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Hi,
I'm 32 years old with a master degreed in artificial intelligence and experienced developer in c,c++,java, pl/sql, javascript, HTML and some NI-Labview with hobbistic knowledge of electrotechnics; but no ladder or any iec-61131 standard languages yet, neither VBA or .NET because I belong to linux, but I'm not an hardliner or fundamentalist of this operating system. Now I would like to reach Oil & Gas sector more than everything else.
I started to search the web for understand something about PLC world and I noticed immediately that there is a variety of solutions that would require some years to get experienced with. Summarizing, correct me if I’m wrong, It results to me that Oil & Gas industry belong to process industries and his PLC activity is mainly related with HMI, SCADA, DCS and ESD including the following firms: ABB, Emerson, GE, HIMA, Rockwell and a bit of Siemens s7-400.
I understood that PC development is quite different from PLC development and I require a deep knowledge of electrotechnics with some time dedicated to practice (work for free during weekend for some electrician) to get sufficient experience before being allocated to this type of work and then to offshore commissioning.
Said this I would like to know this:
- if there is a feasible path that could drive me to work on an oil/gas plant and in which specific devices or control systems I should concentrate my study/practice (systems/devices list would be appreciated) starting from my actual knowledge. I'm not in the condition to spend thousands of euro/dollars but I can spend something like 500 euro for the most requested device/system and all my off-work time, weekend included, to get more knowledge where I have lacks and to play with a PLC/starter kit or some device emulator.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation,
Rafluska
I'm 32 years old with a master degreed in artificial intelligence and experienced developer in c,c++,java, pl/sql, javascript, HTML and some NI-Labview with hobbistic knowledge of electrotechnics; but no ladder or any iec-61131 standard languages yet, neither VBA or .NET because I belong to linux, but I'm not an hardliner or fundamentalist of this operating system. Now I would like to reach Oil & Gas sector more than everything else.
I started to search the web for understand something about PLC world and I noticed immediately that there is a variety of solutions that would require some years to get experienced with. Summarizing, correct me if I’m wrong, It results to me that Oil & Gas industry belong to process industries and his PLC activity is mainly related with HMI, SCADA, DCS and ESD including the following firms: ABB, Emerson, GE, HIMA, Rockwell and a bit of Siemens s7-400.
I understood that PC development is quite different from PLC development and I require a deep knowledge of electrotechnics with some time dedicated to practice (work for free during weekend for some electrician) to get sufficient experience before being allocated to this type of work and then to offshore commissioning.
Said this I would like to know this:
- if there is a feasible path that could drive me to work on an oil/gas plant and in which specific devices or control systems I should concentrate my study/practice (systems/devices list would be appreciated) starting from my actual knowledge. I'm not in the condition to spend thousands of euro/dollars but I can spend something like 500 euro for the most requested device/system and all my off-work time, weekend included, to get more knowledge where I have lacks and to play with a PLC/starter kit or some device emulator.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation,
Rafluska