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SCADA Systems: DNP3, RTUs, HMI Design & Cybersecurity
21 students
SCADA Systems: DNP3, RTUs, HMI Design & Cybersecurity
DNP3, IEC 60870-5 & Modbus, RTUs, ISA-101 HMI design, NERC CIP & IEC 62443 — pipeline, terminal & water SCADA
Last updated 11/2026
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What you'll learn
- Explain SCADA architecture, master stations, RTUs and communications, and how SCADA differs from a DCS
- Apply DNP3, IEC 60870-5, Modbus and OPC UA to wide-area SCADA systems
- Select between RTUs and PLCs for remote sites and specify their I/O and communications
- Choose telemetry, from licensed radio and cellular to satellite and fibre, against site constraints
- Design a SCADA database with clear tag structure, naming conventions and alarm limits
- Design a high-performance SCADA HMI to ISA-101 for operator situational awareness
- Specify the master terminal unit, historian, trending and reporting
- Secure a SCADA system against IEC 62443 and NERC CIP requirements
- Apply SCADA to pipelines with leak detection, terminals and tank farms, and water networks
- Plan a SCADA project from specification through to handover
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Course content
7 sections • 13 lectures • 2h 36m total length
Requirements
- No prior SCADA experience is required; architecture and terms are built from the ground up
- Any engineering, automation or technical background is enough
- No SCADA software or licence needed
- Helpful but not essential: familiarity with control loops, networks or plant equipment
Description
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.
Pipelines, water networks and power systems are run by SCADA. Many of the people responsible for it were never formally trained on it.
When a wide-area system fails, the asset is kilometres away and the link is unreliable by design.
This course teaches SCADA as it is designed and delivered for distributed assets, from RTU to control room.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN TO DO
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Explain SCADA architecture and how it differs from a DCS
- Select RTUs or PLCs for remote sites and specify their I/O and communications
- Apply DNP3, IEC 60870-5, Modbus and OPC UA to wide-area systems
- Choose licensed radio, cellular, satellite or fibre to suit site constraints
- Set up a SCADA database with sound tag naming and alarm limits
- Design HMI graphics to ISA-101 for situational awareness
- Secure SCADA to IEC 62443 and NERC CIP requirements
HOW THE COURSE IS TAUGHT
- Built around real applications: pipeline, terminal and tank farm, and water networks
- Design and engineering focus, not a vendor software tutorial
- No SCADA software or licence needed
- 13 lectures, about 2.5 hours in total
WHAT IS COVERED
- SCADA architecture and vendors
- Remote terminal units: hardware, I/O and communications
- DNP3, IEC 60870-5, Modbus and OPC UA
- Wide-area communications
- Master terminal unit and historian
- SCADA database design: tags, naming and alarm limits
- HMI design to ISA-101
- Pipeline SCADA, including leak detection
- Oil and gas terminal and tank farm SCADA
- Water and utilities SCADA
- SCADA cybersecurity: IEC 62443 and NERC CIP
- SCADA project delivery
65 PRACTICE QUESTIONS
Every section ends with a quiz built around realistic scenarios, so you test your understanding as you go and reinforce what you have learned. Each answer comes with a short explanation.
Enrol today and learn to design SCADA properly rather than inherit it.
Who this course is for:
- C&I and automation engineers responsible for SCADA on pipelines, utilities or remote sites
- SCADA and RTU technicians configuring and maintaining wide-area systems
- Telemetry and network staff supporting SCADA links
- System integrators designing or commissioning SCADA
- Control room and operations staff in water, power and pipeline networks
- Graduates and career changers moving into SCADA roles