Course Overview:

The Siemens S7 1200 TIA Portal Training course is designed for engineers and maintenance technicians who need to get hands-on with the TIA Portal and S7-1200 PLCs.

Over three days, this practical course builds the skills needed to confidently set up, program, monitor, and troubleshoot Siemens S7 systems using the TIA Portal software.

Starting from project creation and hardware architecture, you’ll work through to advanced topics like function blocks, symbolic programming, diagnostics, and fault finding.

The course balances theory with practical exercises, making sure you can apply what you learn back on-site straight away. Ideal for those working with Siemens S7 controllers in production, engineering, or maintenance environments.

Who Should Attend?

• Maintenance technicians needing a better grasp of Siemens S7 1200 systems
  

• Engineers new to TIA Portal programming
  

• Anyone responsible for supporting or maintaining Siemens PLCs in industrial environments
  

• Teams looking to up skill for plant automation, troubleshooting, and optimisation

What You'll Learn

• Setting up and creating projects within TIA Portal
  

• Understanding the hardware architecture of S7 range controllers
  

• Introduction to data formats and how data blocks work
  

• Working with programming blocks: OBs, FBs, FCs, SFCs, SFBs
  

• Programming basics: Ladder (LAD), Statement List (STL), and Function Block Diagram (FBD)
  

• Communicating with the PLC: uploading, downloading, and online monitoring
  

• Building programs using LAD programming techniques
  

• Siemens S7 instruction set: relay operations, logic functions, maths, data handling
  

• Best practices for program documentation and symbolic notation
  

• How to access and use diagnostic tools for efficient fault finding
  

• Data monitoring, modifying variables, and online debugging
  

• Managing data files including User Defined Data Types (UDTs)
  

• Cross-referencing tools for efficient code management
  

• Writing and calling Functions (FCs) and Function Blocks (FBs)
  

• Program fault handling with organisation blocks (OBs)
  

• Using indirect addressing techniques
  

• Configuring peer-to-peer communications between PLCs

Why Choose This Course?

• Practical, hands-on focus with real-world applications
  

• Covers all the essentials to get up and running with Siemens S7 1200 PLCs
  

• Helps reduce downtime by improving fault finding and troubleshooting skills
  

• Led by experienced instructors with industry backgrounds
  

• Suitable for in-house delivery if you have a team to train