Course 501 Know, Read & Understand Your Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID’s)

Mr. Wissem Bouaita, IFP School and Chimie ParisTech, France, is teaching this 2½-day course in Piping & Instrumental Diagrams.

Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams commonly referred to as P&ID’s are encountred nowadays throughout all process industries such as Oil & Gas, chemical, pharmaceutical or food industries.

These engineering drawings are used worldwide in design, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance of industrial plants.They provide clear information on processes, equipment, control systems and how the plant should handle emergency situations. As a potential actor in these industries, it is therefore vital that you have a thorough understanding of P&ID’s components and construction.

Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams don’t have to be a complicated, it isn’t rocket science ! This course will make you a P&ID expert and you will know how to read, interpret and successfully understand:

- all of those many lines
- symbols
- process control schemes
- and safety instrumented functions you see in your plant drawings

The knowledge gained in this course will help you to understand all P&ID’s so that you can draw the correct information from them. This will set you apart from your peers, whether you are an operator, engineer, or manager and will give you an edge over your competitors when seeking employment at one of these industrial facilities. Moreover since Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams are used in the planning and risk assessment of tasks to identify hazards, process flows and isolation points, then by ensuring that these drawings are properly drawn and understood, you contribute to the safety of your facility, your fellow workers and yourself.