SACA’s Associate certifications are introductory Industry 4.0 certifications appropriate for operators and other individuals seeking to become familiar with Industry 4.0 factory floor automation equipment and processes.
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Experience real-world factory automation—right in the classroom. The PETRA II Advanced Industrial Control Trainer from LJ Create provides a complete model of an automated production line controlled by programmable logic controllers (PLCs), an HMI panel, and SCADA software. Students gain hands-on experience designing, programming, and troubleshooting complex industrial control systems in a safe, interactive learning environment.
This video introduces the PETRA II Advanced Industrial Control Trainer—a networked factory automation system designed for education and workforce training. Viewers will see how component parts are transported across a simulated plant, monitored by sensors, and controlled by PLCs and HMI software.
Highlights
- Overview of PETRA’s classroom-ready factory automation setup
- Parts transport through a modeled industrial plant using conveyors and pneumatic actuators
- Integration of PLCs, HMI panels, and programming software for real-time control
- Students developing and running ladder logic programs to automate part movement
- Continuous monitoring with a range of detection sensors
- HMI interface for supervision and live plant data visualization
- Built-in switchable faults for realistic troubleshooting and maintenance training
- SCADA control demonstrating monitoring, trend analysis, and predictive maintenance
Learning Applications
- PLC Programming and Ladder Logic
- Sensor Integration and System Monitoring
- Human-Machine Interface (HMI) and SCADA Control
- Fault Diagnosis and Predictive Maintenance
- Automation Systems Design and Troubleshooting
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PLCs are used widely across a range of industrial and manufacturing applications to control processes and systems. They play an important part in ensuring manufactured goods and automated services are provided as efficiently as possible. The skills required to implement and maintain these devices are key to many engineering programs of study.
LJ Create's Exploring STEM provides practical activities and real-world problem-solving tasks in the classroom. Investigate, design, build, and program robotic and automated machinery across a wide range of areas of technology.
Design projects include
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SACA’s Certified Industry 4.0 Professional certification is an engineering certification that focuses on the analysis, design, and optimization of Industry 4.0 systems. It prepares engineers to succeed in positions in modern production environments that use Industry 4.0 technologies. -
SACA’s Specialist certifications certify Industry 4.0 technical skills in operations, troubleshooting, programming, maintenance, and systems integration. Each certification is keyed to a skilled occupation. -
The purpose of the Certified Logistics Technician (CLT) program is to recognize through certification individuals who demonstrate mastery of the core competencies of material handling at the front-line (entry-level through front-line supervisor) through successful completion of the certification assessments. -
Item Number:CPT / CPT+ / CPT 4.0The purpose of the Certified Production Technician (CPT) ® 4.0 certification program is to recognize through certification, individuals who demonstrate mastery of the foundational, core competencies of advanced manufacturing production at the entry-level to front-line supervisor through successful completion of the certification assessments. -
Item Number:CT-SCAMSSC’s Certified Technician in Supply Chain Automation (CT-SCA) logistics certification enables both students and incumbent workers to gain the skills needed to meet the definition of a supply chain automation technician established by the National Science Foundation-funded National Center for Supply Chain Automation: a technician who installs, operates, supports, upgrades or maintains the automated material handling equipment and systems which support the supply chain. -
Item Number:223-000DAC Worldwide’s Chain Drive Training System (223-000) is a heavy-duty learning aide that allows for in-depth training in industrial chain drives, heavy/silent chains, and sprocket set usage. -
Item Number:223-PACDAC Worldwide’s Chain Drive Training System Plus (223-PAC) is a heavy-duty learning aide that allows for in-depth training in industrial chain drives, heavy/silent chains, and sprocket set usage. -
Item Number:838-PACDAC Worldwide’s Chain Sample Board (838-PAC) is an introductory hands-on teaching aid, designed to supplement courses in chain selection and maintenance. It includes samples of eight (8) industrial-quality chains for users to learn to identify. -
Hard Hat VR's Chemical Spill Cleanup simulation is ideal for future employees or supervisors who will work in or visit warehouses or factories. The primary goal of this course is to teach individuals safe work procedures for chemical spill cleanup.
