Modern production control includes the following topics:

Network and communication (Protocol level) 

• Electro 
• Signals 

Integration IT/OT

Monitoring of production

• Camera 
• Smart sensors 
• Database 
• Big Data 
• Data security - threat/consequences 
• Troubleshooting and best possible error message 
• Predictive maintenance 
• ISA95 
• MES 

Technology for production

• Machine learning/AI 
• Digital twins, simulation with AR and VR 
• Robotics, cobot, programming 
• Technology for traceability, from raw material to final product 
• PLC

Through this program operators with various backgrounds will be able to do a good job in a new production environment and with new tasks in companies within the battery value chain.   The study will also be relevant for tasks in other industrial companies.

This education is highly relevant for the production and adaptability of the companies. The study will equip you to take on new challenges in your own company or take on new roles.

The study ensures lifelong learning of the company’s employees and will make you better equipped to meet changes.

To be admitted to Fagskolen i Agder, the applicant must have completed vocational training with a certificate of apprenticeship / journeyman's certificate. Applicants who do not meet the requirements for general admission can apply for admission on the basis of  adequate experience.

How can I sign up? 
Click on the red ‘Apply here’ button a little further up on this page to open the registration form, you will then need your BankID. Check that your personal information is correct, choose a study program and fill out information about your current employer.
If you do not have a certificate of apprenticeship / journeyman’s certificate, you register relevant practice.
Finally, you must upload documentation of relevant practice/diploma.

The study itself is free.

The student must cover expenses for any printing of subject matter and study material. And the student must use their own PC with administrator rights and Microsoft Office.

Great emphasis is placed on creating a good learning environment for the students with a focus on competence sharing. The students’ experience from various workplaces is shared, and the education closely ties theory to practice.

The study is based on active learning, i.e., the student must participate in the learning process with their own work, task solutions in combination with teaching and guidance.

There will be task work both individually and in groups, presentations, company visits, and interdisciplinary projects. The school uses the online platform Its Learning, which is adapted for teaching and follow-up. 
At the Fagskolen i Agder, the students receive follow-up throughout the entire course of education.

There is no exam, but assessment is based on tasks submitted along the way.