2023 Dates
| DATES | SEATS AVAILABLE |
| October 30-31 | 10 |
2024 Dates
| DATES | SEATS AVAILABLE |
| February 19-20 | 10 |
| April 15-16 | 10 |
| June 17-18 | 10 |
| August 19-20 | 10 |
| October 14-15 | 10 |
Registration
Please call the registrar at 716.799.1080 or email us at etapro-buf-administration@etapro.com.
NOTE: Registration for a session closes 1-week prior to the scheduled start.
Location
These sessions are offered via virtual instructor led training (VILT) using Microsoft Teams or RingCentral/Zoom with Amazon AWS Cloud-based servers. Attendees are assigned their own server (connected via Remote Desktop) which includes all applications required to complete the course. It is strongly recommended to use at least 2 displays/monitors when attending this class and test connectivity to the Amazon AWS computer prior to the training. (NOTE: You may need assistance from your IT department for this testing).
Courses are hosted from Amherst, NY USA, Bogota, Colombia, or Johannesburg, South Africa.
In-person Training and Workshop Option
Attendees have the option to attend those sessions with the dates shown in red in-person at the EtaPRO LLC office in Amherst, NY.
Description
EtaPRO APR software continuously monitors real-time data using advanced pattern recognition algorithms to detect plant and equipment anomalies. EtaPRO applies “management-by-exception” methods to focus plant staff’s attention on changing issues before they become critical and noticeable prior to a distributed control system announcing an alarm or a trip.
Course Objectives
The objective of this course is to provide an overview of the EtaPRO APR software. Students will learn how to:
- Manage and maintain existing asset models
- Develop new asset models using the EtaPRO Asset Editor application
- Monitor online asset models using the Concerns Viewer and Issue Tracking tools
Course Content
- Introduction to Pattern Recognition
- Pattern recognition overview
- Historical data
- Data flow
- EtaPRO APR calculation and results
- Concerns Viewer Orientation
- User interface navigation
- Alarm management
- Monitoring strategy
- Issue Tracking System
- Enterprise Concerns Viewer
- Model Building
- Point properties
- Data analysis
- Data repair tool
- Offline analysis
- Fault detection
Course Materials
Each participant will receive copies of the EtaPRO APR Training Workbook (PDF) with classroom exercises.
Who Should Attend
The course is intended for individuals who are responsible for building, tuning, and monitoring APR models, as well as those who desire a broad understanding of the system architecture and components.
Fee
- 1½-Day EtaPRO APR Workshop $1,150
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3-Day EtaPRO APR & VirtualPlant Workshop $1,850
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.
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.
Cancellations received later than 10 working days prior to course are subject to a 20% service charge. Those who have not canceled reservations two working days prior to the course and “no shows” are subject to the full course fee. Substitutions may be made at any time.