The course should be as well a team-building event for the commissioning crew.

If you would join such a training course, which topics should be covered and which questions should be answered by the trainer?

Please take five minutes of your valuable time to answer my question at:

Answer my question here.

Thank you very much for your help.

• Are you a freelance engineer?
• Do you have a qualification as a welding engineer, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, commissioning engineer or quality engineer?
• Do you speak German and English?
• Are you looking for a job?

Did you answer all four questions with “yes”?

OK, I invite you to follow me to my new website where you can find jobs for freelance engineers in plant construction: www.FreelanceEngineerJobs.com

Die knappen Anforderungen des Kunden sind:

• SFI
• Nachgewiesene Erfahrung im Rohleitungsbau
• Erfahrung beim Bau von Hochdruckleitungen

Es geht darum, dass der Bau eines Tanklagers sich zeitlich verzögert hat und es soll eine 2. Schicht eingeführt werden. Es wird der stellvertretende Baustellenleiter für die Aufsicht dieser Schicht gesucht. Es wird mit einem 9 oder 10 Stunden Tag gerechnet. Beginn Ende Juni. Dauer 3 bis 4 Monate.

Bei Interesse nehmen Sie bitte Kontakt mit Thomas Stünkel auf.

Today I start to compile all the important links which I used or I am using for my commissioning job. At the moment you will find a few links only but I will add much more links in the next weeks and months.

Do you know links to commissioning resources you want to share with us? Write a comment to this blog post or send me a message and I will add it.

And here you’ll find the commissioning resources: Commissioning Resources for Commissioning Engineers & Commissioning Managers

At the end of each post and page you will find a set of small icons which are linked to the different social bookmark services like Digg, NewsVine, StumpleUpon and much more.

If you miss your preferred bookmark service leave me a message!

And now – share and enjoy!

Thomas Stuenkel

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I wish you all the best to find the right job!

Thomas Stuenkel

Good questions. First, here’s why you should care.

Unlike getting website updates or ezines by email, RSS feeds give you absolute, 100% complete control over the situation.

You don’t have to reveal your email address. If you want to stop receiving content, you don’t have to request to be “taken off the list.”

One click, and poof… the subscription is gone.

Plus, since there’s no email address involved, there’s no way a publisher can sell, rent or give away the means to contact you.

That’s right… no more spam, viruses, phishing, or identity theft. And best of all, no reason to put yourself at the mercy of the publisher’s intentions.

You won’t need to suffer through the legalese in the privacy policy (if there is one) looking for loopholes that will send you deeper into inbox hell. No more setting up dummy Hotmail accounts “just in case.”

Again, if you don’t like the content, you can make it disappear as fast as you can change a TV channel. With just one click.

Pretty cool, huh?

That is cool! Umm… What the heck is RSS?

Alright! Now we’re ready to get to that part.

RSS is a simply an Internet technology standard that allows busy people to receive updates to web-based content of interest.

You might have figured that much out by now. But basically, that’s the essence of an RSS feed – you subscribe and then receive new content automatically in your feed reader.

If you actually want to know how RSS works, click here.

What the heck is a feed reader?

You may already be using a form of feed reader, and not even realize it. If you use personalized home page services like My Yahoo or My MSN, you’ve got RSS capabilities built in. That’s how syndicated content like news, weather and stock quotes appears on your personal page. You can also add content from any blog or other site that uses RSS to provide updates.

Other web-based tools are primarily dedicated to feed reading only. One of the most popular web-based feed readers at this point is Bloglines, and it’s also free and easy to get started with.

For more info on getting started with Bloglines, read Bloglines (and aggregators in general) from Carson McComas of WorkHappy.net.

If you use the Firefox browser, you can also receive RSS feeds from your tool bar by using the Live Bookmarks function. The next version of Internet Explorer will add this feature as well.

Finally, there are desktop-based feed readers. These function somewhat like an email program for feeds. Examples include Newsgator and Feed Demon.

If it sounds complicated, it’s really not. And things will get even easier when the next version of Outlook integrates feed-reading capabilities. So, you’ll have the same convenience that email subscriptions offered in the old days, without any of the terrible consequences of giving out your email address to potentially unscrupulous characters.

Sounds good. So how do I subscribe to a Feed?

First of all, look for the subscription or feed options (some bloggers make this difficult for some odd reason). You might see a variety of buttons (amusingly called chicklets).

If the site you want to subscribe to uses FeedBurner to aid in the subscription process (like CommissioningEngineer.com and many other popular sites), you’ll likely see the standard RSS icon, which takes you to a page that will give you an array of the most popular feed readers so you can select yours, and you’ll go from there. This is the new standard RSS icon:

Sometimes there will be a chicklet for your particular reader right on the blog that will take you to the appropriate subscription page. You may see these (among others):

Finally, you may also see little orange buttons that say XML or RSS. Often these chicklets will take you to a page that looks like code gibberish. In this case, you simply cut and paste the page URL from your browser window and manually paste it into your feed reader subscription box.

Hopefully this last method will soon disappear, never to be seen again.

In summary: RSS solves BIG problems.

So there you have it… RSS is being adopted at a phenomenal rate, because it’s a good thing for everyone.

The benefit to readers is obvious. And it’s good for publishers too, because we want to make sure that people feel comfortable subscribing, and that our message is not nuked by an overzealous spam filter.

If there’s anything here that is confusing, or you have a question, please email me and I’ll be happy to help!

Thanks to Copyblogger for a helping hand with this RSS mini-tutorial.

Abdullah is on the left and me in the centre. My colleague Ulrich you can see on the left and my colleague Rout on the right.

Yes, and it was a very nice party even without alcohol and pork! I didn’t miss it!

You can click on the image to enlarge it.

Duration approx. 1 year.

If you are interested in this job contact Thomas Stuenkel by using the contact form.

Today I want to give you a short overview about a few of my recent projects in plant commissioning:

Customer
PV Crystalox Solar Silicon GmbH, Bitterfeld, Germany
Client
szs engineering GmbH, Langen, Germany
Project
Production facility for solar-grade silicon. Member of commissioning team. Commissioning, operating and consulting activities.
Position
Commissioning Engineer
Date
Since April 2009

Customer
National Petrochemical Industrial Co. (NATPET), Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
Client
Lurgi AG, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Project
Construction of PDH plant. Member of commissioning team. Pre-commissioning and commissioning activities.
Position
Commissioning Engineer
Date
January 2007 till November 2008

Customer
SLOVNAFT a.s., Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Client
Linde-KCA-Dresden GmbH, Dresden, Germany
Project
Construction of Polypropylene Plant PP3. Coordination of commissioning activities among client, customer and licenser.
Position
Commissioning Coordinator
Date
October 2004 till September 2005

Customer
S.C. ROMPAK S.R.L, Pascani, Romania
Client
ONDEO Industrial Solutions GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
Project
Construction of a biological wastewater treatment plant for a yeast manufacturer. Commissioning and warranty run of the plant.
Position
Commissioning Manager
Date
February 2004 and November 2003

If you are interested in my complete CV – you can download it from www.CommissioningEngineer.com.