The Westinghouse Ovation^TM Engineering Training Course will prepare the successful student to update and maintain the Ovation^TM System software and hardware in accordance with plant procedures and vendor technical manuals using all appropriate Human Performance tools. This course is intended for system engineers. No previous experience with the Ovation^TMSystem is necessary, although some background in computer technology and control systems may be helpful. The program can be taught on several different versions of the Ovation^TM platform.

This course is intended for engineers that have no previous experience with the Ovation^TM control system, and is designed to provide students with the knowledge and experience necessary to perform routine tasks with the Ovation^TM-based control system software and hardware. Upon completion of this course students will have the skills necessary to maintain and perform basic modifications to Ovation^TM control and graphics software and the Ovation^TM hardware. The training program is offered using a combination of student-centered classroom presentations and hands-on learning, using a Westinghouse-supplied Ovation^TM training system.

This course is taught at the utility site on the Westinghouse training system with a generic Ovation^TM configuration. The site specific application will be loaded on the training system if it is available at the time training is scheduled.

The Westinghouse Ovation^TM Engineering Training Course is ten (10) days (80 hours) in length. Since hands-on learning is an integral part of the course, the maximum number of students should be held to ten (10).

Although Westinghouse does not grant an Ovation^TM qualification to utility personnel for this training, many utilities, at their discretion, use successful completion of this course to grant a qualification.

This training can be conducted on several versions of Ovation.  Please contact us for details.

The following is a high level, typical daily outline of the Westinghouse Ovation^TM Engineering System Training Course.  This daily schedule may vary due to student backgrounds and class pace.

Day 1

• Integrated overview – the purpose of the Ovation^TM system in the nuclear power plant
• Ovation^TM overview – communication flow in an Ovation^TM system
• Ovation^TM architecture – workstations, communications, controllers, modules

Day 2

• Ovation^TM operator applications – Alarm Display, Graphics Display, Signal Diagrams, Trend Displays, Error Log, Point Information, Point Review, Ovation^TM System Viewer, Historical Review, and Online Help
• Ovation^TM hardware – controller cabinets, redundant controllers, modules, cabinet configuration, Ovation^TM I/O modules
• Operator applications lab exercise

Day 3

• Ovation^TM database – data transmission, point characteristics, types of point records, point alarming, point quality and status, conversion coefficients, sensor limits and dead bands, broadcast frequency, OPP rate, point groups and trends, and Ovation^TM I/O Builder
• Control review – process control terminology, control theory, dynamic compensation, soft control in Ovation^TM, functional allocation principles
• Ovation^TM database exercise
• Ovation hardware exercise 1

Day 4

• Ovation^TM Control Builder – algorithms used in Control Builder, use of Control Builder, relationship between Control Builder and Signal Diagrams
• Control macros - plant application use
• Digital control
• Digital control exercise

Day 5

• Analog control
• Control tuning and reconciliation
• Ovation^TM analog control exercise
• Analog control exercise

Day 6

• Graphics – types of displays, components of process diagrams, display areas, Graphics Builder use
• Graphics Builder exercise 1
• Ovation^TM Hardware Exercise 2 – tying together points, Point Builder, hardware, and Control Builder

Day 7

• Advanced graphics – use of conditionals, graphics macros, linking control to graphics
• Hardware exercise
• Graphics Builder exercise 2

Day 8

• Ovation^TM troubleshooting
• Troubleshooting exercises
• Final project exercise

Day 9

• Basic system administration – licensing, drop configuration, backup and restore, exporting graphics and control, reconcile, compile, search, auditing
• Continue troubleshooting exercises
• Continue final project exercise

Day 10

• Final project completion
• Course review
• Written exam - A written examination will be used to test each student’s understanding of the system. The examination questions are based on the learning objectives used in the course.