Dubai, United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪

Free PLC training in Dubai

Engineers and technicians in Dubai can learn PLC programming, SCADA, drives and instrumentation free, online and at their own pace, with the courses below chosen for the city's power and water, aluminium, food and beverage manufacturing. The optional certificate is US$15.99 (≈ AED 59) for a beginner course.

Why automation skills matter in Dubai

Dubai runs some of the region's largest automated plants, including DEWA's Jebel Ali power and desalination complex and EGA's Jebel Ali aluminium smelter, alongside manufacturers in Jafza and Dubai Industrial City. Control systems skills apply directly across power, water, metals and food production here.

Power and water

DEWA's Jebel Ali Power and Desalination Complex is certified by Guinness World Records as the largest single-site natural gas power generation facility and the largest single-site desalination facility.

Aluminium

Emirates Global Aluminium runs its Jebel Ali smelter (the former DUBAL operation) with its own power station.

Food and beverage manufacturing

Food and beverage is one of the six sector-specific zones at Dubai Industrial City, and Food & Agriculture is a named sector at Jafza.

Ports and logistics

Jafza, DP World's flagship free zone, sits beside Jebel Ali Port; logistics is one of its main sectors.

Petrochemicals and oil & gas

Jafza lists petrochemicals and oil & gas among its main industries.

Industrial zones in and around Dubai

Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza)
DP World's flagship free zone and the largest customs-bonded zone in the Middle East, with manufacturing, machinery, electronics and petrochemicals sectors.
Dubai Industrial City
TECOM Group manufacturing hub near Jebel Ali Port and Al Maktoum International Airport, with zones for food and beverage, machinery, base metals, minerals, transport equipment and chemicals.

Which PLCs you are likely to meet

Local training-market signal (what providers teach, not a market-share figure): Dubai automation training providers list Siemens, Rockwell Automation / Allen-Bradley, Mitsubishi Electric, Schneider, Omron, Honeywell and Delta among the tools taught.

Free courses for Dubai

PLC programming · Beginner · Free

Siemens TIA Portal

Power systems · Advanced · Free

IEC 61850 Substation Automation: GOOSE, SCL and IEC 60870-5

Electrical · Intermediate · Free

ETAP Power System Analysis: Load Flow, Short Circuit, Protection, Arc Flash and Stability

SCADA · Intermediate · Free

Siemens WinCC SCADA: V7, Unified and Advanced

Drives · Beginner · Free

Variable Frequency Drives: Wiring, Programming, PLC and Network Control

Condition monitoring · Intermediate · Free

Vibration Analysis Training

All free courses

The certificate

Beginner US$15.99 (≈ AED 59), a one-off fee. Your bank handles any currency conversion. Issued when you pass the course's final assessment, with a code anyone can verify.

How the certificate works

Useful local bodies

For registration and recognised qualifications in United Arab Emirates. EDWartens is not affiliated with them.

Society of Engineers - UAE
Established in 1979; accredits engineering qualifications for practice in the UAE (the SOE membership card).

Questions from Dubai

Is there free PLC training in Dubai?

Yes, online. Every EDWartens course is free to learn in full from Dubai: video lessons, notes, practice and a final assessment, in English, at your own pace. They run in the vendors' free or trial software with simulators, so you need a computer, not a PLC.

How much is the certificate?

The certificate is optional. For a beginner course it is US$15.99 (about AED 59), a one-off fee; intermediate and advanced courses cost a little more. Learning stays free whether or not you buy it.

Which PLC should I learn first in Dubai?

Start with Siemens TIA Portal. It matches what plants in the region commonly run; the other courses on this page follow Dubai's main industries.

Is the certificate recognised by employers in Dubai?

It is an EDWartens Certificate of Completion with a public verification code, not a vendor, university or government qualification. Employers can check it online; many will also want to see a project you built.

Also in United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi

Sources

Local facts checked 26 September 2026. Company and plant names are their owners' and are mentioned for context only.