Software Engineer Gains New Confidence Through Ignition Training

At Inductive Automation's training center different people from various industries come from around the world to receive expert training in Ignition. One such individual is Brett Yeomans. He recently made the trip from the United Kingdom to visit the Inductive Automation training facility in Folsom, California.

Brett works for the Weetabix Food Company, one of the largest producers of breakfast cereals in the world. He has been with the company for 20 years and is currently working there as a software engineer. One of Brett's passions is exploring and experimenting with new technology. "One of the best parts about my job is the chance to find and play with the latest software, so I was excited to work with Ignition," Brett said.

After many years of using an older SCADA package, Weetabix is looking to upgrade to Ignition. Brett explained the need for the switch: "Our current SCADA is so basic, it really just logs tag information to a local machine and someone has to be at that machine to retrieve it." Brett continued, "With Ignition all the information is stored in a central location and it can be accessed through a web browser. This will make it easy for people on the factory floor to access information – everything will be much more connected." In preparation for the transition, Weetabix asked Brett to visit Inductive Automation's training center in order to get more familiar with Ignition.

Inductive Automation offers several different training courses; the most popular are the 5-day Ignition core course and the 3-day advanced course. Brett visited the training center to attend both: "The 5-day training course was very good and easy to follow; I learned a lot but didn't feel overwhelmed. The advanced course was much more in-depth and the pace was much quicker; we covered a lot of ground."

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