Certification: Smart Sensor and Identification Systems 1 (C-213)

3500 PNC Tower Louisville, KY 40202

Prepares individuals to connect, configure, adjust, program, monitor, and operate smart sensors (analog pressure/ultrasonic, photoelectric, and stack light), barcode readers, and RFID readers in an Industry 4.0 environment. Key skills include: connecting sensors to Ethernet network through IO-Link Masters or directly, configuring IO-Link Masters, interpreting sensor and IO-Link Master status indicators, downloading IODD and EDS files for smart sensors, wiring smart sensors, configuring PLCs to receive data from smart sensors through network, monitoring health of sensors through network, programming RFID tags or printing barcode labels, setting up and operating RFID readers, configuring RFID/barcode readers to communicate to a PLC, configuring Ethernet-serial converter to communicate sensor data to PLCs, and programming PLCs to use smart sensor/RFID/barcode data to perform common process applications.
More information about this certification

More than two years of education or training after high school required?
No
More than two years of work experience required?
No
Oral or Written Exam Required?
Yes
Renew through Continuing Educational Units(CEU)?
No
Renew through Re-Examination?
No
Renew through Continuing Professional Development(CPD)?
No
Does applicant have choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)?
No

Product/Equipment

A product/equipment certification tests for knowledge about the use of proprietary software or hardware products. This classification is used primarily for computer-related companies such as IBM, CISCO, HP, etc.