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Learning path · Aimed at a SCADA engineer

SCADA specialist

For learners who want to build the supervisory screens and data systems that sit above the PLCs.

You start with the first course. The next one is added when you are halfway through the one you are on.

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4 courses · 50 modules · 41h 53m of video · free, no card

What you can do at the end

Finish the path and you can do this

  • Create tags, screens, alarms and trends in a SCADA project.
  • Set up history and clients so more than one person can watch the plant.
  • Compare four widely installed SCADA platforms and pick up a new one faster.

A path teaches skills. It does not promise a job, an interview or a salary.

Why these courses together

Each course builds on the last

  • 1The four platforms share the same ideas (tags, alarms, history, clients), so each course makes the next one quicker.
  • 2Seeing the same task done four ways shows you which skills carry over and which are only product menus.
  • 3One set of notes and one final per course keeps the path easy to pause and pick up again.

A planned order also saves the time you would spend choosing what to learn next, and you finish with one story to tell: what you learnt, in order.

The roadmap

4 courses, in this order

  1. Step 1: Wonderware InTouch SCADA

    Adds: Build a working plant screen, tags, animation, alarms, trends and a live PLC link, on one of the most widely installed SCADA packages worldwide.

    • Beginner
    • 11 modules
    • 13h 35m of video

  2. Step 2: Ignition SCADA by Inductive Automation

    Adds: The modern SCADA platform: gateway, tags, device connections, Designer screens, alarms, SQL history, reporting, MQTT and IIoT, Perspective, and deployment from edge to cloud.

    • Beginner
    • 13 modules
    • 7h 21m of video

  3. Step 3: Siemens WinCC SCADA: V7, Unified and Advanced

    Adds: Siemens SCADA end to end: WinCC V7/V8 from project to client-server and SQL, WinCC Unified with JavaScript, faceplates, plant objects and collaboration, and WinCC Advanced/flexible practice with alarms, trends, recipes and PLC interfacing.

    • Intermediate
    • 15 modules
    • 16h 5m of video

  4. Step 4: Citect SCADA and AVEVA Plant SCADA

    Adds: The SCADA behind mining, water and power plants from Australia to Africa: install, project structure, device communication, variables, equipment, graphics, buttons and animation, genies and super genies, alarms, events, menus and Cicode.

    • Beginner
    • 11 modules
    • 4h 52m of video

4

courses

50

modules

41h 53m

of video in total

Example: at 5 hours a week, the video alone takes about 9 weeks. Practice tasks and the finals come on top, and you set the pace.

Practise what you learn in the free 3D lab

Technical work is judged on what you can do: wiring, commissioning, finding a fault. Doing a task yourself teaches more than watching it a second time, and a lab lets you try it safely before you meet real equipment. It does not replace working on real hardware.

See the 3D lab

What you get

What joining gives you

  • Every course is free, with lifetime access and no card.
  • Video lessons by credited independent creators, with our written notes and worked examples.
  • A practice task per module, and one final assessment per course.
  • Ask-an-engineer support.
  • Optional verifiable certificate for each course you pass, US$23.99 for a beginner course. There is no single certificate for the whole path.
  • One course at a time: you start with the first, and the next is added when you are halfway through it.
  • Each course keeps its own progress. You can open any course on its own at any time.

Put it into practice

Then try it in an internship

An operator at a control desk facing a video wall of process screens and trends.

SCADA and HMI Internship

Eight short weeks of tags, screens, alarms and trends: notes, diagrams, a few videos and practice in LADX Mini and free web SCADA tools.

The SCADA and HMI internship is where you practise screens and alarms on a project of your own.

The Free internship is 4 weeks with a free certificate. It is training, not employment, and the Engineer-verified internship is optional.

See the SCADA and HMI internship

Questions

Questions about this path

Is the SCADA specialist free?

Yes. Every course in the path is free in full: lessons, notes, practice tasks and the final assessment. The only paid item is the optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion for each course.

What happens when I join the path?

You are enrolled on the first course straight away. The next course is added to your account when you are about halfway through the one you are on, so you never face a pile of unstarted courses. Each course keeps its own progress, notes and final.

In what order should I take the courses?

In the order listed: each course is placed after the ones it builds on. Every course also stands alone, so you can open any of them from the list.

Do I get one certificate for the whole path?

No. Certificates are per course, issued when you pass that course's final assessment, and you only buy one if you want it. Finishing every course gives you one optional, verifiable certificate for each.

How long will it take?

The video alone is about 41h 53m. Notes, practice tasks and the finals take extra time, and you go at your own pace.

Do I have to do the internship?

No. It is a separate, optional step. The SCADA and HMI Internship is training, not employment: the Free internship is 4 weeks with a free certificate, and the Engineer-verified internship is optional.

Ready to start SCADA specialist?

You start with the first course. The next one is added when you are halfway through the one you are on.

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