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A four-day practical course delivered in person at our training academy, using trainer and student rigs with real BMS controllers, panels, field devices and an RS-485/Modbus network.
By the end of the programme, candidates should be able to approach a BMS installation with a drawing, points schedule and test equipment and begin working through the system in a structured and technically informed manner. The course is focused on practical BMS engineering rather than manufacturer-specific product training.
Entry requirements: [PLACEHOLDER: entry requirements / who should attend]. Candidates work with live electrical and electronic equipment and must follow the Academy's workshop safety procedures.
Understand how a BMS is structured, identify control-panel components, understand BMS I/O, interpret drawings and apply the electrical principles required for safe BMS pre-commissioning.
What a Building Management System is, what it monitors and controls, and how it relates to the mechanical and electrical services in a building.
How supervisors, networks, control panels, controllers, I/O modules, field devices and plant fit together, and how information and commands move through the system.
Digital and analogue inputs and outputs, universal I/O, common signal types, command versus status, and the physical device behind every BMS point.
Controllers, I/O modules, power supplies, terminals, relays, contactors, protection, Hand/Off/Auto, HMIs and wiring, and how each I/O type is routed through the panel.
Using real control-panel drawing sets as a practical tool: legends, the panel/field demarcation line, terminal and relay references, cross-references and revisions.
The electrical knowledge needed to prove BMS circuits: safety and safe isolation, AC/DC, voltage, continuity, contacts, 24 V supplies, commons and references, 0–10 V, 4–20 mA and thermistors.
Apply Day 1 knowledge through circuit tracing, electrical testing, fault finding and practical hardwired point-to-point verification of BMS field devices.
Using a BMS drawing to physically trace circuits between the panel and field devices on training equipment, comparing what the drawing says with what is installed.
Using a multimeter safely and systematically on real BMS circuits — 24 V AC/DC, continuity, volt-free contacts, relays, 0–10 V, thermistors — and locating faults in the panel, field wiring or device.
Five practical stations — temperature sensors, analogue transmitters, digital inputs, modulating actuators and structured fault diagnosis — with individual assessment.
Configure, connect, prove and fault-find an RS-485 / Modbus RTU field network using issued project information and a structured pre-commissioning process.
Configuring, connecting, proving and fault-finding Modbus RTU field devices on a live RS-485 training network, from a healthy network to deliberately introduced network faults.
Complete the final practical competency assessment and produce clear commissioning records, defect reports and blocker records suitable for project handover.
Demonstrate the practical pre-commissioning methods developed during the course: work from issued information, select appropriate tests, prove the installation and restore all equipment after testing.
| Stage | Task | What you must demonstrate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drawings & Electrical Verification | Trace the allocated circuit, state expected results, test safely and prove the correct circuit/device. |
| 2 | Hardwired P2P & Fault Diagnosis | Prove allocated points and diagnose concealed faults using a structured method. |
| 3 | RS-485 / Modbus Network | Use issued network information, prove device association and diagnose the prepared network condition. |
Criteria are recorded as Competent (C) or Further Evidence Required (FER). The assessment confirms that you can apply a repeatable, safe and evidence-based pre-commissioning method — not simply find a fault quickly.
Completing commissioning records from the Equipment Schedule and Points Schedule, recording defects and blockers, and knowing when a point can legitimately be signed off.