• Describe in detail how to read P & I diagrams and the wealth of information they contain
• Explore the main challenges of plant startup, continuous operation & optimization, and shutdown
• Equip participants with the ability to operate plants efficiently and quantify plant operations through performance indicators and technical calculations
• Develop participants’ capacity for troubleshooting methodologically using available process trends and events recording
• Present real case scenarios and examples for materializing the troubleshooting process and focusing on the importance of root causes 
• Investigate plant maintenance strategies and priorities
• Empower participants to plan turnarounds, execute, and evaluate them.
• Emphasize the importance and relevance of core operations values and safety principles on operations processes
• Explain the creation and implementation of SOPs

• Plant operators
• Fresh technical graduates and engineers
• Maintenance personnel and technicians

Day 1

• Plant equipment and instrumentation
• Block diagrams and process flow diagrams
• P & ID: The plant’s essential guide   
• Plant startup conditions 
• Tuning and optimization methods

Day 2

• Reliability and availability calculations
• Daily production reporting
• Mass and energy balances
• Discrepancy evaluation and rectification
• Fixed plant modes and combinations

Day 3

• Troubleshooting sudden, complete plant trips
• Troubleshooting equipment shutdown/failure
• Single and multi-variable problem-solving
• RCFA basics and problem definition issues
• Real case scenarios and examples

Day 4

• Plant shutdown conditions
• Plant maintenance strategies
• Spare parts management and critical spares
• Turnaround planning and resources
• Turnaround execution and review

Day 5

• Core operations values 
• Safety operation principles
• Significance of the human factor
• Critical operating parameters (COPs)
• SOPs creation and implementation 

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.