Increase your job security, income: become a certified control system technician (CCST ) this year. TRAINING COURSES REGISTRATION OPEN

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1 April 2017 Inside This Issue 2 - PE & CST Local Training 4 -Instrumentation Expo Photos 6 -Local Section Meetings 7 -ISA & Regional Events 8 - Job Shop and Opportunities TRAINING COURSES REGISTRATION OPEN Control System Engineering P. E. License Review and Control System Technician Review for info or signup training@isala.org Cheshire Cat, asked Alice. Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? That depends a good deal on where you want to go, said the Cat. I don t much care where, said Alice. Then it doesn t matter which way you go, said the Cat. Lewis Carroll, Thursday, April 27, Pasadena Why you should become a licensed professional control system engineer Kathryn McChesney, P. E., has the type of job engineers throughout Southern California dream about as Imagineer on the Ride Control Software team at Walt Disney Imagineering in Glendale. She also received her California Professional Engineer license after passing the State exam in October Currently working on the new Star Wars Land expansion, Kathryn previously worked for Solar Turbines in San Diego as a Control Systems Engineer. She holds both a B.S. and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley, and lives in Glendale with her fiancé, Taylor, and dog, Sophie. In addition to giving us an insider s look at Disney, Kathryn will talk about the CSE PE license with special information for those of us who are working as engineers and engineering students who are considering applying to take the PE exam this fall. This is timely because the exam application deadline for new applicants is May 1st. continued on page 2 Increase your job security, income: become a certified control system technician (CCST ) this year Learn the Practical Value to Companies and Technicians, How to Get Certified & What Special Skills Are Required? Ask about the special 75% discount. Due to unforeseen delays, the first session planned for April 29 is being reschedule for May. At press time the date had not yet be set. Info will be posted at Get on the list for info by sending your contact info to training@isala.org. Subsidized by the Los Angeles Section, this course will be held on a series of Saturday mornings. The purpose of offering this training is the severe shortage of instrument and controls technicians in Southern California. Companies can use this training to provide a meaningful benefit to their staff. Individuals will recognize this as an affordable state of the art technical training to prepare them to take the CCST Exam. Professional I&C trainers Neil Finch (left) and Paul Franklin will be conducting the course. continued on page 2 CCST, Certified Control System Technician, CAP, Certified Automation Professional are registered trademarks of ISA.

2 Los Angeles Section Officers Brookhurst St # 156 Fountain Valley, CA President, Secretary Maria Lemone maria.lemone@isala.org Past President Daniel Oshaben Georg Fischer Signet LLC Daniel.Oshaben@georgfischer.com Treasurer Mariel Cisneros Northrop-Grumman Delegate - John Prince APG Analyzer Systems (714) jprince@calcems.com Delegate Alternate Paul Bodeau Why Not Engg, (562) pbodeau@whynotengineering.com Education Chair Ken Schultz, CCST Instrument Trainer & Consultant Membership Chair Lisa Hackett Molex Honors & Awards Chair Jane Platt jplatt@isala.org Historian - Rick Mione AllMetal Manufacturing (626) allmetalmfg@aol.com Newsletter Editor John Prince, (714) APG Analyzer Systems jprince@calcems.com Member at Large Rod Bodeau Why Not Engineering (562) Cal Poly Pomona Advisor Salomon Oldak, (909) soldak@csupomona.edu Cal Poly Section Liaison Gerald Herder Cal Poly Pomona, (909) gkherder@cpp.edu Long Beach State Advisor William Lopez, (714) lpeng@pacbell.net Maria Lemone Section President Control system P.E. review course Who Should Attend End users who hire both PEs and non PEs should also attend this meeting which will discuss what having a PE license means to an engineer, and... - When an employer should consider a PE instead of a non-pe. - Types of work typical for PEs vs non-pe s. - Minimum experience & education needed to take the exam. - Additional knowledge and experience that would be helpful and likely topics. Date & Time: Thurs, April 27, Arrive 5-6pm for dinner, networking; program at 6:00. Address: Pasadena City College, Rm 227 Industrial Technology Bldg (next to tennis courts). The address 1570 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, is the main address for the college. Use map and directions tofind parking and building. Directions: Exit 210 Freeway at Hill Ave, go south across Colorado Blvd, right on Green Street, park in Lots 10 or 11. If full, park in Parking Structure A on the south side of the campus. Parking: Park in Lots 10 or 11 (Off Green between Holliston and Hill) or in the parking structure on Del Mar between Hill and Bonnie). Bring $2 cash or debit card topurchase parking ticket from dispensers. Cost: No cost to ISA members or Disney employees and their guests. Others $10. Certified Control System Technician, Continued from front page Neil is a professional instructor and Certified Control System Technician Level 3. He has taught I&C courses throughout the United States. worked as Instrument Manager and Trainer at the City of Glendale Power Generating Plant and presently works at SCE. He has been teaching the instrumentation technician course at International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union for several years, and has helped hundreds of workers rise from electricians to instrument technicians and beyond. Neil has served as President and Education Chair of the ISA Los Angeles Section and taught I&C topics throughout the US. Neil has taught numerous instrumentation courses locally for the Los Angeles Section over the past several years. He talks the language of working technicians and has a large fan club here. He regularly supports others learning instrumentation skills by taking them on jobs with him and giving handson experience to those who might otherwise not be able to get it and also is active in his church and community. Photos from Instrumentation Expo held March 28, 2017 Continued on page 4 The monthly ISA Section Newsletter and annual Regional Membership Directory and Buyers Guide are mailed to all ISA section members in Southern & Central California and Nevada. Newsletters include the Los Angeles Annunciator, San Diego Signal, Central California Alarm and Aloha Process Connection. Volume 14, Issue 2. Change of address, industry news and editorial submissions: Editor, ISA Section Newsletter, PO Box 8241, Huntington Beach, CA Billing, advertising, reprints and publishing correspondence: TechPubs Communications, PO Box 1605, Costa Mesa, CA Submissions are copyright by the respective authors with All Rights Reserved. Copyright (C) 2017 TechPubs Communications. All Rights Reserved. Photos by John Prince 2 ISA Southern District 11 Newsletters April 2017

3 + YRS We Thank You For Your Support Trusted Source for Process Control Solutions in Southern California Flow Temperature Pressure Level Gas-Flame Detection Systems Valves Valve Automation Enclosures GE Masoneilan Krohne Jerguson/Clark Reliance REXA Continental Disc Corp Habonim Pentair SOR AT Controls Bürkert PMV 3D Instruments Veris Scott Safety Intertec Headline Filters Reotemp GO Wyatt Ronan CFM-SAN DIEGO, INC Gateway Rd., Suite: 103, Carlsbad, CA (760) April 2017 ISA Southern District 11 Newsletters 3

4 Instrumentation Expo 2017 best attended Thanks to the following companies for supporting the Instrumentation Expo held March 28 Booth 101 Additel Corporation 100 Allmetal Manufacturing 109 Andon Specialties Inc 100 APG Analyzer Systems 109 Andon Specialties Inc 220 Blair-Martin Co Inc 100 Calif Legis Council of PEs 128 Cemtek Environmental 124 Central Calif Instruments 222 D&D Engineering 123 Don Wolf & Associates 106 ESL Power Systems Inc 217 icomtech Inc 214 JPR Systems Inc 120 M&C Tech Group 204 Measurement Sci Conf 100 Molex 218 MRC Global 113 Patten Systems Inc 202 Ponton Industries Inc 119 PR Electronics 127 Rotork Controls Inc 103 Schubert & Salzer 105 SpectraSensors 215 Swagelok Los Angeles 114 The Fitting Source Inc 108 Wasson-ECE Instr 301 Westech Industrial 122 Westmark Sales 100 Why Not Enigineering 204 Wilmington Instrument 125 Wolseley Industrial Grp 216 Xenon Inc Instrumentation and Control Products & Services Represented 113 3D Instruments 217 Acti 214 Agar Corporation 108 Agilent 222 Alicat Scientific 222 Alliance Sensors Group 122 Altech Environment USA 202 American Sigma (Hach) 202 Ametek 220 AndersonGreenwood 222 APCS Pty Ltd 122 AquaMetrix 218 ASCO (Emerson) 218 Automax (Flowserve) 222 Azbil Yamatake Sensing 217 B+B Smartworx 124 Badger Meter 202 Badger Meter 124 Barksdale 124 BelGAS 124 Bellofram 218 Bettis (Emerson) 127 Bifold 214 BLH 202 Brooks Instrument Inc 120 Cal-Bay Controls 218 Cameron 202 Cashco 222 Celesco Transducer Prod 119 CES 202 Clarke Industrial Engg 202 Clearwater Controls Inc 220 Crosby 220 Custom Control Sensors 122 Draeger Inc 124 Dynalco 214 Eaton Filtration 214 Endress+Hauser 202 Entech Design Inc 222 Everight Position Technol 127 Fairchild 214 Flexim 114 Flowmetrics 220 Flowserve 202 Flowserve Worcester Div 202 Fluid Components Int l 122 Galvanic Applied Sciences 122 H2scan Inc 202 Hach Company 202 Hardy Process Solutions 122 HF Scientific Inc 202 Horiba 217 ICP DAS USA 202 Indu-Tech Inc 124 INOR 122 Insite Instrumentation Group 222 Jowa USA 222 Jumo Process Control Inc 122 Kayden Instruments 124 KEP 113 Kurz Instruments 113 L&J Technologies 222 Laurel Electronics Inc 218 Limitorque (Flowserve) 222 Liquid Controls 127 M&M 220 Magnetrol 124 Marsh 202 Marsh McBirney (Hach) 222 Maxdetect 113 Meriam 113 Metrix 122 Michell Instruments Inc 127 Midland -ACS 220 Mid-West Instrument 113 Moore Industries Int l 217 Moxa 214 MSA 214 Neo Monitors 222 Novotechnik 222 Opkon 220 Orion 220 Oseco 214 Pentair 202 Pepperl+Fuchs 217 Perle 124 Perma-Cal 124 PIE 202 Plasti-Fab Inc 222 Posital Fraba 124 Precision Inst Valves 214 Protectoseal 222 Pureron Japan Co Ltd 124 Pyromation 217 QNAP 113 Raco Manufacturing 124 Ralston Instruments 214 Raychem 218 RCS (GE) 124 Reotemp 113 Ronan 113 Ronan Measurements 124 Rosemount 113 Scott Safety 122 Servomex Company Inc 113 Shand & Jurs 202 Siemens Drives Group 202 Siemens Industry Inc 222 Smartec 222 Solartron 202 Solcon 127 Soldo 113 SOR 113 Sparling 222 Sponsler 202 Thermox Process Instr 222 Thermx Southwest 218 Topworx 217 Tycon Systems 220 Valtek 202 Valve Concepts Inc 214 Varec 220 Varec Vapor Control 218 Versa 108 Wasson Analytical Engg 222 Weber Sensors 119 Wesco 218 Westlock 127 YTC 202 Zaps Technologies Inc Expo Supports & Is Supported by the Following - ISA Los Angeles Section - ISA San Diego Section - ISA Cal Poly Pomona Section - ISA Long Beach State Section Special Thanks To CCST Instructors Neil Finch, Paul Franklin, Ken Schultz and Gary Campbell who supported establishing the new LA Section Certified Control System Technician Review Course Keynote Presentation and Primary Expo Sponsor California Legislative Council of Professional Engineers presents ENERGY: The Brightest Outlook for Employment in the Process Industries Speaker: Bob Katin, P.E. AIChE Fellow, President of Calif Legislative Council of Professional Engineers and Chair of AIChE California Government Relations. Summary: The industrial sector is the largest energy-consuming sector in the US. Each year, 196,000 refineries, chemical plants, steel mills, factories and other process industries use over 33% of the energy used in the US. Those who make their living in the process industry tailor your skills toward projects that monitor, control & improve energy efficiency. CCST, Certified Control System Technician, CAP, Certified Automation Professional are registered trademarks of ISA. 4 ISA Southern District 11 Newsletters April 2017

5 Professional Development CCST, CAP Courses Forming The Los Angeles Section is now scheduling a series of Certified Control System Technician and Certified Automation Professional Exam Review Courses modeled after the highly succsessful ISA Los Angeles Section s Control System Engineering PE License Review Course that has been offered for over 30 years. Those who attend the overview kick-off session on Tuesday, March 28 at the Expo at Brouwerij West Craft Brewery in San Pedro (see ad below) will receive an exclusive 75% discount off the regular course registration. The CCST Course will be held on a series of Saturday mornings, similar to the PE Review Course held by the Los Angeles Section for decades. For the schedule contact training@isala.org. The cost for the first course is being kept well below other CCST and CAP review courses. Each are be spread over 4 weeks instead of concentrated into one week to allow time for individual study and personal instruction. Sessions are being taught by professional instructors working in the field who hold levels of the the CCST or CAP certificate. For more info contact training@instrumentation2017.com. April 2017 ISA Southern District 11 Newsletters 5

6 Local section meetings For more details about any of the section meetings, please contact the section president, website or read each section s complete newsletter online at each section s website. Los Angeles Section for date Maria Lemone, Contact for info... training@isala.org CCST Level 1 Review Course, For location and info: Los Angeles Section Thurs, Apr 27 Maria Lemone, Contact to RSVP... rsvp@isala.org Why You Should Have a PE License, Pasadena. Info San Diego Section Golf Tournament Jim Van de Wetering, jjvande@gmail.com, (858) Contact President for details. Website: isasandiego.org Central California Section May Ian Harris, (661) , IJHarris@aeraenergy.com Golf Tournament & Tabletop Show. Web: Orange County & Las Vegas Sections No Information Please see websites. Cal Poly Pomona Student Section Contact Advisor Salomon Oldak, Advisor, soldak@cpp.edu ISALA-Cal Poly Student Liaison: Jerry Herder, gkherder@cpp.edu Cal State Long Beach Student Section Contact Liaison Mariel Cisneros, Section Liaison, (562) , cisnerom@gmail.com. Bakersfield College Student Section Contact Advisor Sean Caras, Advisor, scaras@bakersfieldcollege.edu 6 ISA Southern District 11 Newsletters April 2017

7 ISA & Regional Events For information about ISA society (not section) events and classroom and online training courses, please visit or contact ISA at (919) , May - September Control System Technician Exam Review Courses Los Angeles ISA San Diego Annual Golf Tournament and Tabletop Show Call for date and details Jim Van at (858) July - Oct 2017 Control System Eng PE License Review Course Southern Calif Locations May 18, 2017 ISA Central California Golf Tournament Bakersfield May 19, 2017 ISA Central California Tabletop Show Bakersfield April 2017 ISA Southern District 11 Newsletters 7

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9 Job Shop & Business Opportunities, continued next page Circulation is ISA members and other industry personnel. To place an ad, call (714) The standard cost to place an ad is $25 per block of 25 words, with minimum of 75 words. Job Wanted ads free to Regular and Student ISA members. Field Sales Person Bray Sales So California Join the winning team at Bray Sales. We are looking for candidates with experience in servicing customers with their valve and valve automation requirements. Successful candidates will be self-starters, motivated to succeed, and have good communication and organization skills. Must have good computer skills and be familiar with CRM software. Comprehensive benefits package. Non-smoker, clean DMV. Submit resume to More Bray Sales information at right. April 2017 ISA Southern District 11 Newsletters 9

10 Employment Opportunities INSTRUMENTATION TECHNICIAN PFT Alexander, Inc. is looking for an instrumentation technician with experience working on pressure and temperature recorders, as well as temperature gauges. Strong written and verbal communication skills are a must as you will be overseeing all aspects of calibration documentation and reporting, as well as interfacing directly with customers. 3+ years experience preferred. To apply please resume to accounting@pftalexander.com. Job Type: Full Time. Location: Signal Hill, CA PROJECT ENGINEER Experienced project engineer seeks position in Southern California. Excellent references throughout California and US at refineries, power generation stations, wastewater facilities, cogens, process plants and design/build engineering firms. Field installation experience, extensive knowledge and hands-on experience including sales support, applications, system design, project engineering and management, field service, management. Contact 1607@techpubs.net. ADVERTISERS INDEX Blair-Martin Company... 8 Bray Controls... 9 Calbay Controls...11 Capital Westward... 6 Central California Instruments...11 CFM-San Diego... 3 Don Wolf & Associates... 8 Duro-Sense Corporation... 8 Emerson Process Mgmt... 7 ESL Power Systems Moore Industries... Insert, 9 Patten Systems... 8 PFT Alexander Precision Instrumentation...11 RM Controls... 6 SpectraSensors Summit Fluid Technologies... 6 Valley Instrument... 7 WestMark Sales...Back Cover Wilmington Instrument Co... Insert 10 ISA Southern District 11 Newsletters April 2017

11 Solenoid Valves From Parker Distributors of Pressure and Flow Controls: Pressure regulators, pressure indicators, flowmeters, filters, separators, thermometers, and switches Benson Ave., Chino CA TEL: (909) FAX: (909) April 2017 ISA Southern District 11 Newsletters 11

12 ISA Section Newsletter Los Angeles Section of ISA c/o TechPubs Communications PO Box 1605, Costa Mesa, CA HUGE SUCCESS! Instrumentation Expo Brouwerij Craft Brewery San Pedro, LA Harbor SIGN UP NOW FOR 2018! TIME SENSITIVE Please Deliver By Apr 25 OR CURRENT RESIDENT LA 12 ISA Southern District 11 Newsletters April 2017