Choosing the Right Career in PLC, DCS, and SCADA: A Comprehensive Guide

are you confused which field is right for you is it PLC dcsr SK in this video I will try to make it easy for you to

understand which field can be right for you and why we would start with what are the skills required for each domain like

plcs DCS and skater and then we would also discuss what are the pros and cons related to PLC DCS and ska at the end of

the video based on my experience I would guide you field can be right for you and why before we talk further about today's

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industry 5.0 and cyber security let's talk about plc carrier first before we talk further about PLC carrier pros and

cons skills required it is important to understand what is PLC PLC is a industrial computer that is used as a

brain in in process industry to control small processes and machineries in a manufacturing flow you talk about

conveyor belts you talk about robotics PLC can be used to control all of these let's talk about what are the skills

that are required if you wanted to become a PLC engineer it's good to have a degree in electronics otherwise the

basic knowledge about Electronics is essential if you know about process and process

instrumentation it is going to be very helpful you need to have a understanding of a Basics about letter logic you need

to have a programming basic you need to understand L logic fpd and STL in a PLC programming you need to have

understanding about major and important Brands like seens alen Bradley and ABB it's important for you to have a

troubleshooting and maintenance skills if you know how to fix problems in a PLC it is a

important it is one of the important skills required for a PLC role if you have industrial networking it is going

to be good how you communicate different systems how you integrate your instruments to the PLC now let's talk

about if you have selected the PLC carrier what would be the benefits what would be the pros about a PLC field

number one is high demand in a manufacturing and automative field PLC is widely used in different Industries

if you think of our robotics PLC is used if you think of our big Conveyor Systems PLC is used so PLC is used in different

process Industries for a smaller for controlling small processes and it is also used in a manufacturing floor to

automate different tasks so if you have a right skill set you would definitely going to get a very good job sooner now

let's talk about second and important point that is PLC is easy to learn why let's talk about that PLC

information is easily available on internet different platforms like YouTube and other websites like udemy

you can easily grab the information you have a required softwares available simulators available and you can easily

grab the required skills if you are targeting a PLC job compared to other scada and DCS PLC is easy to understand

information is easily available and can be easily mastered let's talk about third and important point which would be

one of the biggest consideration if you are thinking to choose PLC as your carrier quick project turnaround that

means you're going to get a lot of project easily and you will and you would be able to work in different

Industries and will be able to complete the task sooner and then you would get the next project

easily another point which is very important to understand that plc that PLC

is cheaper you can buy the hardware you can learn it by yourself when you think of a scada and DCS you don't have a

softwares available you don't have an access to get a DCS systems because they are very costly it's the time to talk

about DCS system as the name suggest dcsr distributed control system is used in Industries like prochemical

ferti fertilizer power plant and oil and gas big production plants the role of a DCS is it is distributed you have a

redundancy mechanism and you have a customized built-in controllers they are redundant in each areas and you have a

complete system that have a visualization available in your control room so DCS have or screens or a

Graphics that can help you to see what's going on in the process now let's talk about if you are aiming to get a job as

a DCS engineer what are the skills required for that you need to have a strong understanding about process and

process instrumentation like plc's it is vital that you should have a process information like how different processes

like oil and gas fertilizer power plant Works how things are connected with each other to produce a certain product which

Drive these industries you need to have understanding and knowledge about different DCS systems like Delta V from

Ameron hanal DCS and yukawa DCS and ABB DCS systems which are famous and they are widely available but the tricky

point right now here to note you don't have a simulators available you don't you cannot buy these system easily to

practice and that is the core reason getting that information is trickier good news for you who are watching this

video right now I have put an link somewhere here for you those who are interested to know about DCS system you

can click on that link and you are going to find an interesting playlist if you are aiming for a DCS job it is vital and

important for you to have a knowledge about industrial protocols experience and experience in configuring and

maintaining distributed networks that involve networking skills because in a DCS Network you have switches and they

are connected so if you have information about networking it is going to be a big plus every field have positive and

negatives like other fields DCS have some pain points let's talk about the cons of a DCS carrier gentlemen DCS is

way more complex than PLC it is not because the DCS system is difficult to understand it is because the information

is not easily available and the companies like hyal ABB and big guns they are selling these

courses in very big cost and that's why it is not easily accessible for everyone to get a training in a DCS that's why

understanding DCS system compared to PLC where information is easily available is very difficult when we talk about the

DCS system compared to PLC and scada DCS jobs are not easily available because when we talk about the DCS jobs

they are limited because DCs are only in a big process Industries like oil and gas fertilizer prochemical and you got a

one DCS engineer in entire plant and that's the reason the DCS jobs are not easily available but the good thing is

when you get that DCS job your life is sorted out because DCS is easily because DCS is easy to program compared

to plc's in a DCS you got customized function blocks and different programs already built for different process

needs you have a graphics templates for different face plates and different other Graphics which are important for

you to design a good screen they are readily available it's just like drag and drop so don't give up if you are

interested to learn DCS system we have an online training available details somewhere here contact us for further

details last but not least that is kada supervisory control and data acquisition system plays a great role when you have

a different process Industries and they want it when you have a different process plans and you want to see all of

them into a c Cal location using a scada you can achieve that scada plays a great role when you want to connect different

sites from a remote locations to one central control room and visualize each and every process aspects which are

critical for you to take a right step in a right direction let's talk about what are the skills that are very important

if you're aiming to get a job as a ska engineer first and foremost it's very important for you to understand

different SCA softwares like ignition wonderwear V VCC and wonderware in touch how you

would be able to learn that obviously we got a one playlist which is somewhere here if you are a beginner I highly

recommend watching the videos it is very important for you to understand one important consideration that is if you

want to get a job in a as a SCA engineer it is very important that you have it and OT networking knowledge dnp3

protocol modbus can modbus and different other industrial protocols should be your first choice if you want to learn

industrial protocols good news for you we have different videos I'm going to put some links here for you to watch and

get required knowledge when we connect different sites to the cloud that involves telecommunication that involve

networking and remote connectivity that's the reason it is important for you to have a cyber

security knowledge due to remote nature of a scada system now let's talk about cons pain points related to a ska

engineer you need to have a lot of information you need to know about along with automation you are it is important

that you know it networking and OD networking and that is a lot of information so you need to be a master

of a PLC systems industrial protocols it systems cyber security because it is because it's vital ska engineer normally

required a lot of travel because sker systems are geographically dis first you got multiple sites and for a maintenance

and work related task you you have to travel a lot to different sites now let's talk about very important point

which carrier you should choose choose PLC if you are just starting out because information is easily available you if

you enjoy hands-on experience with machine PLC could be a right feeli for you if you want quick entry into a job

market compared to DCS and SCA PLC is quicker it is quicker if you talk about finding a right job let's talk about DCS

if you like working in a complex big processes DCS should be your first choice if you wanted to specialize

specially in oil and gas or power sector or F power sector or fertilizer Tech or fertilizer sector DCS is all right feel

for you DCS is high highly paid job because oil and gas Industries and big process Industries normally pay more

let's talk about ska choose skada as your carrier if you're interested in it and OT networking and you want to work

on large scale project large scale infrastructure projects are common in skada field if you enjoy system

integration and remote monitoring and you have kind of a love associated with communication systems then skada should

be your first choice as a carrier based on these points let me know what you have decided if you haven't yet which

field is right for you and why in the comments that's all for today if you like this video consider hitting the

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