Hands-on PID tuning training on real-time simulation software - 2 days in the classroom or 15 hours online, finishing with an automatic grading report card and a completion certificate.
The PID100 PID tuning course teaches process engineers and control room personnel to tune industrial PID control loops using hands-on exercises on real-time process control software. Known formally as PiControl's Primary Process Control and PID Tuning course, PID100 runs as 2 days of classroom training or 15 hours online, with practice on the SIMCET and PITOPS software from the first session.
PID100 starts with the basics of process control, explains the PID equation in the time domain, and then trains engineers on real-time PID tuning, simulation, and optimization software. In 2 days, attendees learn to tune PID loops and make process changes on distillation columns, reactors, tanks, compressors, flow controllers, and heat exchangers, and each attendee finishes with an automatic grading report card on their tuning skills.
PID100 moves from process control fundamentals to applied PID loop tuning, with hands-on simulator labs throughout. After completing the course, attendees can tune PID controllers in any DCS or PLC, troubleshoot control problems, dampen or eliminate oscillations, and improve controller performance to help maximize production rates. Practice on a real-time PID tuning simulator builds confidence in tuning live loops in operating plants, shortening what often takes years on the job into two days.
The course covers the following topics.
Once these topics are complete, engineers choose the delivery format that fits their schedule and plant access.
PID100 is built for the people responsible for PID tuning and control loop performance in the plant: DCS technicians, plant operators, instrumentation engineers, process engineers, and process control engineers. Control room experience as a technician, operator, or engineer is helpful but not required, because the course starts from process control fundamentals before moving into applied tuning.
Gain a structured foundation across many process types and different DCS and PLC controllers, which shortens the usual learn-on-the-job path.
Engineers who already tune loops by hand gain scientific, repeatable tuning methods and simulator practice that improve consistency, accuracy, and documentation.
Use PID100 as a step toward a control or automation engineering role, since it builds both the theory and the hands-on confidence those roles require.
PID100 also suits full teams from a single plant. Group participation works well when a team is responsible for process reliability or a control upgrade, and companies use the course for technical onboarding, DCS and PLC upskilling, and control room readiness programs. Onsite corporate training is available on request so a team trains together on its own loops.
Hands-on practice separates a working PID tuning course from a lecture. A large share of industrial PID loops run poorly tuned, so engineers learn most when they tune loops that respond like real plant equipment rather than idealized examples. PID100 uses the SIMCET real-time simulator for this practice, which gives the feel of tuning loops on a live DCS and includes an automatic testing and grading module that produces a report card on each attendee's PID tuning skills.
The course also trains engineers on closed-loop PID tuning software, the PITOPS software PiControl uses to extract process models from normal operating data and calculate optimal PID controller settings without open-loop step tests. Engineers who tune production loops at scale continue with the same software after the course. For the theory behind every exercise, PID100 draws on the PID Tuning Complete Guide.
PID100 attendees receive a PiControl PID100 Completion Certificate, which supports professional development records and can be added to a resume or LinkedIn profile. Tuning skill is measured objectively: the simulator's automatic grading module generates a performance report card for each attendee rather than relying on a written exam alone. Engineers who want the broader credential continue from PID100 to PID tuning certification.
Attendees also receive digital training materials, temporary software access, and follow-up guidance after the course. PiControl offers follow-on courses such as APC200 for engineers who want to continue into advanced process control.
Short answers to the questions engineers ask most before enrolling in the PID100 PID tuning course.
Register for PID100 to give your engineering team a practical, simulator-based PID tuning course with a completion certificate. Online, 2-day classroom, and onsite formats are available, so teams in any location or time zone can start.
Supporting resources: Download the course syllabus. Questions: info@PiControlSolutions.com, Tel: (832) 495 6436.