Ethernet training partnership

RMIT University and Belden Australia, through its brand Hirschmann Automation and Control (Hirschmann), have formed a partnership to offer training and certification in industrial ethernet skills.

Bruce Kendall, senior educator in RMIT’s School of Engineering, said industrial ethernet is a rapidly evolving technology for networking and communication.

“It’s vital to a range of industries, including oil and gas, metals and mining, water, food, road, rail and air transport, power, manufacturing, and building automation,” he said.

“RMIT will offer training on the Hirschmann platform, allowing students to obtain certification as a Hirschmann industrial systems engineer or Hirschmann industrial network engineer.”

Adam Callender, marketing director Belden Asia Pacific, said industrial ethernet extends beyond the physical attributes of data communication equipment.

“A successful implementation requires knowledge surrounding total life cycle from the physical and logical design, component selection, engineering and configuration, installation and testing, operations and maintenance, disaster recovery and expansions/upgrades,” Callender said.

RMIT will deliver the Hirschmann-certified training courses for the Australian and New Zealand markets. The training will be on-site anywhere in Australia and New Zealand, as well as on-campus at RMIT.