This 4-day course establishes a strong foundation in basic electricity principles and progressively applies those concepts to enable students to troubleshoot typical electrical circuits. The course emphasizes a logical approach to troubleshooting.
Public Courses | In-Person Instructor Led Training
Many of our top courses are offered at various locations across the USA on a rotating basis. Upcoming locations include, Houston TX, Dallas TX, Miami FL, Denver CO, Salt Lake City UT, Los Angeles CA, San Fransisco CA, San Diego CA, Pocatello ID, Las Vegas NV, Reno NV, New Orleans LA, Memphis TN, Atlanta GA, Pittsburgh PA, Chicago IL, Casper WY, Anchorage AK.
These courses are open-enrollment, and are filled on a first-come basis.
Some of our public courses are also offered in Spanish. See schedule for listings.
All of our public courses are taught by our expert instructors and include extensive hands-on exercises. Questions and discussions on applicable topics and concepts are encouraged.
For public course events, we typically arrange a convenient business meeting room, such as at a hotel in a strategic geographical area, and we provide full catering, including snacks, lunches, drinks & refreshments, and sometimes breakfast. Oftentimes, the hotels we partner with will offer a discounted rate for students who are traveling to our training from other areas – check with us for details.
We sometimes offer group discounts for 2 or more persons or for persons signing up for more than one course at a time. Check schedule page or call us for more information on discount options.
Typical course hours for our public courses are from 8am to 4pm, with a midday lunch break and occasional breaks throughout the day. Instructors are available for at least 1 to 2 hours after each class day for additional instruction or assistance as needed (sometimes longer).
If you’d like to attend a training, but don’t see any courses listed on the schedule in your area, let us know! If there is enough interest, we can add a course to our schedule. We typically post schedule ~6 months in advance - contact us if you'd like info on our tentative upcoming schedule.
Public Training Course Offerings
(English) Basic Electricity & Electrical Troubleshooting
(Español) (Curso Básico de Solución de Problemas Eléctricos)
This 4-day course establishes a strong foundation in basic electricity principles and progressively applies those concepts to enable students to troubleshoot typical electrical circuits. The course emphasizes a logical approach to troubleshooting.
Este curso de 4 días establece una base sólida en los principios básicos de la electricidad y aplica progresivamente esos conceptos para permitir que los estudiantes resuelvan problemas de circuitos eléctricos típicos. El curso enfatiza un enfoque lógico para la resolución de problemas.
This 5-day course focuses on introducing students to the fundamental concepts of industrial instrumentation, measurement, calibration, and controls. It addresses topics often overlooked in other training programs and aims to rectify common mistakes and problems encountered in the field.
The course is suitable for individuals ranging from mechanics and operators seeking to understand instrumentation associated with their equipment to senior instrument technicians and control engineers. Practical exercises and discussions center around real-world issues and utilize equipment such as Rosemount Smart transmitters, Fluke process meters/calibrators, and HART Communicators. The course covers the underlying concepts that many senior technicians may not fully understand, leading to mistakes and issues. Students engage in exercises such as transmitter calibrations, configurations, control loop setups, and troubleshooting.
Course objectives include understanding the 4-20mA control loop, SMART transmitters and their common functionality and misconceptions, instrument and transmitter calibration concepts, utilizing instrumentation test and calibration equipment, signal noise and filtering, control valve operation and concepts, feedback control methods, PID controls, troubleshooting instrumentation performance problems, process control strategies, process safety considerations, and safety instrumented systems. Hands-on exercises involve setting up, configuring, testing, and calibrating smart transmitters, troubleshooting 4-20mA loops and analog IO, analyzing control system performance, and conducting Safety Instrumented Systems proof testing. The course aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of industrial instrumentation and address common issues faced in the field.
This 3-day, 50% interactive course builds upon the knowledge gained in the Instrumentation & Controls course, focusing on detailed process control work. It targets professionals in roles such as controls engineers, senior instrument or controls technicians, and process or automation specialists. The course uses laptops with control simulations, allowing students to work with fast-running simulated processes and observe the impact of common control problems. They analyze and determine control objectives, configure, test, and tune control loops using various methods.
The course helps professionals approach process control problems in a safe and methodical way, avoiding serious mistakes and gaining insight into often overlooked details.
Course objectives include understanding process dynamics, noise and filtering, process time cycle, lag, and deadtimes, proportional, integral, and derivative actions, different PID algorithms, bump-test analysis, determining control objectives and compromises, and recognizing common control system problems. Hands-on exercises involve analyzing process dynamics, different controller algorithms, performing bump tests, tuning procedures, experimenting with controller functions and features, solving problems and tuning loops set up by the instructor, and troubleshooting control system issues. The course provides professionals with the skills and knowledge to effectively analyze and solve process control problems while ensuring safe and efficient operations.
This 4-day, 66% interactive course offers a comprehensive introduction to ControlLogix series PLCs, focusing on fundamental principles required for basic maintenance tasks. The course covers troubleshooting hardware and IO problems, performing online and offline edits, conducting force operations and bit manipulations, and understanding common ladder logic. Participants work with actual 1756 series processors, IO cards, and communication cards connected to training stations with a full range of digital and analog IO inputs. They download, modify, test, and observe sample programs to grasp logic and functionality. Hands-on exercises include working with hardwired relays, understanding PLC components, mastering ladder logic basics, applying latches and seal logic, comprehending scan cycle operations, exploring batch and sequential logic, organizing program layout, performing routine maintenance tasks, utilizing timers and counters, working with analog IO, managing tasks, programs, and routines, troubleshooting hardware problems, and using diagnostic tools.
The course aims to address common mistakes and challenges encountered by new personnel working with ControlLogix PLC systems. Course objectives encompass reading and interpreting ladder logic, logically troubleshooting programs and field device problems, navigating the Logix software, performing safe online operations, handling file downloads and fault clearing, manipulating online data, and troubleshooting hardware and configuration issues. Participants gain the skills and knowledge needed to effectively work with ControlLogix PLCs and troubleshoot field components.