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Reading Engineering Drawings and P&IDs for Maintenance Teams

Maintenance teams that cannot confidently read drawings waste time on site and risk dangerous mistakes during isolation and repair. This programme builds practical drawing literacy, from mechanical and electrical drawings to process and instrumentation diagrams used across African plants. Delegates learn to locate equipment, trace lines and use drawings to plan safe, accurate work.

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What you will be able to do

  • Interpret common mechanical, electrical and civil engineering drawings.
  • Read process and instrumentation diagrams and their symbols.
  • Trace pipe, cable and instrument lines through a set of drawings.
  • Use drawings to locate equipment and plan isolation and repair.
  • Identify tag numbers and cross reference them to the plant and register.
  • Recognise and report drawings that no longer match the plant.

Course outline

  1. 01Drawing types and conventions
  2. 02Mechanical and electrical drawings
  3. 03Process and instrumentation diagrams
  4. 04Symbols, tags and cross referencing
  5. 05Tracing lines and circuits
  6. 06Using drawings for safe work planning
  7. 07Managing as built and outdated drawings

Who should attend

Maintenance artisans, fitters, electricians, planners and technicians who use engineering drawings and P&IDs in their daily work.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
28 to 29 Sep 2026Windhoek2US$1,100Closed
29 to 30 Sep 2026Gaborone2US$1,100Register
30 Sep to 1 Oct 2026Maseru2US$1,100Register
1 to 2 Oct 2026Mbabane2US$1,100Register
5 to 6 Oct 2026Lusaka2US$1,100Register
6 to 7 Oct 2026Harare2US$1,100Register
7 to 8 Oct 2026Lilongwe2US$1,100Register
8 to 9 Oct 2026Blantyre2US$1,100Register
12 to 13 Oct 2026Mozambique2US$1,100Register
13 to 14 Oct 2026Nairobi2US$1,100Register
14 to 15 Oct 2026Dar es Salaam2US$1,100Register
15 to 16 Oct 2026Kigali2US$1,100Register
19 to 20 Oct 2026Kampala2US$1,100Register
20 to 21 Oct 2026Accra2US$1,100Register
21 to 22 Oct 2026Lagos2US$1,100Register
22 to 23 Oct 2026Cairo2US$1,100Register
26 to 27 Oct 2026Mauritius2US$1,100Register
27 to 28 Oct 2026Dubai2US$1,100Register
28 to 29 Oct 2026Online2US$900Register
9 to 10 Dec 2026Johannesburg2R10,000Register
10 to 11 Dec 2026Cape Town2R10,000Register
14 to 15 Dec 2026Durban2R10,000Register
17 to 18 Dec 2026Pretoria2R10,000Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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