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Industrial Automation and PLC Fundamentals
Read a control drawing, follow a PLC program and find the fault, the core of controls work on factory floors and in data centers.
What you will learn
- Sensors, actuators and motor control circuits: contactors, overloads, starters and interlocks
- PLC basics: inputs and outputs, ladder logic, timers, counters and simple sequences
- Variable frequency drives: setup basics, common parameters and faults
- Safety circuits and lockout/tagout awareness
- Troubleshooting from drawings and I/O status, step by step
- Scenario questions written from real job tasks, an online final assessment and a certificate of completion
For: Electricians and maintenance technicians moving into automation and controls work.
Who stands behind this course
- Editor and publisher: C. Kuyumcu, founder of AI Work School, background in energy and construction.
- Written from: the tasks employers list in current automation and PLC technician job postings, with public OSHA safety guidance.
- Field review: Material is reviewed by people who do this work before the course opens; their names are published here when they sign off.
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