SACA Certification Testing for Instructors and Industry.
C-201 Electrical Systems 1
Test Procedure: Candidates are permitted to familiarize themselves with CPI’s equipment, then they take the SACA Gold Certification test.
Cost: $496 per test
C-202 Electric Motor Control Systems 1
Test Procedure: Candidates are permitted to familiarize themselves with CPI’s equipment, then they take the SACA Gold Certification test.
Cost: $496 per test
C-203 Variable Frequency Drive Systems 1
Test Procedure: Candidates are permitted to familiarize themselves with CPI’s equipment, then they take the SACA Gold Certification test.
Cost: $496 per test
C-204 Motor Control Troubleshooting 1
Prepares individuals to troubleshoot and remedy faults in electric motor control circuits and AC variable frequency drives. Skills include: adhering to troubleshooting safety rules, systems troubleshooting, component testing, and using digital multimeters, clamp-on ammeters, and PLC status indicators. Components include: AC VFD drives with volts per hertz capability, 3-phase AC motors, reversing magnetic motor starters with overloads, drum switches, control relays, timer relays, manual switches, limit switches, pressure switches, and float switches.
Test Procedure: Candidates are permitted to familiarize themselves with CPI’s equipment, then they take the SACA Gold Certification test.
Cost: $496 per test
C-205 Sensor Logic Systems 1
Prepares individuals to connect, adjust, and operate discrete (on/off) electronic sensors and relay control sequence circuits using these components: inductive sensors, capacitive sensors, magnetic reed sensors, photoelectric sensors, hall effect sensors, limit switches, control relays, timer relays, manual switches, DC motors, indicators, electro-pneumatic solenoid directional control valves, and pneumatic actuators. Other key skills include: selecting sensor type for an application, reading ladder logic circuit diagrams, and interpreting common relay-control sequence applications circuits.
Test Procedure: Candidates are permitted to familiarize themselves with CPI’s equipment, then they take the SACA Gold Certification test.
Cost: $496 per test
C-206 Electrical System Installation 1
Prepares individuals to install and test/commission electrical motor control circuits using these electrical components: control cabinet enclosures, 3-phase AC motors, reversing magnetic motor starters with overloads, control relays, timer relays, pushbutton switches, selector switches, limit switches, pressure switches, indicators, electro-pneumatic solenoid valves, safety disconnect switches, and circuit protection. Key skills include: adhering to motor control installation safety rules, using proper PPE, reading electrical wiring installation diagrams, sizing circuit protection, installing components on DIN rails and cabinet panels, installing and testing ground systems, wiring motors for high and low voltage, selecting and preparing wire for installation, attaching of wire to terminal strips and components/motors, and routing of wire with raceways/conduits.
Test Procedure: Candidates are permitted to familiarize themselves with CPI’s equipment, then they take the SACA Gold Certification test.
Cost: $496 per test
C-207 Programmable Controller Systems 1
Prepares individuals to program, configuration, adjust, monitor, and operate industrial programmable logic controller (PLC) systems. Key skills include: adhering to PLC safety rules, performing normal startup/shutdown, operating PLC in different modes, performing emergency shutdown and reset, monitoring for proper operation through indicators and PC-based PLC software, configuring processor software drivers for communication to PC, configuring and loading of HMI programs, operating HMI with PLC, configuring PLC discrete I/O, transferring programs between PC and PLC processor, interpreting basic and intermediate level PLC ladder logic programs (with contacts, coils, timers, counters, math, comparison instructions), PLC project creation/editing, and interpreting common PLC program logic applications using electro-pneumatic actuators and on/off motor control systems.
Test Procedure: Candidates are permitted to familiarize themselves with CPI’s equipment, then they take the SACA Gold Certification test.
Cost: $496 per test
C-208 Programmable Controller Troubleshooting 1
Prepares individuals to troubleshoot and remedy faults in programmable logic controller systems. Skills include: systems troubleshooting and component testing using digital multimeters, PLC software, and PLC status indicators. Components include: PLC power supply, power distribution system, processor module, discrete input and output modules, chassis, and discrete field I/O devices. Troubleshooting applications include: multi-step machine sequence logic programs using electro-pneumatic actuators and on/off motor control systems.
Test Procedure: Candidates are permitted to familiarize themselves with CPI’s equipment, then they take the SACA Gold Certification test.
Cost: $496 per test
C-209 Pneumatic Systems 1
Prepares individuals to connect, adjust, operate, and analyze pneumatic circuits using these components: quick connect fittings, tee and cross fittings, air compressors, filters, regulators, lubricators, gauges, rotameters, directional control valves, flow control valves, check valves, cylinders, and motors. Other key skills include: adhering to pneumatic safety rules, reading pneumatic circuit symbols and diagrams, applying the Force-Pressure-Area formula, converting absolute/gauge pressure units, performing reciprocating compressor startup/shutdown, applying Pascal’s Law, setting pressure switch, filter draining, setting lubricator rate, lubricator refilling, and measuring delta P.
Test Procedure: Candidates are permitted to familiarize themselves with CPI’s equipment, then they take the SACA Gold Certification test.
Cost: $496 per test
C-210 Mechanical Power Systems I
Prepares individuals to install, adjust, align, tension, operate and analyze basic mechanical power transmission drive systems using these components: motors, shafts, flexible jaw couplings, fractional horsepower (FHP) chain drives, FHP v-belt drives, spur gear drives, pillow block bearings, and flange bearings. Other key skills include: adhering to mechanical drive safety rules, mounting and leveling motors, testing and correcting for soft foot, installing components and shafts with keyways, sizing keys, aligning shafts using feeler gage and straight edge method, calculating speed and torque from component size ratios, interpreting rotary power specifications, determining mechanical efficiency, greasing bearings using a grease gun, refilling oil lubrication reservoirs, interpreting lubrication specifications, and identifying component given a model number.
Test Procedure: Candidates are permitted to familiarize themselves with CPI’s equipment, then they take the SACA Gold Certification test.
Cost: $496 per test
C-304 Pneumatic Troubleshooting 1
Prepares individuals to troubleshoot and remedy faults in electro-pneumatic PLC-controlled systems. Skills include adhering to troubleshooting safety rules, systems troubleshooting, component testing, and using digital multimeters and status indicators. Components include: filters, regulators, lubricators, solenoid-operated directional control valves, flow control valves, vacuum generators, vacuum cups, vacuum switches, quick exhaust valves, limit switches, electronic sensors, PLC I/O modules, check valves, cylinders, and motors.
Test Procedure: Candidates are permitted to familiarize themselves with CPI’s equipment, then they take the SACA Gold Certification test.
Cost: $496 per test