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About this Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)  Electrical machines, mainly power transformers and electric motors are critical equipment that run production, and it must operate without any abnormalities. A wide variety of tests and standards have been developed to assist manufacturers and users of motors and transformer winding, assess the condition of the electrical insulation. The objective of this training course is to provide an understanding of power transformers and electric motors, their materials, components, and how they operate. It will also emphasize the importance of transformer life management, especially for those transformers and electric motors which have been in operation for than 10 years. The course will address in detail all aspects related to transformer principles, calculations, operation, testing and maintenance. Training Objectives This course aims to provide participants with the understanding of the fundamentals and constructional features of power transformers and electric motors, with particular reference to the design, testing, operation and maintenance of transformers in power systems. Delegates will gain a detailed appreciation of the following: Practical solutions for specifying, operating and maintaining power transformers and electric motors in a utility or plant environment Comprehensive understanding of principles, protection, maintenance and troubleshooting of power transformers and electric motors The necessary safe procedures relating to transformer operation and related circuitry Understand the principles of operation of the transformer and electric motors Identify the different features of power transformers and electric motors Appreciate the principles of transformer design, ratings, winding, core structure and materials, insulation and cooling methods, insulation and lifetime Utilize thermal limits and loading guides of transformers Analyze transformer and electric motors failure modes Target Audience Engineers of all disciplines Managers Technicians Maintenance personnel Other technical individuals Course Level Basic or Foundation Training Methods The VILT will be delivered online in 4 half-day sessions comprising 4 hours per day, with 1 x 10 minutes break per day, including time for lectures, discussion, quizzes and short classroom exercises. Additionally, some self-study will be requested. Participants are invited but not obliged to bring a short presentation (10 mins max) on a practical problem they encountered in their work. This will then be explained and discussed during the VILT. A short test or quiz will be held at the end the course. Trainer Our key expert is actively involved in electrical inspections, energy audits, energy efficiency and technical consultation for M&E activities for industrial and commercial sectors. He is involved in testing and commissioning works of factory substations of up to 132kV system. He previously worked for Jimah coal-fired power plant in Port Dickson for 9 years with his last position being Electrical Maintenance Section Head. He was involved in the commissioning of coal-fired power plant mainly with 500kV generator transformer, 934 MVA generator, and up to 33kV MV motors and switchgear panels. Our key expert has managed the maintenance team to perform routine maintenance activities (together with supporting tools such as motor lube oil analysis, infrared thermography analysis, transformer oil analysis) & electrical troubleshooting and plant outages for critical and non-critical equipment. Besides that, our key expert has published several IEEE conference papers and journals such as: (2009). Effectiveness of auxiliary system monitoring & continuous hydrogen scavenging operation on hydrogen-cooled generator at power plant. In Energy and Environment, 2009. ICEE 2009. 3rd International Conference on (pp. 151-160). IEEE. (2010). Study on electric motor mass unbalance based on vibration monitoring analysis technique. In Mechanical and Electrical Technology (ICMET), 2010 2nd International Conference on (pp. 539-542). IEEE. (2012). Re-Design of AC Excitation Busduct based on Infrared (IR) Thermography: Condition-Based Monitoring (CBM) data analysis. eMaintenance, 101. (2016). Energy Saving Studies for a University Campus: An Educational-Based Approach, 3rd International Conference on Language, Education, Humanities and Innovation 2016. 'Grid-tied photovoltaic and battery storage systems with Malaysian electrcity tariff - A review on maximum demand shaving.' Energies 10.11 (2017): 1884 'Techno-Economic Optimization of Grid-Connected Photovoltaic (PV) and Battery Systems Based on Maximum Demand Reduction (MDRed) Modelling in Malaysia.' Energies 12.18 (2019): 3531 POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. Request for further information about post training coaching support and fees applicable for this. Accreditions And Affliations

SolarWinds NPM training course description A hands on course providing a solid foundation on network management using SolarWinds. The course specifically focusses on SolarWinds Orion Network Performance Monitor. The course starts with configuring agents and device discovery, onto exploiting SNMP with SolarWinds and then Alerts, reports and customisation of menus, views and maps. What will you learn Discover devices using Solarwinds. Use Solarwinds. Poll and monitor devices using Solarwinds. Create Alarms and reports. Diagnose faults using Solarwinds. SolarWinds NPM training course details Who will benefit: Technical staff working with Solarwinds. Prerequisites: None. Duration 2 days SolarWinds NPM training course content Getting started with SolarWinds What is SolarWinds, Products, ICMP, WMI, SNMP. Installing SolarWinds. Hands on Connecting to SolarWinds, configuring users and groups, using SolarWinds. Device discovery with SolarWinds Manual discovery, automatic discovery, controlling IP discovery, polling, thresholds. Hands on Adding ICMP only, SNMP and WMI nodes. dependencies, groups. Agents Configuring Cisco devices for SNMP support, communities, traps, syslog. MIBs, SNMPv3, obtaining MIB information. Universal device poller. Hands on MIB browser, MIB walking, syslog. Message center. Using SolarWinds The home page, Views, changing views, adding views. Hands on Views and menu customisation. Server monitoring. Alerts Filters, acknowledgements, notes. Basic alert configuration, Advanced alert configuration. Hands on Configuring alerts. Reports Creating reports, on demand reports, scheduled reports, customising reports, adding reports to views. Standard reports. Hands on Performance reports. Graphs. Maps Orion Network Atlas, the background, adding objects, connect now, applying to views. Hands on Customising a map. Administration Backups, the database.

About this Training Course In our pursuit to discover oil & gas in deeper horizons, wells are often drilled in a HPHT environment. To be considered a HPHT well, the downhole conditions will have pressures in excess of 10,000 psi (69 MPa) and 300° F (150° C). To drill these usually expensive wells successfully, the planning and execution phase has to be of an exceptionally high standard. Therefore, both operator and drilling/service contractor staff must be seamlessly aligned and work as a coherent team to reach and then harness the well objectives. This is particularly important when speciality services such as Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) are being applied with crews and/or supervisors who are not intricately familiar with complicated well control incidents. As we seek to prevent costly non-productive time, attention will also be paid to enabling technologies like expandable solid tubulars, mud coolers and specialty mud. The 3 full-day course will explain the key characteristics and challenges of HPHT Planning and Well Control. This includes: Differences between HPHT and standard (conventional) wells and what this entails for well design. The challenges unique to HPHT and the impact of Pore Pressure Prediction (PPP). Static and Dynamic Equivalent Mud Density and the factors that influence the ultimate Bottom Hole Pressure (BHP). Control practices such as 'fingerprinting' to identify what's happening downhole. HPHT shut-in procedures and practices. Specific HPHT equipment and drilling tool requirements and advantages of Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD). Well control on/off bottom, bull-heading and dealing with kick-loss situations. Mud management, tolerance on mud properties and challenges in cementing. Case history on emergency control. Drills, team effort, checklists, human factor and 'getting everybody on board'. Training Objectives By the end of this course, participants will be able to: Recognize the main differences in planning/design between HPHT and standard (conventional) wells as well as the challenges that will have to be faced. Explain drilling and tripping operational challenges and practices as well as how to manage these effectively. Identify wellbore breathing (a.k.a. ballooning) and how to safely deal with this within the narrow window for mud density selection. Apply practices of consistent fingerprinting and how to develop procedures for this to benefit the rig team. Measure and understand bottom hole pressure and the effect of influencing factors such as temperature, rotation and flow rate. Understand the critical mud properties to alleviate barite sag, general mud density control techniques and specify the essentials in cementing. Manage losses and low fracture gradients with well bore strengthening methods. Execute sound HPHT shut-in procedures. Understand how MPD can assist in the safe and efficient drilling and hole cleaning of HPHT wells. Understand the use of MPD Influx Management Envelopes. Identify critical Early Kick Detection Systems (EKDS) and HPHT well control equipment. Execute safe secondary well control practices in a H2S environment, bull-heading, on and off bottom and handling of gas at surface, using MGS and hydrate mitigation measures. Target Audience The course is intended for: Office-based staff engaged in HPHT well planning and day-to-day operations Field-based rig staff working as front-line supervisors - from Assistant Drillers to Senior Toolpushers Field-based rig staff working for service companies supporting the execution of HPHT wells (MPD, mud and mudlogging services etc.) Trainer Your expert course leader has over 45 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry. During that time, he has worked exclusively in the well engineering domain. After being employed in 1974 by Shell, one of the major oil & gas producing operators, he worked as an apprentice on drilling rigs in the Netherlands. After a year, he was sent for his first international assignment to the Sultanate of Oman where he climbed up the career ladder from Assistant Driller, to Driller, to wellsite Petroleum Engineer and eventually on-site Drilling Supervisor, actively engaged in the drilling of development and exploration wells in almost every corner of this vast desert area. At that time, drilling techniques were fairly basic and safety was just a buzz word, but such a situation propels learning and the fruits of 'doing-the-basics' are still reaped today when standing in front of a class. After some seven years in the Middle East, a series of other international assignments followed in places like the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Turkey, Denmark, China, Malaysia, and Russia. Apart from on-site drilling supervisory jobs on various types of drilling rigs (such as helicopter rigs) and working environments (such as jungle and artic), he was also assigned to research, to projects and to the company's learning centre. In research, he was responsible for promoting directional drilling and surveying and advised on the first horizontal wells being drilled, in projects, he was responsible for a high pressure drilling campaign in Nigeria while in the learning centre, he looked after the development of new engineers joining the company after graduating from university. He was also involved in international well control certification and served as chairman for a period of three years. In the last years of his active career, he worked again in China as a staff development manager, a position he nurtured because he was able to pass on his knowledge to a vast number of new employees once again. After retiring in 2015, he has delivered well engineering related courses in Australia, Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, China, South Korea, Thailand, India, Dubai, Qatar, Kuwait, The Netherlands, and the United States. The training he provides includes well control to obtain certification in drilling and well intervention, extended reach drilling, high pressure-high temperature drilling, stuck pipe prevention and a number of other ad-hoc courses. He thoroughly enjoys training and is keen to continue taking classes as an instructor for some time to come. POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. Request for further information post training support and fees applicable Accreditions And Affliations

If you have at least 5 years working experience and you would like to attain Gold Card status via the Experienced Worker route by joining the City & Guilds 2346 NVQ Level 3, you will also need to hold the below two pre-requisite qualifications: City & Guilds 2391-52 Inspection and Testing Course C&G 2382-22 BS7671 18th Edition

Kubernetes for engineers training course description This course covers how Kubernetes addresses the challenges of distributed systems. Hands on sessions follow all the major theory chapters. What will you learn Explain what Kubernetes is and how it works. Create and run containers on Kubernetes using the Docker image format and container runtime. Kubernetes for engineers training course details Who will benefit: Anyone working with Docker or Kubernetes. Prerequisites: Definitive Docker for engineers. Duration 2 days Kubernetes for engineers training course contents Introduction Velocity, Scaling your service and your teams, Abstracting your infrastructure. Creating and running containers Container images, Building application images with Docker, Storing images in a remote registry, The Docker container runtime. Deploying a Kubernetes cluster Installing Kubernetes on a public cloud provider, Installing Kubernetes locally using minikube, Running Kubernetes on Raspberry Pi, The Kubernetes client, Cluster components. Common kubectl Commands Namespaces, Contexts, Viewing Kubernetes API objects, Creating, Updating, and Destroying Kubernetes objects, Labelling and annotating objects, Debugging commands. Pods Pods in Kubernetes, Thinking with pods, The pod manifest, Running pods, Accessing your pod, Health checks, Resource management, Persisting data with volumes, Putting It all together. Labels and Annotations Labels, Annotations. Service Discovery What Is Service discovery? The service object, Looking beyond the cluster, Cloud integration, Advanced details. ReplicaSets Reconciliation loops, Relating pods and ReplicaSets, Designing with ReplicaSets, ReplicaSet Spec, Creating a ReplicaSet, Inspecting a ReplicaSet, Scaling ReplicaSets, Deleting ReplicaSets. DaemonSets DaemonSet scheduler, Creating DaemonSets, Limiting DaemonSets to specific nodes, Updating a DaemonSet, Deleting a DaemonSet. Jobs The job object, Job patterns. ConfigMaps and secrets ConfigMaps, Secrets, Naming constraints, Managing ConfigMaps and secrets. Deployments Your first deployment, Creating deployments, Managing deployments, Updating deployments, Deployment strategies, Deleting a deployment. Integrating storage solutions and Kubernetes Importing external services, Running reliable singletons, Kubernetes-native storage with StatefulSets. Deploying real-world applications Parse, Ghost, Redis.

This half-day course provides an introduction to promote mental health awareness in the workplace for all employees. Group activities are designed to encourage and empower individuals to prioritise their mental wellbeing and recognise signs of mental ill health in both themselves and others. The session emphasises the importance of mental wellbeing conversations, self-care and how to access further support.

Total MPLS VPN for engineers training course description A hands on course concentrating solely on MPLS VPNs. The course begins with a review of VPN basics before moving onto L3VPNs and MBGP, followed by L2VPNs. What will you learn Compare, contrast and evaluate MPLS L2VPNs versus L3VPNs. Describe, configure and troubleshoot MPLS L3VPNs. Configure and troubleshoot MBGP. Describe, configure and troubleshoot MPLS L2VPNs. Total MPLS VPN for engineers training course details Who will benefit: Anyone working with MPLS VPNs. Prerequisites: Concise MPLS for engineers Duration 2 days Total MPLS VPN for engineers training course contents MPLS VPN basics LSR, PE and P router roles. What is a VPN? MPLS VPN types, MPLS VPN comparison, MPLS L3VPN, L2VPN. VPN architectures. Hands on: Building the base network. L3VPN Separate routing tables, The Virtual Routing Table, VRFs, Route Distinguisher (RD), VNPv4 addresses. Hands on: Minimal VRF configuration, routing between customer and provider (PE-CE). MBGP MP-BGP, IPv4 routing, IPv6 routing, VPNv4 addresses, VPNv6 addresses. Exchanging labels. Exchanging routes. Route targets, communities. Route reflectors. Hands on: MBGP setup. MPLS L3VPN troubleshooting. L2VPN Why L2 not L3? Services: TDM, ATM, Frame Relay, Ethernet. Pseudowires. Hands on: Simple L2VPN configuration. Pseudowires VPWS, AToM, Attachment Circuit, Traffic encapsulation, Ethernet over MPLS. Ethernet MTU considerations. VC types. Hands on: PW configuration and troubleshooting. VPLS Ethernet multipoint connectivity. Virtual Forwarding Instance (VFI), Virtual Switching Instance. Flooding, MAC address management, split horizons. Hierarchical VPLS. Signalling: LDP based. BGP based. Auto discovery. Hands on: VPLS configuration and troubleshooting. Next generation L2VPN E-VPN, PBB-EVPN.

DevOps training course description This course is an introduction to DevOps. The course emphasizes communication, collaboration , integration, and automation to improve the workflow between developers and IT operations professionals. Improved workflows lead to more opportunities to design software and services in a more agile fashion. This course is a basis for discovering the most important DevOps concepts and to understand the principles and methods behind this. The course will leave you with the inspiration to be the advocate of change. What will you learn Explain DevOps principles. Describe the relationship between Agile , Lean and IT Service Management ( ITSM). Describe methods for automation and technology factors. Describe considerations when changing. Describe challenges, risks and critical success factors. DevOps training course details Who will benefit: IT development, IT operations and IT service management. Prerequisites: Introduction to data communications & networking. Duration 2 days DevOps training course contents Why DevOps? Introduction DevOps Goals DevOps Added value of DevOps Proven Results DevOps for businesses DevOps principles (The Three Ways) DevOps and other frameworks DevOps and Agile DevOps and Lean DevOps and IT Service Management DevOps culture Characteristics of a DevOps culture Organizational Considerations DevOps DevOps stakeholders DevOps roles DevOps teams DevOps organizational structures DevOps methods Continuous Integration Continuous delivery Continuous deployment Value stream mapping Kanban Theory of Constraints Improvement Kata Deming's quality circle ITSM processes DevOps and Automation Methods for DevOps automation Longevity and tools categories DevOps applications Transitioning to a DevOps culture. Implementation Challenges, risks and critical success factors Measuring DevOps successes

Network virtualization training course description This course covers network virtualization. It has been designed to enable network engineers to recognise and handle the requirements of networking Virtual Machines. Both internal and external network virtualization is covered along with the technologies used to map overlay networks on to the physical infrastructure. Hands on sessions are used to reinforce the theory rather than teach specific manufacturer implementations. What will you learn Evaluate network virtualization implementations and technologies. Connect Virtual Machines with virtual switches. Explain how overlay networks operate. Describe the technologies in overlay networks. Network virtualization training course details Who will benefit: Engineers networking virtual machines. Prerequisites: Introduction to virtualization. Duration 2 days Network virtualization training course contents Virtualization review Hypervisors, VMs, containers, migration issues, Data Centre network design. TOR and spine switches. VM IP addressing and MAC addresses. Hands on VM network configuration Network virtualization What is network virtualization, internal virtual networks, external virtual networks. Wireless network virtualization: spectrum, infrastructure, air interface. Implementations: Open vSwitch, NSX, Cisco, others. Hands on VM communication over the network. Single host network virtualization NICs, vNICs, resource allocation, vSwitches, tables, packet walks. vRouters. Hands on vSwitch configuration, MAC and ARP tables. Container networks Single host, network modes: Bridge, host, container, none. Hands on Docker networking. Multi host network virtualization Access control, path isolation, controllers, overlay networks. L2 extensions. NSX manager. OpenStack neutron. Packet walks. Distributed logical firewalls. Load balancing. Hands on Creating, configuring and using a distributed vSwitch. Mapping virtual to physical networks VXLAN, VTEP, VXLAN encapsulation, controllers, multicasts and VXLAN. VRF lite, GRE, MPLS VPN, 802.1x. Hands on VXLAN configuration. Orchestration vCenter, vagrant, OpenStack, Kubernetes, scheduling, service discovery, load balancing, plugins, CNI, Kubernetes architecture. Hands on Kubernetes networking. Summary Performance, NFV, automation. Monitoring in virtual networks.

Advanced Ethernet switching training course description An advanced hands on switching course for those already familiar with the basics such as STP and VLANs. The course starts with advanced diagnostics and network monitoring moving onto switch protocols. A large part of the second day is spent implementing QoS and security such as 802.1x. What will you learn Troubleshoot switching. Explain how a number of switch protocols work, including: UDLD LLDP LACP DTP VTP/MVRP Design redundancy into switched networks. Implement QoS on switches. Harden switches. Advanced Ethernet switching training course details Who will benefit: Technical staff working with Ethernet switches. Prerequisites: None Duration 2 days Advanced Ethernet switching training course contents Switches Switch review, troubleshooting, diagnostics, L2 traceroute, UDLD, message logging, Wireshark, port mirroring, Hands on: Troubleshooting. Network management SNMP, SNMPv3, RMON, Netflow, Sflow. System logging. Hands on: Managing switches with SNMP. Syslogd. Switches and automatic configuration Auto-MDIX, LLDP, CDP, Link aggregation, LACP, Link state tracking, VLANS and tags, DTP. Hands on: Discovery, dynamic configuration. RSTP 802.1w, new port roles and states, new BPDUs, rapid convergence, topology changes, compatibility issues. L3 redundancy, VRRP, GLBP. Design issues. Hands on: RSTP, VRRP. VLANS: Registration protocols Why VTP? VTP modes, how VTP works, VTP pruning. GVRP, MVRP. Hands on: Dynamic VLANs STP variations and alternatives 802.1s (multiple spanning tree), regions, rings, L2MP, TRILL. Hands on: 802.1s Multicasting What is multicasting, Static configuration, IGMP snooping, CGMP, MVR. IPv6 MLD snooping. Hands on: Multicast through switches QoS Storm control, DSCP, 802.1Q, 802.1p, mapping, classification, policy, Ingress queues, Egress queues. Dropping frames, limiting bandwidth. Hands on: Voice through switches. More VLANS Native VLANs, Voice VLANs Security Static MAC addresses, AAA, RADIUS, Port based authentication, 802.1x, Guest VLANs, L2 attacks, SSH, HTTPS. Hands on: Hardening switches. Miscellaneous NTP, managing the MAC address table, managing system resources, SDN