TIA Portal Beginner Workshop (2 Hours)

If you’re completely new to Siemens TIA Portal and don’t know where to start, this is for you.
This session is designed specifically for complete beginners. No assumptions, no prior experience required, and no expectation that you already understand PLC programming.We’ll go step by step through the environment, building up from nothing into a simple, working project so you can see how everything fits together.

By the end of the session, you won’t just have followed along, you’ll understand what you’re doing and why.

Everyone who attends will receive a copy of the project software, along with a crib-sheet covering everything discussed, so you’ve got something solid to refer back to afterwards.

🧠 What we’ll cover

This is structured to build properly from the ground up:

Navigation & layout
Understanding how TIA Portal is structured and where everything lives
Adding hardware
Bringing a PLC into your project properly
Project tree organisation
Keeping things clear from day one
Software blocks & languages
What they are, what they do, and when to use them
Instantiating blocks correctly
Building good habits early
Building a working example
A basic pump and tank system, step by step
Basic HMI interfacing
Turning logic into something visual
Q&A
Open discussion, real questions

⏱️ Session Breakdown

Navigation setup — 10 mins
Adding hardware — 10 mins
Project structure — 10 mins
Software blocks & languages — 20 mins
Instantiation approaches — 20 mins
Build example (pump + tank) — 20 mins
HMI basics — 10 mins
Q&A — 10 mins

Total: 120 minutes

👤 Who this is for

Complete beginners to TIA Portal
Engineers new to PLC programming
Anyone switching platforms and starting fresh

💬 Questions and support

Questions are encouraged throughout.

They’re one of the best ways to identify personal development areas, and often where the most value comes from.

If something can’t be answered immediately during the session, I’ll follow it up properly afterwards.

🚫 What this is not

Not advanced
Not assuming prior knowledge
Not a generic overview

This is a guided, practical introduction designed to get you started properly.

Note: This will be using TIA Portal V20