Training

Knowledge is power. What happens when you have the skills you need to succeed? Everything. Our in–depth training courses broaden our customers’ understanding of their Minsait ACS hardware and software and helps make them experts in the maintenance and operation of sophisticated utility automation systems.
 

Our extensive curriculum ensures that all Minsait ACS customers have the opportunity to learn everything they need to know!

We present intense practical classes, supplemented with hands–on experience. This approach brings students up to speed in the shortest time possible. We teach the essential functions needed, along with valuable tips and advanced techniques that will help you harness the power of our system’s extensive capabilities.

Small class sizes ensure maximum instructor–student interaction. Class lectures are permeated with hands–on exercises and plenty of time for questions. Our instructors are experienced Minsait ACS professionals and engineers, with extensive on-site engineering and HelpDesk experience and knowledge.

Three convenient training formats to suite your needs:

  • Self-Paced Online Training - Self-paced online courses are available be taken on-demand at any time.  These trainings are intended for customers with some prior knowledge of Minsait ACS solutions or may be pre-requisites for the live instructor-led classes.
  • Live Instructor-Led Training (L.I.T.) - L.I.T. courses are offered remotely and taught by the same qualified trainers and engineers that deliver on-site customized training.
  • Customized Training (Onsite or Remote) - Customized training is intended for those customers with more specialized or advanced Minsait ACS solutions that would require a more in-depth and hand-on training program than the standard courses offered.

Benefits

Benefits of Minsait ACS’ comprehensive training programs

In depth, hands–on training experience

Small class sizes

Dedicated training classroom

Customized training plans

Coordinated course scheduling

On-site training available

Refresher course discounts

Training coupons for support customers

Self-Paced Courses Offered

Self-Paced: Areas of Assignment (AoA)

The Area of Assignments self-paced course provides the student with instruction on how to use GOI, VDE, Drawv and PRISM Designer to enable specific groups of users to open specified GOI displays in order to exercise control authority over specified target points.  The course also provides instruction on how to view and acknowledge alarms against specified points.

Self-Paced: Graphical Operator Interface (GOI)

Learn the basics of our Graphical Operator Interface application at your own paced. Topics covered include basic functionality, navigation, working with reports, and more.

Self-Paced: Graphical Operator Interface (GOI)/Oneview Comparison

This course provides an in-depth comparison between the Graphical Operator Interface and Oneview applications.

Self-Paced: Oneview

This self-paced course offers students the opportunity to learn the Onesait SCADA application, which is a modern, intuitive, browser-based user experience that delivers configurable workspaces with enhanced graphical displays, operational dashboards, system and asset KPIs, as well as traditional data views.

Self-Paced: PRISM Designer Intro & Advanced

Learn the basics of composing and customizing one-line displays in an innovative, cutting edge application that has been built from the ground up.

Self-Paced: Voltage Reduction

The Voltage Reduction self-paced course provides the user with instruction on how to set the application’s parameters so that it monitors system conditions to automatically issue voltage reduction commands.

Standard Courses Offered

CMI Scripting

This course examines advanced Command Interpreter and shell scripting topics. You will see examples of how to access and manipulate real–time and historical data without relying on a graphical presentation.

Distribution Application System Mapping Editor (DASmap)

This course is a comprehensive introduction to DASmap, the Distribution Application System Mapping editor. You will learn the working process that is required to maintain your electric model, from updating substation devices to adding feeder elements.

Graphical Operator Interface (GOI)

The classic PRISM GOI fundamentals course. In this course we touch on some of the basic principles of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and also take a journey around interacting with GOI.

Linux Administrator

Build on the knowledge gained in the Linux Fundamentals course by learning advanced principles and configurations of your Linux based PRISM system.

Linux Fundamentals

This 4–day course is designed with the new Minsait ACS user in mind. Learn essential Linux commands and basics of PRISM SCADA applications.

NTU/Connex/NTX Series Service and Operation

Models of the NTU/Connex series substation managers, as well as the new NTX 200 series Substation Controllers

PRISM Database & Display Editor

This intensive, 5–day hands–on class teaches you the fundamentals of building and maintaining a system database.

PRISM Portal

In this course, you will develop the skills necessary to administer your Minsait ACS PRISM Portal.

PRISM Real–Time Outage Management (OMS)

This course provides training on the primary modules of the PRISM Real–Time OMS (Outage Management System).

System Admin/Operator Training

In this course, you will develop the skills necessary to operate the PRISM system.