Description
🎓 Primavera P6 and Project Controls Training — live online training from 3D-LABS, taught by practising design engineers who build the calculators and software used on EPC projects every day.
⏱ Duration: 3 weeks · 🕑 Schedule: 2 hrs/day, weekday or weekend batches · 📶 Level: Beginner to Intermediate · 💻 Mode: Live online, every session recorded
👷 Who this course is for
Planning and project engineers, site and construction engineers taking on scheduling, and design engineers who want to read, challenge and report against a contractor programme.
📚 Course structure
- Project controls fundamentals — WBS, activity definition, estimating durations, and the difference between a plan and a schedule.
- Primavera P6 setup — EPS, OBS, calendars, project structure and coding standards.
- Building the schedule — Activities, relationships, lags, constraints and the critical path.
- Resource and cost loading — Resource dictionaries, assignment, cost loading and resource levelling.
- Baselines and progress — Setting baselines, updating progress, data date discipline and schedule integrity checks.
- Earned value and S-curves — Planned value, earned value, SPI and CPI, and producing S-curves management trusts.
- Delay and change management — Schedule impact of change orders, delay analysis concepts and extension of time claims.
- Reporting — Layouts, filters, dashboards and the weekly and monthly report pack.
🧮 3D-LABS calculators and software you will use
The course runs on a full project controls workbook — WBS and activity templates, resource histograms, progress weightage matrices, earned value and S-curve sheets — built alongside our engineering calculator library and yours to keep.
- WBS and activity list templates
- Resource loading and histogram sheets
- Earned value, SPI and CPI tracker
- S-curve generation sheet
- Progress measurement and weightage matrix
- Delay and EOT impact log
- Manpower histogram and productivity tracker
🖥 Tools, codes and standards covered
Primavera P6 Professional workflow, PMBOK scheduling practice, AACE recommended practices for progress measurement and earned value.
📦 What is included
- Certificate of completion issued by 3D-LABS
- Lifetime access to course notes and session recordings
- Working calculators and templates used in class
- A guided mini-project with reviewed deliverables
- Doubt-clearing support with the trainer after the batch ends
🎯 What you can do after this course
Build a resource-loaded schedule from scratch, keep it updated honestly, report earned value and progress, and defend or challenge a delay claim with the schedule as evidence.
📋 How to Enrol
Add this course to your cart to reserve a seat, or talk to us first: 💬 WhatsApp Us | 📧 Email Us. New batches start every month and seats are limited to keep sessions interactive.
About Primavera P6 and Project Controls Training
Primavera P6 and Project Controls Training is a 3D-LABS Engineering course designed for engineers, technical professionals, and students. By the end of this course, you will be able to gain immediately applicable skills for your engineering work. The course combines live-cohort sessions (weekends) with self-paced material available 24/7.
Who Primavera P6 and Project Controls Training is for
Primavera P6 and Project Controls Training is designed for:
- Early-career engineers wanting to accelerate practical skills in the topic.
- Experienced engineers moving into a new domain or refreshing their working knowledge.
- Team leads wanting to level-set junior team members on a specific skill.
- Students preparing for professional roles in the discipline.
What is included
- Live-cohort sessions — weekend sessions with the instructor, 2 hours each, recorded for those who cannot attend live.
- Self-paced modules — recorded lessons, exercises, and reference material available 24/7 in your account.
- Project-based assessment — real-project deliverable at the end, not a multiple-choice quiz.
- Certificate of completion — verifiable online at 3d-labs.com/verify.
- 12 months of access — pace yourself, revisit material anytime within the access window.
- Access to spreadsheet library — course-relevant subset of the 621 3D-LABS engineering spreadsheets included at no extra cost.
Course structure and duration
Total duration: 6-12 weeks depending on scope. Each week: 2 hours live session + 3-5 hours self-paced material + 2-4 hours applied exercises. Total commitment: 7-11 hours per week. Compatible with a full-time job — most students work through the course alongside their day job.
Instructors
Primavera P6 and Project Controls Training is taught by senior 3D-LABS engineers with 10-20+ years of hands-on industry experience — not academics. Every technique taught has been used on real client projects. Instructor bios and previous course reviews are on the course page.
Pricing and enrolment
Primavera P6 and Project Controls Training is priced at ₹6,400 (USD equivalent shown in cart). Payment methods: Cashfree (India) or PayPal International. Corporate group discounts start at 3 enrolments. Enterprise licensing available — contact sales@3d-labs.com.
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Frequently asked questions
How is Primavera P6 and Project Controls Training delivered?
Primavera P6 and Project Controls Training combines live-cohort sessions with self-paced material. Live sessions run on weekends (2 hours, IST time zone) and are recorded for those who cannot attend live. Self-paced material — recorded lessons, exercises, and reference documents — is available in your account 24/7.
What is the course duration?
Typical duration: 3 weeks. You have 12 months of access from purchase, so you can pace yourself. Live cohort sessions run in defined 3 week windows — you can join the current cohort or wait for the next one.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes. After completing all lessons and passing the final assessment (typically a project deliverable, not a multiple-choice quiz), you receive a certificate of completion from 3D-LABS. The certificate is verifiable online at 3d-labs.com/verify.
Who teaches the course?
Courses are taught by senior 3D-LABS engineers with 10-20+ years of industry experience. Instructor bios are on the course page. This is applied engineering practice from working engineers, not academic theory.
What if the course does not meet my expectations?
7-day satisfaction guarantee. If you have attended the first live session or completed the first module of self-paced material and are not satisfied, email us within 7 days for a full refund. After 7 days, refunds are pro-rated based on material accessed.
About 3D-LABS training
Primavera P6 and Project Controls Training is one of 19 online courses from 3D-LABS — engineering training built by working engineers, taught with real project deliverables, and priced for the Indian market with global relevance. Since 2003, we have trained thousands of engineers across pressure vessel design, piping stress, structural design, CAESAR II, STAAD.Pro, and other software and disciplines.
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