Operator readiness for capital projects.
New units, new equipment, SCADA upgrades and digitalization projects all need trained operators and working procedures before go-live. PeopleCore delivers the training, procedures, technical writing and technical reviews that get your operations team ready.
What project and operations teams tell us
- Operators must be qualified before startup
- New and transferred operators need training on equipment that is still being built.
- Procedures must exist before commissioning
- Pre-commissioning, commissioning and startup steps have to be written, reviewed and approved on the project schedule.
- Engineering documents are not training
- Vendor manuals, P&IDs and design data need to become material operators can learn from.
- The operations team is stretched
- Project work competes with operating the existing plant.
Projects we support
New Units and Equipment
Training programs and procedures for new units, expansions and new equipment, in place before startup.
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Technical training and documentation for SCADA and control system upgrades, ready before cutover.
Learn moreDigitalization Projects
Paper manuals, procedures and training moved into eLearning, tablet-friendly material and procedure management systems.
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Your SMEs and our industry SMEs confirm every document is accurate and current.
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What we deliver, phase by phase
- Before commissioning
- Pre-commissioning and commissioning procedures, written from your design data, vendor documents and site standards.
- Before startup
- Initial startup, normal operation, shutdown and emergency shutdown procedures, plus unit, system and equipment training modules, instructor guides and assessments.
- Technical writing
- Operating manuals, standards, policies and job safety analyses, written clearly and consistently.
- Technical reviews
- Facilitated reviews with your subject matter experts, so every document matches the unit as built.
- Train the Trainer
- Your in-house trainers prepared to deliver the program and qualify operators.
- After startup
- Documents kept current as the unit changes, within your review cycle.
Proven on new plants and expansions
We have supported new plants, unit expansions and startups many times. The largest was a new Global 500 petrochemical plant near Pittsburgh: an ethane cracker with about 3.3 billion pounds of ethylene capacity per year and three polyethylene units.
Services for your project
Procedures
Clear operating procedures, reviewed with your operators on shift.
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Your SMEs and our industry SMEs confirm every document is accurate and current.
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Unit, system and equipment training built from photos of your real equipment.
Learn moreBoard and Console Operator Training
DCS navigation, controller modes, alarms and drills for control room roles.
Learn moreeLearning
Self-paced modules built to run in your learning management system.
Learn moreTrain the Trainer
Train the Trainer and Master Trainer certification for your in-house experts.
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Questions we hear
- When should training development start on a capital project?
- As soon as the design is stable enough to write from. Procedures and training take time to develop and review, and both need to be complete before commissioning and startup.
- Can you work from design documents before the unit is built?
- Yes. We develop material from P&IDs, design data and vendor documents, then review it with your subject matter experts so it matches the unit as built.
- Have you supported expansions as well as new plants?
- Yes. We have supported new plants, unit expansions and startups many times, including a new Global 500 petrochemical plant near Pittsburgh.
- Do you support SCADA and control system upgrades?
- Yes. We develop technical training and documentation for SCADA and control system projects, so operators and controllers are trained on the new system before it goes live.