the certificate.

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Calibrate a pressure transmitter

The brief

Industry
Water
Task code
PRC-03
Difficulty
Intermediate
Type of work
Calibration

Run a five-point as-found calibration up and down, adjust zero and span, prove it as-left and issue the certificate.

What the test checks

The acceptance test marks the skills this level practises.

In this lab

  • P&ID, loop check and calibration bench
  • PID tuning with step tests
  • Alarms and an operator screen

Levels in the Process lab

Previous: Loop checkNext: Tune the level loop

  1. Read the P&ID
  2. Loop check
  3. Calibrate a pressure transmitter
  4. Tune the level loop
  5. Flow loop and control valve
  6. Alarm rationalisation
  7. Build an operator screen
  8. Site acceptance and fault finding

Part of the Process lab

Read the P&ID, check and calibrate instruments, tune loops and run a plant from a control room.

About the Process lab

Feeds these internships: Instrumentation and Process Control, Commissioning and Maintenance, SCADA and HMI, PLC Programming.