Gas Turbine – SB5-17-0039-GT-EN-02

Service Bulletin
Technical Training for Siemens Gas Turbines and
SPPA-T3000 Control Systems

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Service Bulletin: SB5-17-0039-GT-EN-02 October 6, 2017
Title: Technical Training for Siemens Gas Turbines and SPPA-T3000 Control Systems

Machine Type
All Siemens Gas Turbines
All sites utilizing the SPPA-T3000™ control system

Timing for Implementation / Urgency

None / At customer discretion

Minimum Outage Type

Other

It is the sole responsibility of the user to carefully consider the information and recommendations
included in this Bulletin to determine if the information is appropriate to the user’s specific product,
component or services in a particular circumstance, and to exercise reasonable care and skill in the
implementation of this Bulletin including any recommendations. If there are any questions regard-
ing its contents, or if further information is required, Siemens should be consulted.

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Service Bulletin: SB5-17-0039-GT-EN-02 October 6, 2017
Title: Technical Training for Siemens Gas Turbines and SPPA-T3000 Control Systems

Siemens Plant Operations Support and Train-

ing has added two new and exciting training
programs for the SPPA-T3000™ Control Sys-
tem. These new programs offer in-depth
theory and hands-on training for plant Oper-
ations and Maintenance personnel.
The Siemens Open Enrollment Course web-
site is updated regularly and can be used to
register for classes.
Content and delivery of the training pro-
grams can be customized and conducted to
meet the needs of the attendees and offer
the flexibility to accommodate site shift-
work schedules.
Figure 1. The SPPA-T3000™ workbench

TECHNICAL INFORMATION
A well trained and knowledgeable team of Intermediate Power Plant Control Room
plant Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Simulator - SPPA-T3000™ (OPS311.1)
personnel is essential in order for a plant to run This course is designed to raise the level of
at maximum performance, to extend the life of knowledge of a Control Room Operator in the
equipment, to minimize costly unscheduled areas of basic operation of SPPA-T3000™, read-
maintenance due to operator error and to ing and understanding control logic diagrams,
maximize the profitability of the plant for years and the basics of troubleshooting techniques
to come. available in the Control System as it functions
Periodic training is also an effective means to to control a power plant.
keep personnel engaged and proactive. To help
meet these goals, Siemens Plant Operations
Support and Training has added the following
new training programs.
To help meet these goals, Siemens Plant Opera-
tions Support and Training has added the fol-
lowing new training programs.

SPPA-T3000™ for the I&C Technician

(DCS310.4)
The SPPA-T3000™ for the I&C Technician course
is intended to familiarize I&C Technicians with
the operation, control and administration of the
SPPA-T3000 control system. The course ex-
plores the functionality of the SPPA-T3000™
Control System and what can be done as the
system administrator to facilitate the power Figure 2. The Intermediate Power Plant
plant operations and maintenance. This course Control Room Simulator Classroom
features extensive hands-on practice utilizing
the SPPA-T3000™ workbench for administration
of the control system including user manage-
ment and control system configuration.
This course is currently available for open en-
rollment.

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Title: Technical Training for Siemens Gas Turbines and SPPA-T3000 Control Systems

Siemens also has the following course available RECOMMENDATIONS

for open enrollment:
Please visit our Siemens Open Enrollment web-
Gas Turbine Maintenance Awareness (GTMA) site for a list of available dates and pricing.
& Borescope Training (MNT301.1) Please check the website regularly as Siemens
continuously builds our open enrollment port-
The Gas Turbine Maintenance Awareness and
folio and add classes and dates.
Borescope Training course is designed to pro-
vide personnel with a general knowledge of the
scope of work involved in scheduled turbine
NOTES
maintenance inspections, provide in depth
knowledge of the turbine component parts and Please contact your Siemens representative or
the associated periodic maintenance on the contact O&M Training at omtrain-
turbine unit, as well as provide an introduction ing.energy@siemens.com for further infor-
to using a borescope in order to perform inter- mation and/or if you have any question in
nal inspections. relation to the contents of this Bulletin.
Additional info is available via the QR code
below.
POTENTIAL BENEFITS
Attending training courses can help improve
plant efficiency and reliability and enable Oper-
ations and Maintenance personnel to optimize
the daily operation of the plant.

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Title: Technical Training for Siemens Gas Turbines and SPPA-T3000 Control Systems

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