EtaPRO® Advanced Pattern Recognition (APR) Workshop

2025 Dates

DATE	SEATS AVAILABLE
February 17-18	10
April 14-15	10
June 17-18	10
August 18-19	10
October 14-15	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

• 1½-Day EtaPRO APR Workshop $1,150
• 3 Day EtaPRO APR & VirtualPlant Workshop $2,000

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

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 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 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.