Understand Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams P&IDs

Learn to understand piping & instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) with clarity and confidence.

What's included:

• Eligibility to earn a CPD & QLS endorsed certificate.
• Fully Online Recorded Class
• 24/7 & Lifetime Access
• Online support
• No hidden fees

If you've ever looked at a piping & instrumentation diagram and felt like you were decoding a secret map, you're not alone. This course is designed to help you understand piping & instrumentation diagrams from the ground up—without the confusion. You’ll get to grips with what each line, symbol, and component represents, and more importantly, how they all work together in real process systems.

Whether you work in engineering, maintenance, operations, or project planning, the ability to understand piping & instrumentation diagrams is essential. This course doesn’t drown you in jargon or throw you into complex theory. Instead, it provides clear explanations, guided breakdowns, and useful examples. From flow paths to valves, pumps to control loops, you’ll build confidence with P&IDs one symbol at a time—because once you can read them properly, you can make better decisions, avoid mistakes, and work more efficiently.

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Learning Outcomes

• Learn to understand piping & instrumentation diagrams from basic to advanced.
• Identify key symbols, line types, and instrumentation functions.
• Interpret control loops and connections in piping systems.
• Understand how P&IDs relate to process safety and system design.
• Apply diagram knowledge to assess and plan industrial processes.

Who is this course for?

• Engineers needing to understand piping & instrumentation diagrams in detail.
• Maintenance teams working with process equipment and systems.
• Process operators looking to read P&IDs confidently.
• Project planners working on plant and equipment layouts.
• Technical staff interpreting documents for installations or upgrades.

Career Path

• Process Engineer – Average salary: £42,000 per year
• Instrumentation Technician – Average salary: £35,000 per year
• Plant Operator – Average salary: £30,000 per year
• Maintenance Engineer – Average salary: £38,000 per year
• Project Engineer – Average salary: £45,000 per year
• Mechanical Designer (P&ID focus) – Average salary: £36,000 per year

Certification

Upon successful completion of the course and its assessment, you can obtain the certificate for a small additional fee. You can check the certificate fees and related details from the following link: https://www.oneeducation.org.uk/certificate/. You may also request a hard copy certificate, which will be posted to your preferred address for a small additional fee.