EtaPRO® Administrator/IT Training

2025 Dates

Administrator Training

DATE	SEATS AVAILABLE
February 10-13	10
April 7-10	10
June 9-12	10
August 11-14	10
October 6-9	10

IT Training

DATE	SEATS AVAILABLE
February 13-14	10
April 10-11	10
June 12-13	10
August 14-15	10
October 9-10	10

 

In-person Training and Workshops

All courses are held in-person at the EtaPRO LLC office in Amherst, NY USA during New York (EST) business hours.

Please note that we are suspending our open enrollment virtual training in 2025. Requests for dedicated virtual sessions should be sent to [e-mail].

Class Size

Class size is limited to 10 seats. Available seats are updated on this page. We may ask you to select a second option if the desired class date is already full.

Note: Occasionally, a particular course will not meet the minimum registration requirement. EtaPRO LLC reserves the right to cancel such a session at least 10 working days prior to the scheduled start. Participants will be promptly notified.

Cancellation Policy

Applicants my cancel up to 15 working days before the session for a full refund. Cancellations within 11-14 working days prior to the start of the workshop are subject to a 20% service charge. Those who have not canceled reservations within 10 working days prior to the session and "No Shows" are subject to the full session fee. Substitutions may be made at any time.

Registration & Fee

Please complete the registration form (located at the bottom of this page) and email [e-mail] the completed form. You may also call 1.716.799.1080 to register.

NOTE: Registration for a session closes 1 week prior to the scheduled start.

Fee

• 3½-Day EtaPRO Administrator Training $1,850
• 2 Day EtaPRO IT Training $1,500
• 5-Day EtaPRO IT & Administrator Training $3,000

All of our courses offer a 10% multi-registrant discount to organizations registering three or more persons for the same class at the same time. Fee includes software guides and other course materials.

Location

Courses are hosted from Amherst, NY USA during EST business hours. Contact [e-mail] to request an on-site course, or a course hosted from Bogota, Colombia, or Johannesburg, South Africa. Minimum registration is required.

Description

This course is a comprehensive introduction to the EtaPRO System. Numerous interactive exercises are used throughout the course to provide students with hands-on experience. A 2-day optional IT Training is offered as well. The first ½ day of IT Training overlaps with the last ½ day of Administrator Training.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, students should be able to see how:

Administrator Training

• EtaPRO can meet their condition and performance monitoring needs.
• VirtualPlant™ is used with EtaPRO to model expected plant performance, both online and offline.
• VirtualPlant models are used to run parametric studies to examine the effect of changing plant conditions.
• EtaPRO advanced pattern recognition (APR) Concerns Viewer is used to address asset points that indicate abnormal behavior.
• EtaPRO data points are added, edited, or deleted.
• EPTrendSetter™ is used to benchmark plant performance.
• EPReporter™ is used to schedule custom reports built in Microsoft® Excel.
• EPLog™ is set up to create custom operations and maintenance logs.
• Screen Builder is used to create and modify custom screens.
• Diagnostic Builder is used to create and modify a diagnostic flowchart to run both online and offline and used to create event- or time-based alerts to provide notification of a specific event based on user- defined criteria.
• EtaPRO configuration settings are modified on the Server and the Client.

IT Training

• EtaPRO uses the historian and how compression affects data.
• To set up additional data acquisition sources.
• Routine system back-ups of the databases are performed.
• Information is stored in databases.
• Security is configured for EtaPRO applications (SQL and EtaPRO including use of AD groups).
• EtaPRO Server and Client applications are installed and upgraded.
• EtaPRO Server, Web Client, and EPReporter are configured.
• To troubleshoot causes of EtaPRO quality alarms.
• To troubleshoot EPReporter problems.
• To examine EtaPRO database and text logs for troubleshooting.

Course Content

Administrator Training

This 3½-day course is a comprehensive introduction to the EtaPRO System. Numerous interactive exercises are used throughout the course to provide students with hands-on experience.

IT Training

This 2-day course is a comprehensive introduction to the management of the EtaPRO System from an IT perspective.

Course Materials

Each participant will receive copies of the EtaPRO Administrator Training Workbook with classroom exercises and relevant IT documentation.