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Hello James; As far as a certification international authority for PLC/HMI programming skills , I do not believe there is any. Standards exist for PLC programming, IEC 61131-3 being the best known, but they do not certify a programmer's skills, only his work and his support of the standard. Many providers of PLC equipment will train programmers and then certify their trainees as "Certified ________ programmers". Fill in the blank with Rockwell, Siemens. Codesys... This is the way Siemens proposes its certified partners program: https://new.siemens.com/global/en/company/topic-areas/partners/industry.html https://new.siemens.com/global/en/company/topic-areas/partners.html I lead the Siemens certification project for an automation integrator I worked with, with some interesting results for our clients, but it required much work and investment for training our programmers, as they often left for (I hope) better positions. When I was offered a great project t to develop on another continent, the partner project dimmed and died for fault of interest. So the certificate is only worth what you are willing to invest in it. Hope this helps, |
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