NewFree internships, no fees

Automation and controls

SCADA and HMI Engineer job simulation

Join a control systems integrator on a water works upgrade: tag list, alarm list to ISA-18.2, calm ISA-101 screens, a trip-time alarm flood and a request for flashing red everywhere.

SCADA and HMI Engineer job simulation
  • Free: days 1 to 5, about 10 h 15 min of tickets
  • Premium: days 1 to 20
  • Checked as you go
  • Reviewed 19 Oct 2026

The project

You join Halcombe Control Systems Ltd (simulated company)

Halcombe Control Systems Ltd (simulated company) is a control systems integrator in Reading. You help its team deliver a project for Eskmoor Water Services Ltd (simulated company), at Eskmoor Treatment Works, treatment stream (project ESK-410).

You are the junior SCADA and HMI engineer on the control room upgrade of a water treatment works. The operators work twelve-hour shifts on what you build, so the screens must be calm and the alarms must mean something. You check a functional specification, scale and size tags, set alarm priorities with a matrix, and answer a client who wants everything flashing red. Later the client changes the scope, a scaling error causes a false alarm, a power dip floods the screen, a manager wants alarms on his phone with a shared password, and the historian loses 25 minutes. The skill is to be clear, polite and exact, and to keep the live plant safe.

The people in the story are roles, such as Lead Engineer, not real people.

What you will do

By the end you will have

  • Scale raw counts into engineering values and size a historian from planning figures
  • Set alarm priorities from a consequence and response-time matrix and measure alarm KPIs
  • Design calm operator screens and say no, politely, to flashing red everywhere
  • Sort an alarm flood into the cause, the consequences and the noise
  • Handle a change request, a licence limit and a request for remote access safely

Day by day

The plan, ticket by ticket

Self-paced. A day opens when you hand in the previous day's tickets.
SCADA and HMI Engineer job simulation plan
DayTicketKindTimeEdition
1Control room induction: rules, changes and alarmsQuiz45 minFree
1Review the functional specification Rev ADocument review1 h 15 minFree
2From raw counts to engineering valuesTable1 h 15 minFree
2How much disk does the historian need?Calculation55 minFree
3The client wants flashing red everywhereDecision35 minFree
3Build an operator screen in the process lab3D lab1 h 10 minFree
4Set the priority of each alarmTable1 h 5 minFree
4Rationalise twelve alarms in the process lab3D lab1 h 15 minFree
5Measure the old system against the alarm targetsCalculation1 hFree
5Operator walkthrough: the action noteWriting1 hFree
6Zones, accounts and remote accessQuiz45 minPremium
7Sync SCADA tags with the PLC symbol tableTable1 h 10 minPremium
8Change impact note for CR-01Writing1 h 40 minPremium
9Licence count: are we over the 500-tag band?Calculation1 hPremium
10Review the user access matrixDocument review1 h 5 minPremium
11Complete the FAT recordTable1 h 50 minPremium
11An operator cannot tell red from yellowDecision35 minPremium
12Site acceptance and fault finding in the process lab3D lab1 h 50 minPremium
13Why the clarifier level alarm is falseCalculation1 h 15 minPremium
14Sort the alarm flood from the tripTable1 h 50 minPremium
15Alarms on the Process Manager's phoneDecision45 minPremium
16Incident report: the gap in the chlorine trendWriting1 h 20 minPremium
17Check the handover index against the project recordsDocument review1 h 15 minPremium
18Capstone: the SCADA and HMI design packHand-in4 hPremium
19Day-one note for the operatorsWriting1 h 10 minPremium
20A conversation about your own workViva45 minPremium

Real documents

The documents you will work with

Project documents
NumberDocumentRevEdition
ESK410-HSE-001Site rules and control room induction1Free
ESK410-PID-001Process description and instrument list, treatment stream3Free
ESK410-STD-001Screen design standard (style guide)2Free
ESK410-ALM-001Alarm philosophy1Free
ESK410-TAG-001Tag database (points list), treatment stream, extractBFree
ESK410-ALM-002Alarm list for rationalisation, draftAFree
ESK410-LOG-001Alarm log summary of the old system, last 12-hour shift1Free
ESK410-FS-001HMI and SCADA functional specificationAFree
ESK410-LOG-002Operator walkthrough notes, day 51Free
ESK410-PLC-001PLC symbol export and tag check listAPremium
ESK410-FS-001HMI and SCADA functional specificationCPremium
ESK410-TAG-001Tag database (points list), change to Rev CCPremium
ESK410-SEC-001User access matrix and account rulesAPremium
ESK410-NET-001Network zones and remote access policy1Premium
ESK410-FAT-001Factory acceptance test procedure and recordAPremium
ESK410-CAL-021Calibration certificate, LT-201 clarifier level transmitter1Premium
ESK410-CE-001Cause and effect, MCC-1 incomer undervoltage, and trip classification rules1Premium
ESK410-INC-001Historian gap record, night of day 151Premium
ESK410-HOV-001Handover index, draftAPremium

Tools

In the industry, and here

In the industryHere
SCADA and HMI development softwareThe process lab operator-screen and alarm levels, with documents you review and fill in
Tag databases and alarm lists in spreadsheetsTables where you complete values, priorities and classes
Historian and trend toolsCalculations from the planning figures and an incident record
Change forms and design review packsImpact notes and a design pack you upload for review

Standards

The standards the work follows

  • ISA-101
  • ISA-18.2
  • IEC 62443
  • ISA-5.1
  • EEMUA 191 (guidance)

Prepare

Labs and study materials

Free, and linked where a ticket needs them.

3D labs used

Study before you start

What you get

Free, certificate and Premium

Free

Days 1 to 5, every ticket checked, model answers, the 3D lab and a profile entry.

Free

Certificate (optional)

  • A graded, verifiable certificate with your score and band
  • A public verification page and QR code
  • One-click add to LinkedIn as a licence or certification
  • A Verified mark on your profile entry

₹499

Premium

Premium job simulation

  • The full four-week project: change requests, site work, faults and handover
  • A capstone deliverable reviewed by an engineer
  • An AI viva on your own work
  • The graded certificate and a work record PDF with your skill scores
  • Priority help from our team
₹1,499The certificate is included. If you bought it, its price is credited.

On your profile

How it shows on your profile

It shows on your EDWartens profile under Work experience, marked as a job simulation.

Work experience

SCADA and HMI Engineer (job simulation)

Halcombe Control Systems Ltd (simulated company)

10 h 15 min active hours logged · Your dates

Verified, with the certificate

A job simulation is a realistic training project at a simulated company. It is not employment, an internship or a work placement. Hours are active hours the learner logged on EDWartens.

Questions

Quick answers

Do I need SCADA software experience first?

No. The simulation teaches the order of work, the documents and the reasoning as you go. Some knowledge of 4 to 20 mA instruments helps.

Is the water company real?

No. Halcombe Control Systems and Eskmoor Water Services are made-up companies and the project is simulated. The documents, standards and situations follow what a junior SCADA engineer meets.

How long does it take?

The free week is about ten hours over five days. The full Premium edition runs over twenty working days and about thirty-five hours, at your own pace.

Which software brands does it use?

None. The content is vendor-neutral, so it applies to any SCADA or HMI platform that follows the same standards.

What do I get at the end?

A work record with scores by task and skill, which shows on your EDWartens profile under Work experience, marked as a job simulation.

Is the SCADA and HMI Engineer job simulation free?

Yes, to start. Days 1 to 5 are free. The certificate and the Premium edition are optional and are priced on this page in your currency.

Does it count as work experience?

It shows on your EDWartens profile under Work experience, marked as a job simulation. It is not employment. A job simulation is a realistic training project at a simulated company. It is not employment, an internship or a work placement. Hours are active hours the learner logged on EDWartens.

Keep going

Jobs and internships like this

Last reviewed 19 October 2026.