P 8
Innings at SPIC High&Low
After Pongal Holidays and Cricket Test match at Madras I landed in Tuticorin and stayed in a lodge for several months until the SPIC township at Muthiahpuram was built. As I was one of the early birds to join SPIC, my life grew up with development of SPIC. I was there right from earth cutting to operational phase of ammonia, urea and phosphate plants.
As I have been identified to function as Asst.Training officer(ATO) Instrumentation,I had the responsibility to train and coach the freshers from Engg. colleges, Science degree holders, Polytechnics and ITI on the subject of chemical plant instrumentation. I am proud to state that the SPIC training centre was an university by itself and it had all the virtue and infrastructure as well as laboratory and work shop.My job responsibility was to device the course material for all trainees-
GETs of all discipline, GET-Instrumentation,Technician trainees of all discipline-General and Instrumentation trade specific,Instrument artisan trainees. Utilising my +3 years practical field experience &exposure, I adopted more of practical approach than theoritical calculations and equations. the GET group consisted of Chemical/Mechanical/ Electrical/ Civil and Instrumentation discipline both M.Tech&B Tech/BE and DMIT(Instrumentation).
In my span of 5 1/2 years with SPIC, I had the previlage of training three batches of GETs(SPIC Trainees) and GETs deputed by NFL-Bhatinda and Panipat. With pride I am satisfied that many of SPIC trainees have risen to CEO positions in several industries across the nation. To name a few:
S/Sh V Ramesh- Vice Chairman, Sanmar Group
S Stalin-ED, Essar
G Ramachandran- MD TN PP
D Arunachalam- Director , later MD Tamilnadu Petro Products
E James- My present colleague In Reliance holding Chief Operations Manager position of upcoming J3 Petro-chemical complex, world's biggest complex
Shankar Menon- MD of Technip(I) Chennai.
For practical orientation and training, I developed a physical model comprising a drum with level controls/switch, flow measuring loop for water pumped out from a water pond,temperature elements of various types in the drum/ heat exchanger and control valve for a 3 element control loop. and ratio control loop.
Here I would like to highlight one important event!
In SPIC, since most of the plant field instruments were sourced from M/S Yokogawa,Japan, in training centre also we followed the same sourcing and retained the models.
To orient instrument technicians and artisans with hand-on approach for field investigation, &maintenance/ calibration checks, we devised an unique practice.
Each trainee was given the task of studying the specification of manufacturer of each instrument and understand their working principle. Then with assembly drawing/ spare parts catalogue in possession, each person have to carry out the calibration of that instrument and note the recordings. Then he has to dismantle that instrument up to component level(including the O-rings,washers, clips and screws.
That dismantled display on table will be supervised by plant instrument engineers and the trainees have to answer their questioning orally. After that the trainees have to reassemble that instrument
and re-perform the calibration of the same instrument. It was expected that the noted readings have to match with what was noted before dismantling by them.
Key Aspects:- Initiative, Innovative, Leadership, Proactive approach, Responsible, Team Building, Training
ontd......
Innings at SPIC High&Low
After Pongal Holidays and Cricket Test match at Madras I landed in Tuticorin and stayed in a lodge for several months until the SPIC township at Muthiahpuram was built. As I was one of the early birds to join SPIC, my life grew up with development of SPIC. I was there right from earth cutting to operational phase of ammonia, urea and phosphate plants.
As I have been identified to function as Asst.Training officer(ATO) Instrumentation,I had the responsibility to train and coach the freshers from Engg. colleges, Science degree holders, Polytechnics and ITI on the subject of chemical plant instrumentation. I am proud to state that the SPIC training centre was an university by itself and it had all the virtue and infrastructure as well as laboratory and work shop.My job responsibility was to device the course material for all trainees-
GETs of all discipline, GET-Instrumentation,Technician trainees of all discipline-General and Instrumentation trade specific,Instrument artisan trainees. Utilising my +3 years practical field experience &exposure, I adopted more of practical approach than theoritical calculations and equations. the GET group consisted of Chemical/Mechanical/ Electrical/ Civil and Instrumentation discipline both M.Tech&B Tech/BE and DMIT(Instrumentation).
In my span of 5 1/2 years with SPIC, I had the previlage of training three batches of GETs(SPIC Trainees) and GETs deputed by NFL-Bhatinda and Panipat. With pride I am satisfied that many of SPIC trainees have risen to CEO positions in several industries across the nation. To name a few:
S/Sh V Ramesh- Vice Chairman, Sanmar Group
S Stalin-ED, Essar
G Ramachandran- MD TN PP
D Arunachalam- Director , later MD Tamilnadu Petro Products
E James- My present colleague In Reliance holding Chief Operations Manager position of upcoming J3 Petro-chemical complex, world's biggest complex
Shankar Menon- MD of Technip(I) Chennai.
For practical orientation and training, I developed a physical model comprising a drum with level controls/switch, flow measuring loop for water pumped out from a water pond,temperature elements of various types in the drum/ heat exchanger and control valve for a 3 element control loop. and ratio control loop.
Here I would like to highlight one important event!
In SPIC, since most of the plant field instruments were sourced from M/S Yokogawa,Japan, in training centre also we followed the same sourcing and retained the models.
To orient instrument technicians and artisans with hand-on approach for field investigation, &maintenance/ calibration checks, we devised an unique practice.
Each trainee was given the task of studying the specification of manufacturer of each instrument and understand their working principle. Then with assembly drawing/ spare parts catalogue in possession, each person have to carry out the calibration of that instrument and note the recordings. Then he has to dismantle that instrument up to component level(including the O-rings,washers, clips and screws.
That dismantled display on table will be supervised by plant instrument engineers and the trainees have to answer their questioning orally. After that the trainees have to reassemble that instrument
and re-perform the calibration of the same instrument. It was expected that the noted readings have to match with what was noted before dismantling by them.
Key Aspects:- Initiative, Innovative, Leadership, Proactive approach, Responsible, Team Building, Training
ontd......
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