Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦

Free PLC training in Riyadh

Engineers and technicians in Riyadh can learn PLC programming, SCADA, drives and instrumentation free, online and at their own pace, with the courses below chosen for the city's manufacturing, oil refining, logistics. The optional certificate is US$15.99 (≈ SAR 60) for a beginner course.

Why automation skills matter in Riyadh

Riyadh holds almost a third of Saudi Arabia's factories, from machinery to food production, plus an Aramco refinery and the country's largest inland port. That puts factory automation, drives and PLC work at the centre of the capital's industrial base.

Manufacturing

Riyadh holds almost a third of Saudi Arabia's factories, producing machinery, metal goods, chemicals, construction materials and food.

Oil refining

Saudi Aramco operates a refinery in Riyadh.

Logistics

Riyadh Dry Port, the largest inland port in Saudi Arabia, is linked by rail to the container yards at Dammam.

Industrial zones in and around Riyadh

Riyadh industrial cities
Riyadh's old and new industrial cities date from the national development drive of the 1970s.
Sudair Industrial City
MODON industrial city about 120 km north of Riyadh, aimed at light-to-medium industry.
Riyadh Dry Port
Inland container port in Riyadh's as-Sinaiyah district, rail-connected to Dammam.

Which PLCs you are likely to meet

Local training-market signal (what providers teach, not a market-share figure): Riyadh training institutes run dedicated Allen-Bradley and Siemens PLC programming courses.

Free courses for Riyadh

PLC programming · Beginner · Free

Siemens TIA Portal

Instrumentation · Beginner · Free

Industrial Instrumentation and Process Control

DCS · Intermediate · Free

Emerson DeltaV DCS

Safety · Advanced · Free

Safety Instrumented Systems and SIL to IEC 61511

Process control · Intermediate · Free

PID Control for PLC Engineers

Industrial networks · Intermediate · Free

Industrial Communication: Serial, Fieldbus, Ethernet, Modbus, PROFINET and OPC UA

All free courses

The certificate

Beginner US$15.99 (≈ SAR 60), 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 Saudi Arabia. EDWartens is not affiliated with them.

Saudi Council of Engineers
Sets engineering standards and licence conditions and runs professional examinations in Saudi Arabia.
Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC)
The government agency for technical and vocational training, running colleges of technology and industrial institutes across the Kingdom.

Questions from Riyadh

Is there free PLC training in Riyadh?

Yes, online. Every EDWartens course is free to learn in full from Riyadh: 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 SAR 60), 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 Riyadh?

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

Is the certificate recognised by employers in Riyadh?

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 Saudi Arabia: Jeddah, Dammam

Sources

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