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Professional Module · self-paced

Build job-ready Siemens PLC, HMI and SCADA skills, at your own pace

The Professional Module without the live days. Watch 44 Siemens TIA Portal video lessons whenever you like, practise in the lab, work through Basic Engineering and a job-ready programme, and finish with a project to show employers, seven job simulators and a certificate they can verify.

£980 including VAT

£816.67 + VAT for businesses

One payment, no deposit. Start the day you enrol, with 12 months of access.

  • 44 video lessons
  • Start today
  • 12 months' access
  • Job-ready programme
  • 7 job simulators included
  • Certificate
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What you get

Skills, proof and support for your next job

  • 44 Siemens TIA Portal video lessonsWatch PLC programming, HMI and SCADA lessons from our own YouTube channel, in order, on your timetable.
  • Everything else the Professional Module hasBasic Engineering, the Job-ready programme, a project, a final assessment and a certificate. Only the live days are replaced.
  • Practise after every moduleA lab task in the EDWartens Lab with each module, so what you watched is something you have done yourself.
  • A real project to showFinish with a PLC, HMI and SCADA project you built yourself and had approved by an engineer.
  • The Job-ready programme13 short modules on how UK controls recruitment works, your CV, applications and interviews.
  • Weekly job links, picked by our teamEvery week our team sends job links to your portal. The UK job board adds alerts and an application tracker.
  • Seven job simulators includedPractise seven engineering roles at simulated UK companies, with the Premium edition and certificate at no extra charge.
  • A certificate employers can checkA certificate of completion with a number and QR code anyone can verify.
  • CV templates and interview preparationA one-to-one career session you request from Help when you are ready, seven role-specific CV templates and interview preparation.
  • An engineer profile employers can viewOpt in to a public profile that employers can find, so your skills and projects are in front of them.
Automation engineer in an olive jacket holding a tablet beside a test rig in a training workshop

After the course

What you will be able to do

  • Set up an S7 PLC and its hardware configuration in a TIA Portal project
  • Write ladder logic for real control tasks, including timers, counters and data handling
  • Run and test your logic in PLCSIM before it goes near a machine
  • Build HMI screens with navigation between them
  • Link an HMI to your PLC program
  • Create SCADA screens with animation, alarms, trends and recipes
  • Explain the basics of electrical, mechanical, instrumentation and safety topics
  • Write a UK engineering CV and prepare for interviews
EDWartens Lab: a 3D view of a motor and tanks with the operator station, the I/O list and the online PLC panel
A real screen from the EDWartens Lab. You practise every one of these in it.

Self-paced

Recorded lessons, no timetable

The Professional Module teaches PLC, HMI and SCADA in five live days. This version teaches the same topics in 44 recorded lessons, so you pause, replay and practise in your own time.

  • No start dates and no cohorts: begin the day you pay
  • Pause and replay any lesson
  • Ask the AI tutor or a trainer from any module
  • Practise after each module in the EDWartens Lab
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Hands pointing at a process-analysis workflow on a laptop screen beside a test rig
Your own copy of TIA Portal, and a lesson you can pause and replay.

Is it for you?

Who this course suits

This course suits you if you are

  • You want the Professional Module but cannot give five days to live classes
  • You work shifts or study around a job
  • You prefer to learn by watching, pausing and practising
  • You want one course that covers PLC, HMI, SCADA, basic engineering and career support

Choose something else if you want

  • You want an instructor in the room or on a call each day: choose the live Professional Module
  • You need hands-on time on a physical PLC rig
  • You work with Rockwell: see the Allen-Bradley Module

Curriculum

44 lessons, then job-ready

The lessons are in the order of our Siemens TIA Portal playlist. Each module adds notes, a lab task and a short quiz, and each phase ends with a test.

Phase 1 · videos 1 to 19PLC programming with Siemens TIA Portal

What a PLC does, Siemens hardware and addressing, your first TIA Portal project, ladder logic, interlocking, program blocks and edge detection.

Introduction to Siemens TIA Portal

  1. 01 PLC Basics for Beginners: How Inputs and Outputs Work39 min
  2. 02 PLC Communication Interfaces Explained | Siemens PLC Basics19 min
  3. 03 PLC Programming Languages Explained | Which One to Learn?19 min

Overview of PLC Hardware and Architecture

  1. 04 Siemens PLC Hardware Explained for Beginners18 min
  2. 05 TIA Portal Addressing Explained | Inputs, Outputs & Memory32 min
  3. 06 TIA Portal Data Types Explained | PLC Programming Basics17 min

Basics of Ladder Logic Programming

  1. 07 Create Your First TIA Portal Project & Download to PLC23 min
  2. 08 Your First PLC Ladder Logic Program in TIA Portal26 min
  3. 09 PLC Logic Gates Explained with Siemens TIA Portal52 min
  4. 10 PLC Programming Practice Problem #1 | TIA Portal17 min
  5. 11 Negate Assignment in TIA Portal | PLC Logic Explained21 min

Hands-on practice: Creating PLC Programs

  1. 12 Push Button PLC Programming | Start & Stop Basics29 min
  2. 13 Set Reset & SR RS Flip-Flops in TIA Portal Explained44 min
  3. 14 Motor Interlocking in PLC | Siemens TIA Portal Tutorial23 min
  4. 15 Conveyor Interlocking PLC Logic | TIA Portal Example28 min
  5. 16 Program Blocks in TIA Portal | PLC Structure Basics25 min
  6. 17 TIA Portal Program Blocks Part 2 | Organize PLC Logic17 min
  7. 18 PLC Edge Detection Explained | Rising & Falling Edges21 min
  8. 19 TIA Portal Edge Detection Practice | PLC Signals24 min
Phase 2 · videos 20 to 33Advanced PLC programming and applications

Timers, counters, comparators, maths, data conversion, MOVE, program control, word logic and shift and rotate, with practice problems.

Advanced PLC Programming Concepts

  1. 20 PLC Timers in TIA Portal Explained | TON, TOF & More51 min
  2. 21 PLC Timer Practice Problem #1 | TIA Portal23 min
  3. 22 PLC Timer Practice Problem #2 | Siemens PLC30 min
  4. 23 PLC Timer Practice Problem #3 | Test Your Logic18 min
  5. 24 PLC Counter Operations in TIA Portal Explained24 min
  6. 25 PLC Counter Practice Problem | TIA Portal Tutorial13 min

Simulation and Testing of PLC Programs

  1. 26 PLC Comparators in TIA Portal | Compare Values20 min
  2. 27 Math Instructions in Siemens TIA Portal | PLC Basics32 min
  3. 28 PLC Data Conversion in TIA Portal Explained23 min
  4. 29 MOVE Instruction in TIA Portal | Transfer PLC Data1 h 17 min

Practical Applications and Case Studies

  1. 30 PLC Reactor Control Problem | TIA Portal Practice37 min
  2. 31 Program Control Instructions in TIA Portal Explained26 min
  3. 32 Word Logic Operations in TIA Portal Explained26 min
  4. 33 Shift & Rotate Instructions in Siemens TIA Portal16 min
Phase 3 · videos 34 and 35HMI development with Siemens TIA Portal

What an HMI is, adding a panel to your project, screens, navigation, tags shared with the PLC and good practice for operators.

Introduction to HMI and Industrial Automation

  1. 34 What Is HMI? Siemens TIA Portal HMI Basics13 min

Creating HMI Projects in TIA Portal

  1. 35 Add an HMI in TIA Portal | HMI Screen Elements44 min

Designing HMI Screens and Navigation

Notes, a lab task and a practice quiz.

Integrating HMI with PLC Programs

Notes, a lab task and a practice quiz.

Best Practices for HMI Development

Notes, a lab task and a practice quiz.

Phase 4 · videos 36 to 44Introduction to SCADA (WinCC)

What SCADA is, adding it in TIA Portal, screens and navigation, animation, alarms, trends, user administration, recipes and the historian.

Overview of WinCC SCADA System

  1. 36 What Is SCADA? Industrial Automation Explained9 min
  2. 37 Add SCADA in TIA Portal | Screen Elements Tutorial27 min

Tags and Data Acquisition

  1. 38 SCADA Screen Navigation & Templates Explained17 min

Creating SCADA Graphics and Objects

  1. 39 SCADA Screen Management in TIA Portal25 min

Dynamic Graphics and Animation

  1. 40 SCADA Animations Explained | Movement on HMI Screens25 min

Alarm and Event Management

  1. 41 SCADA Analog Alarms Explained | Monitoring Values27 min

Trending and Historical Data Analysis

  1. 42 SCADA Trends & User Administration | TIA Portal29 min

Best Practices and Project Review

  1. 43 SCADA PLC Control & Discrete Alarms Explained24 min
  2. 44 SCADA Recipes & Historian Explained | TIA Portal24 min
Phase 0 and Phase 5Getting started, and Basic Engineering

Install TIA Portal, PLCSIM and Factory I/O, and start with pre-recorded introductions to automation, PLCs and basic electronics. Then work through the nine Basic Engineering topics, each with notes, a lab task and a short quiz:

Electrical engineering, Mechanical engineering, Instrumentation and sensors, Pneumatics and hydraulics, Control systems and automation, Robotics, Industrial communication protocols, Maintenance and reliability, Safety and standards.

Phase 6 · Job-ready programme13 modules on getting the job

A one-to-one career session (request it from Help in your portal), CV and interview preparation, and short modules on the UK job market and how to apply. Your project and the final assessment come at the end.

  1. The UK automation job market
  2. Your engineering CV for UK employers
  3. LinkedIn and networking for engineers
  4. Applying smartly: the job board, weekly links, alerts and your tracker
  5. Recruitment agencies, contract or permanent, and IR35 basics
  6. Competency interviews with STAR answers
  7. Technical interviews: PLC, HMI, SCADA, safety and fault-finding questions
  8. Site safety employers expect
  9. Cards and tickets: CSCS, ECS and the 18th Edition
  10. Right to work and sponsorship: what to ask an employer
  11. Your first 90 days on site
  12. Prove it: your job simulators, portfolio and public engineer profile
  13. Next steps: EngTech and IEng registration, and continuing learning
Engineers talking beside an automation test rig, one looking up and smiling
Video lessons, then the Lab and your job-ready programme.

EDWartens Lab

Practise in the EDWartens Lab

Our own browser lab lets you write ladder logic and run it against a simulated PLC, wire and prove dead a control panel, and work a motor control centre. Open it free, any time, or signed in from your portal.

PLC programmingProgram a PLC, see it run.Open this lab (opens in a new tab)
What you practise
  • Build ladder, SFC and structured text programs
  • Go online and watch power flow through each rung
  • Force inputs and outputs and see the machine respond
See the Lab Open the free PLC lab

Job support

Support that carries on after the lessons

Learning the skill is half of it. The portal helps with the other half: where the jobs are and how to apply.

  • Job-ready programme13 modules on UK recruitment, your CV, applications, interviews and your first 90 days.
  • Weekly job linksPicked by our team and sent to your portal each week, with a notification.
  • Job board and alertsReal UK adverts, refreshed daily, with alerts for the roles you want.
  • Application trackerEvery application, date and next step in one place.

Also included: a one-to-one career session with our team, which you request from Help in your portal when you are ready, seven role-specific CV templates, interview preparation and a public engineer profile employers can find, if you opt in. We cannot promise an interview or a job, and we do not quote placement rates.

Look at the UK job board
Engineer holding up a drawing against a window to check it on site

Included job simulators

Seven job simulators, included

Do the job before you apply. Each simulation puts you in a simulated UK workplace with a morning email, tickets, documents and colleagues.

  • The workplace of the simulated company in the PLC Programmer job simulation
    Start in the workplace, with the team around you.
  • The Today screen of the PLC Programmer job simulation: the morning email and the day's tickets
    Today: the morning email and your tickets for the day.
  • A ticket in the PLC Programmer job simulation with its brief and acceptance points
    A ticket, written the way a colleague would write it.

Screenshots from the simulator. Company, people and data are fictional. Portraits are AI-generated.

The 7 simulations that come with the Professional Module (Self-paced)

Each simulation is sold separately: the Premium edition (days 6 to 20, an engineer-reviewed capstone and a viva) is £53.99 including VAT. With this course you get Premium and its certificate for these roles at no extra charge. The companies are simulated; a simulation is training, not employment or a work placement.

See all job simulations What Premium adds

Your certificate

Proof you can show an employer

A certificate of completion from Wartens Ltd, naming the Professional Module (Self-paced). CPD certificate worth 80 CPD credits, accredited by The CPD Group. It is issued when you have done all of these:

  • Pass each phase test
  • Pass the final theory assessment (80% or more)
  • Have your practical project approved by an engineer (80% or more)

It is a certificate of completion, not a regulated qualification, and it does not guarantee a job. Employers can check any certificate at edwartens.co.uk/verify.

Sample certificate of completion from Wartens Ltd, marked SAMPLE, in the name of Sample Learner
Sample certificate. Yours shows your name, date and a unique verification code.

Price and payment

£980 including VAT, everything included

One price. No extra charges for the portal, the career support or the certificate.

One price

£980

including VAT (£816.67 + £163.33 VAT)

How you pay
In full, once
That is about 1.3 weeks of the UK median full-time gross pay of £39,039 (ONS ASHE 2025, provisional).

Those are sums from our own price and a national average. They say nothing about what you will earn.

What the fee covers

  • 44 recorded Siemens TIA Portal lessons. About 19.5 hours of video, with notes, a lab task and a quiz for each module.
  • Basic Engineering modules. 9 self-paced topics with quizzes, and questions to a trainer.
  • Software set-up guide. Installation guide for TIA Portal, PLCSIM and Factory I/O.
  • Lab practice. The EDWartens Lab with every module.
  • Job-ready programme. 13 modules on the UK job market, your CV, applications and interviews.
  • Career support. Weekly job links, the job board with alerts and a tracker, a one-to-one career session you request from Help, seven CV templates and interview preparation.
  • Seven job simulators. The Premium edition and its certificate for each of the seven roles.
  • Project, final assessment and certificate. Your project marked by an engineer, and a certificate of completion with a number and QR code employers can verify.

Not included: your computer and internet connection, and any software licences you choose to buy for use after the course.

Pay in full: £980

Includes VAT (£816.67 + VAT). By debit or credit card through Stripe; we never see your card details. The whole course opens straight away.

One payment, no deposit

This course is paid in full, once. Your 12 months' access starts on the day you pay, and every lesson is open from that day.

Employer paying?

We can send a VAT invoice; the payment terms on the invoice apply. Contact us with the company's details before you enrol. A VAT-registered employer can usually reclaim the VAT.

This is a private course. It is not eligible for Advanced Learner Loans or Skills Bootcamp funding; see fees and payment.

Your 14-day right to cancel

  • If you buy as a consumer, you can cancel within 14 days of the day we confirm your booking, without giving a reason, and we refund what you paid.
  • Professional Module (Self-paced): the lessons are digital content that opens as soon as you pay, so at checkout you ask for access straight away. If you cancel within 14 days and have not opened any lesson, you get everything back. Once you open a lesson, the right to cancel ends.

The full rules are in the cancellations and refunds policy and the Professional Module (Self-paced) terms. Nothing here affects your legal rights.

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One payment of £980 including VAT, and the whole course opens straight away.

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Course facts

The practical details

Delivery
Self-paced online learning with recorded lessons in the student portal. There are no live classes.
Start
Start the day you enrol
Access period
12 months from the day you enrol
Duration
About 19.5 hours of video, plus notes, quizzes, lab tasks, Basic Engineering and a project
Requirements
A Windows PC that can run TIA Portal and a reliable internet connection. No PLC experience needed.
Software
Siemens TIA Portal (certificate states V17), PLCSIM, WinCC, Factory I/O
Assessment
A test at the end of each phase, a final theory assessment and a practical project, each marked at the pass mark shown in your portal (80% or more for the final and the project)
Certificate
A certificate of completion from Wartens Ltd and a CPD certificate worth 80 CPD credits, accredited by The CPD Group. Neither is a regulated qualification.

Questions

Questions people ask before enrolling

What is different from the live Professional Module?
The five live days are replaced by 44 recorded Siemens TIA Portal lessons from our YouTube channel, which you watch whenever you like. The Basic Engineering modules, Job-ready programme, project, final assessment, career support and job simulators are the same. There are no live classes, start dates or batches.
How long do I have?
You have 12 months of access from the day you pay. The lessons add up to about 19.5 hours of video, plus notes, quizzes, lab tasks, Basic Engineering and a project. Most people take a few months at a few hours a week.
Do I need PLC experience?
No. The course starts with how a PLC works and the first TIA Portal project. A little electrical or mechanical background helps, and you need to be comfortable using a Windows computer. The free TIA Portal courses are a low-risk way to check you enjoy it first.
What computer do I need?
A Windows PC or laptop that meets Siemens' requirements for TIA Portal (a recent processor, 16 GB of RAM or more and plenty of free disk space are recommended) and a reliable internet connection. Mac users need a Windows virtual machine or a Windows PC. The course has an installation guide for TIA Portal, PLCSIM and Factory I/O.
Will it get me a job?
We cannot promise that, and we do not quote placement rates. What you get is practical Siemens skills, a project to show, the Job-ready programme, weekly job links picked by our team, the job board with alerts and a tracker, a one-to-one career session you request from Help in your portal, seven CV templates and interview preparation. Your result depends on your background, location and effort.
Can I ask questions without a live class?
Yes. Every module has an AI tutor, and you can send a question to a human trainer from any module. Your project is marked by an engineer, who gives feedback if you need to change something.
How do I pass and get the certificate?
Pass the phase tests and the final theory assessment (80% or more), and have your practical project approved by an engineer (80% or more). The certificate of completion then issues itself, with a number and QR code employers can check at edwartens.co.uk/verify.
Is it CPD-accredited or a qualification?
You receive a certificate of completion from Wartens Ltd and a CPD certificate worth 80 CPD credits, accredited by The CPD Group. Neither is a regulated qualification such as City & Guilds or an HNC.
There is no physical PLC rig. Is that a problem?
It is a real limit. You write and test programs, HMI screens and SCADA projects on your own computer using PLCSIM, Factory I/O and the EDWartens Lab. You will not wire hardware or fault-find on a physical machine during the course. If hands-on rig time is essential for you, choose a provider that offers it.
How do I pay, and can my employer pay?
The course is £980 including VAT (£816.67 + VAT), paid in one payment by card; there is no deposit, and every lesson opens the day you pay. An employer can pay instead: ask us for a VAT invoice before you enrol.
What if I change my mind?
As a consumer you have 14 days to cancel after buying. The lessons open as soon as you pay, so if you cancel within 14 days and have not opened any lesson you get everything back, and once you open a lesson the right to cancel ends. The details are in our cancellations and refunds policy and the course terms.
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