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ISA Resources for the Certified Automation Professional® (CAP® ) Program

A list of possible CAP® book resources is provided below, including the CAP Study Guide. The publisher of the book is noted after the title. The CAP Learning System is specifically designed to assist those preparing for CAP.

ISA also has a variety of training courses that would be helpful in preparing for CAP®. Visit www.isa.org/CAPtraining for a complete list. For more information about the ISA products listed in this chart, go to www.isa.org/books, e-mail ISA at info@isa.org, call (919) 549-8411, or write to ISA at: 67 Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12277, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.

Certified Automation Professional® (CAP®) Reference to Standards and Codes

Resources for the Certified Automation Professional® (CAP® ) Program
Resources Domain
1 2 3 4 5 6
Advanced Control Foundation: Tools, Techniques, and Applications
(ISA, 2013) – www.isa.org/advcontrolfoundation		   X X   X X
Applying Manufacturing Execution Systems
(CRC Press, 1997) – www.crcpress.com		 X          
A Guide to the Automation Book of Knowledge, 2nd Edition
(ISA,2006) – www.isa.org/autobok		 X X X X X X
Applying S88: Batch Control from a User’s Perspective
(ISA, 2000) – www.isa.org/applyS88		 X   X X    
Batch Control Systems - Design, Application, and Implementation, Second Edition
(ISA, 2006) - www.isa.org/batchcontrol		 X X X X    
CAP Learning System
(ISA,2006) – www.isa/caplearn.org		 X X X X X X

CAP Study Guide
(ISA, 2004) - www.isa.org/capguide

 X X X X X X
Control System Design Guide, 3rd Edition
(Academic Press, 2004) - www.harcourt-international.com		 X   X      
Control System Safety Evaluation and Reliability, 3rd Edition
(ISA, 2010) – www.isa.org/safetyevaluation		       X    
Control System Documentation: Applying Symbols and Identification, 2nd Edition
(ISA, 2004) – www.isa.org/symbolsandID		     X      
Electrical Instruments in Hazardous Locations, 4th Edition
(ISA, 1998) – www.isa.org/hazardlocations		   X X   X  
Fieldbuses for Process Control: Engineering, Operation, and Maintenance
(ISA, 2001) – www.isa.org/fieldbuses		   X X      
Fundamentals of Process Control Theory, 3rd Edition
(ISA,2000) – www.isa.org/theoryfundamentals		     X     X
Fundamentals of Industrial Control, 2nd Edition
(ISA, 2004) – www.isa.org/fundamentalcontrol		 X X     X  
GAMP Good Practice Guide: Validation of Process Control Systems
(ISPE, 2003) – www.ispe.org		   X X     X
Good Tuning: A Pocket Guide
(ISA, 2000) – www.isa.org/tuningpocket		 X       X  
Industrial Control Electronics, 2nd Edition
(Prentice Hall, 1993) – www.prenhall.com		 X   X   X  
Instrument Engineers’ Handbook, Volume 3 (4th Edition): Process Software and Digital Networks
(ISA, 2011) – www.isa.org/iehvol3		 X   X X X X
Industrial Instrumentation Technician Assessment: Review for Certification, Levels III & IV
(ISA, 1994) – www.isa.org/nicetIIIandIV		           X
Internetworking with TCP/IP Vol.1: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture, 4th Edition
(Prentice Hall, 1995) – www.prenhall.com		       X    
Motors & Drives: A Practical Technology Guide
(ISA, 2003) – www.isa.org/motorsanddrives		     X   X  
NFPA 79 – Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery
(NFPA, 2002) – www.nfpa.org		     X   X X
Practical Project Management - Learning to Manage the Professional, Second Edition
(ISA, 2012) – www.isa.org/projectmanage		 X X       X
Practical SCADA for Industry
(Newnes, 2003) – www.elsevier.com		       X X  
Preventive Maintenance
(ISA, 2004) – www.isa.org/preventivemaintenance		   X       X
Principles and Practices of Automatic Process Control, 2nd Edition
(Wiley, 1997) – www.wiley.com		 X         X
Programming Industrial Control Systems Using IEC 1131-3
(IEE Publishing, 1998) – www.iee.org.uk		     X X    
Safety Instrumented Systems: Design, Analysis, and Justification, 2nd Edition
(ISA, 2006) – www.isa.org/SafetyInstrumentedSystems		 X X     X X
Safety Integrity Level Selection – Systematic Methods Including Layer of Protection Analysis
(ISA, 2002) – www.isa.org/safetyintegrity		     X   X  
Successful Instrument and Control System Design, Second Edition
(ISA, 2012) – www.isa.org/iandcdesignCD		 X X X X X  
The New Rational Manager
(Kepner-Tregoe, 1997) - www.kepner-tregoe.com		 X       X  
Troubleshooting: A Technician’s Guide
(ISA, 2000) – www.isa.org/troubleshoot		           X
Understanding Distributed Processor Systems for Control
(ISA, 1999) – www.isa.org/distributedcontrol		       X    
ISA-5.1-2009 Instrumentation Symbols and Identification
(ISA, 2009) – www.isa.org/standards		     X X    
ANSI/ISA-84.00.01-2004 Part 1 (IEC 61511-1 Mod), Functional Safety: Safety Instrumented Systems for the Process Industry Sector - Part 1: Framework, Definitions, System, Hardware, and Software Requirements
(ISA, 2004) – www.isa.org/standards		     X      
ANSI/ISA-84.00.01-2004 Part 2 (IEC 61511-2 Mod), Functional Safety: Safety Instrumented Systems for the Process Industry Sector - Part 2: Guidelines for the Application of ANSI/ISA-84.00.01-2004 Part 1 (IEC-61511-1 Mod): Informative
(ISA, 2004) – www.isa.org/standards		     X      
ANSI/ISA-84.00.01-2004 Part 3 (IEC 61511-3 Mod), Functional Safety: Safety Instrumented Systems for the Process Industry Sector - Part 3: Guidance for the Determination of the Required Safety Integrity Levels: Informative
(ISA, 2004) – www.isa.org/standards		     X      
ANSI/ISA-88.00.01-2010 - Batch Control Part 1: Models and Terminology
(ISA, 2010) - www.isa.org/standards		     X      
ANSI/ISA-88.00.03-2003 - Batch Control Part 3: General and Site Recipe Models and Representation
(ISA, 2003) - www.isa.org/standards		     X      
ANSI/ISA-95.00.01-2010 (IEC 62264-1 Mod) - Enterprise-Control System Integration Part 1: Models and Terminology
(ISA, 2010) - www.isa.org/standards		 X          
ANSI/ISA-TR99.00.01-2007 - Security Technologies for Industrial Automation and Control Systems
(ISA, 2007) - www.isa.org/standards		       X