Bürkert Academy releases 2014 training calendar

The Bürkert Academy, which operates as a separate department of Bürkert Fluid Control Systems, has expanded its range of process industry courses and released its training calendar for 2014. The academy will conduct courses in all state capitals and regional processing centres throughout the year, to be held in Bürkert’s training facilities or on-site.

Courses are delivered by professional trainers and are focused on practical product selection, commissioning and troubleshooting techniques within the wider process architecture. The academy’s lead trainer, David Ray, has more than 20 years’ experience teaching in TAFE institutions and for private colleges. He will conduct standard courses as well as tailored programs on demand.

One of the new courses introduced in 2014 is a combination of the ‘Hygienic Processing’ course and specialist ‘Process Pneumatics & Control’ course, forming a full-day intensive or three-day master course. The course was initially developed at the request of a specific customer and proved popular with food and beverage companies.

Ray said the Process Pneumatics course was also popular as teams sought increased knowledge of modern pneumatics with integrated electronics and communications technologies. Another highlighted aspect was the ‘green’ movement in manufacturing and processing plants.

“Realistically speaking, it’s a combination of true environmental sentiment and financial pressures,” said Ray. “With energy costs always rising, pneumatic air waste is the same as throwing money away - we’ve found companies are enthusiastically embracing training that will deliver practical benefit. The process pneumatics course teaches correct product selection, sizing and set-up of pneumatic devices with the aim of reducing air wastage.”

For more information on the academy and courses, visit http://www.burkert.com.au/ENA/7603.html.