DCS
Honeywell Experion PKS DCS: Engineering and Maintenance
Learn how a Honeywell Experion PKS DCS is engineered and maintained, from C300 controllers to redundant servers and networks.
Honeywell Experion PKS DCS: Engineering and Maintenance is a free, self-paced online course from EDWartens for engineering students, apprentices, technicians and working engineers in process control. It has 8 modules and takes about 10.2 hours, with written notes, a practice task per module, a practical project and a final assessment of 15 questions (pass mark 60%). Learning costs nothing and needs only a free account. The optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion, verifiable by code, is a one-off US$28.99 for you; it is not a vendor credential. Updated 1 November 2026.
- Free
- Intermediate
- 10.2 hours
- Self-paced
- Certificate optional
- Lab practice in your browser
No card, no trial. The course is free for good. Certificate US$28.99, optional.
- Who it is for
- Engineering students, apprentices, technicians and working engineers in process control
- Jobs
- Roles that use this skill: SCADA engineer, HMI developer, control room technologist and systems integrator. No course guarantees a job.
- Tools
- Experion PKS and Experion HS (licensed; lessons recorded on live engineering stations). Hardware: none. Follow by watching and re-drawing.
- Updated
After this course you can
By the end you will be able to:
- Describe Experion PKS hardware and check its health
- Create assets and control modules and modify logic
- Simulate and force I/O safely
- Change HMI displays, trends and alarm priorities
- Maintain redundant servers and replace controllers
Who it is for, and what you need first
Who it is for
Engineering students, apprentices, technicians and working engineers in process control.
Level: Intermediate. Intermediate. Instrumentation and control basics assumed.
What you need
Software: Experion PKS and Experion HS (licensed; lessons recorded on live engineering stations).
Hardware: None. Follow by watching and re-drawing.. What to download, and how.
How this course works
Watch the lessons
Short video lessons, one module at a time, at your own pace.
Read the notes
Open the Reading tab for the written notes and diagrams of the module.
Practise in the 3D labOptional
Try the module in the free 3D lab, in your browser.
Check yourself
Answer the questions to see what stuck before you move on.
Final assessment
Pass the final once you have been through the modules.
Certificate, if you want oneOptional
Optional, with a page anyone can use to verify it.
What you learn
8 modules in order, at your own pace. 10.2 hours of video lessons, with written notes and a practice task in each module.
- 1Experion PKS, the C300 and I/O22m
- 2Assets, Control Modules and Logic1h 27m
- 3Simulation, Forcing and I/O Reconfiguration33m
- 4HMI, Trends and Alarms, with lab practice: 34m
- 5Servers: Redundancy, Sync, Restarts, Replication, Archiving, Backup54m
- 6Controllers: Activation, Failure, Replacement, CEE10m
- 7Networks and Experion HS46m
- 8Final Assessment
Software you need
What to download, where from, what it costs and how to install it. Every link goes to the maker's own site, never a mirror.
Nothing to install to finish the course
The lessons are recorded on live Experion engineering stations.
Show what to download (1 tool)
Optional
Useful, not needed to finish the course.
- 01Licensed systems only
Experion PKS
Honeywell
- Runs on
- Windows (supplied as part of the licensed system)
- Account
- Access through an employer, a university or Honeywell Academy
Honeywell does not offer a public download or trial of Experion PKS or Experion HS. Learners get access through an employer's system or through Honeywell Academy courses and certification, which are paid.
Steps
- 1.Ask your employer or college whether they have Experion or a training system.
- 2.Look at Honeywell Academy's self-paced, virtual and in-person Experion PKS courses.
- 3.Meanwhile, practise control logic and HMI skills with free tools such as CODESYS or Ignition.
Honeywell product pageprocess.honeywell.comLegitimate free routes
- Honeywell Academy training: Honeywell's own Experion PKS courses and certification programme.
- Ignition (trial mode): Free SCADA platform to practise supervisory control and HMI design.
- CODESYS Development System: Free tool to practise control logic used in DCS work.
Checked against each maker's own page on 27 September 2026. Trial lengths and editions change; the maker's page is the final word.
Practise in the 3D lab
Practise the plant-side jobs around a DCS: build an operator display with trends and choose alarm priorities from consequence and time to act.
- Read the P&IDProcess lab, about 20 minOpen in the lab (opens in a new tab): Read the P&ID
- Build an operator screenProcess lab, about 45 minOpen in the lab (opens in a new tab): Build an operator screen
- Alarm rationalisationProcess lab, about 50 minOpen in the lab (opens in a new tab): Alarm rationalisation
Optional. Skip it whenever you like: it never blocks your progress or your certificate.
Course project, about 7 hours
Experion PKS pack for a heater: architecture, control module, first-out, force SOP, alarms and checklists
Design the Experion PKS side of a crude charge heater on paper. You deliver an architecture drawing, an asset tree with a transmitter-to-display control module, a first-out design, a force SOP, a rationalised alarm list and two maintenance checklists. The sample pack shows what a hand-over looks like, and nothing needs installing.
- 5documents in the pack
- 7steps to follow
- 6things to hand in
- 7 hof work, at your pace
- Network architectureNode and Link Schedule: H-101 Experion PKS
- Tag listAsset Tree and Control Module List: H-101
- Alarm listRationalised Alarm List: H-101
- ProcedureForce Procedure: TI-115 Stack Temperature
- ProcedureServer Check and Secondary C300 Replacement: Example Checklists
The project is optional practice. The certificate needs only the modules and the final assessment.
After the course, your next step
Show what you can do, then keep going in the same field.
A certificate you can verify
Finish the modules and pass the final assessment (15 questions, pass mark 60%) and you can add a certificate with a public verification page. One-off, US$28.99 for you. It is not a vendor credential.
Want a free certificate? Do the matching Free internship: 4 weeks, nothing to buy, with a free certificate of completion.
SCADA and HMI
Eight short weeks of tags, screens, alarms and trends: notes, diagrams, a few videos and practice in LADX Mini and free web SCADA tools. Finish weeks 1 to 4 and the final, then claim a free Internship Completion Certificate with your real dates and study hours, and a QR code anyone can scan to verify it. Training, not employment.
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Roles that use this skill
- SCADA engineer
- HMI developer
- Control room technologist
- Systems integrator
These are the kinds of roles where the skill is used. We make no promise of a job or an interview.
Plain notes
- Free: the whole course, the notes, the practice tasks, the final assessment and support from practising engineers.
- Paid, and optional: the course certificate, and the Engineer-verified internship (the Free internship costs nothing).
- No job promise: the course teaches a skill. It does not place you in a job.
- Lessons by: AUTOMATION TOOLS, Hoang Phuc Nguyen, Chendur Kumar _ Instrument Info, Sepinggan Maint. Independent creators; the lessons stream from their own channels. EDWartens wrote the study plan, notes, practice tasks and assessments.
AUTOMATION TOOLS · Hoang Phuc Nguyen · Chendur Kumar _ Instrument Info · Sepinggan Maint. If you are one of these creators and want a lesson removed or credited differently, write to info@edwartens.com.
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.
- Practise safely, so a mistake costs nothing.
- The lab checks your work like a site test, so you know when it is right.
- Free, in your browser, with nothing to install.
Why learn with EDWartens
What you get with this course, and what comes after it.
- Free from the first lesson to the final assessment.
- Practice in a free 3D lab in your browser, with nothing to install.
- Video lessons with written notes and a project.
- An optional certificate that anyone can verify online.
- Free internships to keep practising afterwards.
Common questions
Is this a programming course or a maintenance course?
Mostly engineering and maintenance procedures as performed on a live plant, plus control module building and logic changes; it is the work a site Experion engineer does.
Can I practise without Experion?
Experion is licensed; follow the procedures closely and re-write them as your own SOPs. The free PID and Instrumentation courses cover the control theory with simulators.
Why these source channels?
These five channels teach Experion procedures in English and are credited on this page. Several other Honeywell playlists were in Hindi or could not be verified as English, so they were left out.
Is the Honeywell Experion PKS DCS: Engineering and Maintenance course really free?
Yes. Every module, practice task and assessment. You create an account so your progress is saved and the assessments can be marked. The certificate is the only paid item, and only if you want it.
What certificate do I get, and is it a Honeywell qualification?
An EDWartens Certificate of Completion, issued when you pass the final assessment, with a verification code anyone can check. It is not a Honeywell credential and is never described as one.
Who made the video lessons in the Honeywell Experion PKS DCS: Engineering and Maintenance course?
The creators named in the Credits block at the foot of this page, on their own YouTube channels. EDWartens did not make the videos and the creators are not affiliated with EDWartens. What EDWartens wrote is the study plan, the notes, the practice tasks and the assessments.
How long does the Honeywell Experion PKS DCS: Engineering and Maintenance course take?
Plan on about 10 hours in all, including the video lessons, notes and practice tasks. It is self-paced, so you work through the eight modules at your own speed.
Do I have to use the lab?
No. The lab is optional practice. You can skip it whenever you like, and it never blocks your progress, the final assessment or your certificate.
Is the lab free?
Yes. Every lab level for this course opens in your browser, free, with nothing to install.
What topics does the Honeywell Experion PKS DCS: Engineering and Maintenance course cover, module by module?
The Honeywell Experion PKS DCS: Engineering and Maintenance course has 8 modules. It opens with "Experion PKS, the C300 and I/O", goes through "Assets, Control Modules and Logic", "HMI, Trends and Alarms", "Servers: Redundancy, Sync, Restarts, Replication, Archiving, Backup" and "Networks and Experion HS" and ends with "Final Assessment". The full list with minutes is under "What you learn" on this page.
What can I do after the Honeywell Experion PKS DCS: Engineering and Maintenance course?
After the Honeywell Experion PKS DCS: Engineering and Maintenance course: Describe Experion PKS hardware, C300 and Series C I/O, and check health; Create assets and control modules, modify logic and build first-out detection; Simulate from a chart, force inputs safely and reconfigure channels by SOP. These are the practical outcomes the course is written around, and the final assessment of 15 questions checks them.
What software and hardware do I need for the Honeywell Experion PKS DCS: Engineering and Maintenance course, and does it cost anything?
For the Honeywell Experion PKS DCS: Engineering and Maintenance course, software: Experion PKS and Experion HS (licensed; lessons recorded on live engineering stations). Hardware: none. Follow by watching and re-drawing. The course itself is free.
Is the Honeywell Experion PKS DCS: Engineering and Maintenance course suitable for me, and what level is it?
Honeywell Experion PKS DCS: Engineering and Maintenance is rated intermediate. Intermediate. Instrumentation and control basics assumed. It is written for engineering students, apprentices, technicians and working engineers in process control, and takes about 10.2 hours at your own pace.
Which jobs use the skills from the Honeywell Experion PKS DCS: Engineering and Maintenance course?
Skills from the Honeywell Experion PKS DCS: Engineering and Maintenance course (for example: describe Experion PKS hardware, C300 and Series C I/O, and check health) are used in roles such as SCADA engineer, HMI developer, control room technologist and systems integrator, and in control systems engineer work. The course gives you practical evidence of the skill; it does not promise a job, and employers decide on experience and interview.
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