Hands-On PLC Troubleshooting Lab: Build Real-World Skills in 5 Days.
Stop Guessing: 5-Day Hands-On PLC Troubleshooting Lab Master
Real-World Maintenance and Reduce Your Plant’s Downtime
CLASS: PLC-101 (Industrial Troubleshooting)
LOCATION: Roanoke, VA (In-Person)
Course Fee: $4,150 (Includes 1-on-1 Lab)
DURATION: 5 Intensive Days
One Student per Workstation
Small Class Size For Individual Help
Real World Troubleshooting
Learn Discrete and Analog Wiring
Advanced Smart Manufacturing
Leadership and Teambuilding
Simulate Machine Breakdowns
Why This Training Pays for Itself
When a machine is down, every minute costs money in lost productivity and defective products. We help you shift from reactive guessing to proactive resolution.
Reduce Costly Downtime: Learn to stop the expensive game of "swapping out good parts" by correctly identifying the field-side issue.
Boost Diagnostic Confidence: Gain the skills to dive into machines without hesitation, solving issues immediately instead of waiting for external experts to arrive.
Improve Employee Retention: Investing in your team’s development shows them they are valued, which directly improves performance, loyalty, and long-term stability.
Comprehensive Curriculum: Levels 1–4
To deliver these results, we utilize a comprehensive, hands-on curriculum that takes you from fundamental concepts to advanced diagnostics. This 5-day lab is designed to bridge the gap between basics and advanced troubleshooting. We cover everything from Level 1 foundations to Level 4 advanced system diagnostics, ensuring you gain the practical expertise needed to handle real-world challenges.
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Who Is This Training For?
This lab is for Industrial Maintenance Technicians, Electricians, Mechanical Technicians, and Engineers who are tired of being kept in the dark by the PLC "black box." If you need to support your systems better and are willing to roll up your sleeves to learn, this is for you.
The Lab Experience: What Is It?
This is a 100% hands-on and "minds-on" environment.
1-to-1 Training: You get your own workstation. No sharing, no watching—you are programming within 15 minutes of arriving on Monday.
Direct Engagement: We facilitate 2-way conversations. You will be tasked with wiring discrete and analog inputs and outputs from scratch, without a wiring diagram.
Learn by Doing: We view mistakes as "learning opportunities." We use these moments to cover complex topics that are far too boring to lecture on.
Cultural Filter: What Is It NOT?
NO Lectures: We don't do monologues. If you want a standard classroom experience, this is not the place for you.
NO History Lessons: We don't cover the history of the PLC; we focus entirely on what helps you get your machines back up and running.
NO Rigid Rules: We discard the "textbook rules" that cause confusion and prevent technicians from becoming effective troubleshooters.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Both. Since there is only one student per station, students can be at different levels in the same classroom.
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Yes, if you are looking to better support your systems and are willing to roll up your sleeves to learn. Our course is primarily designed to help maintain PLC-controlled systems, but it can certainly help you become a more effective programmer as well.
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These skills can easily be carried over to other Allen Bradley PLCs and even other brands of PLC. The troubleshooting skills that you learn easily transfer to different models and brands.
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Yes, but you must complete our standard classes first.
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Yes and no. We use the same PLC Trainers that are offered for sale, but depending on our course schedule and trainer backlogs, we may not be able to let you carry your trainer out. We ask that you purchase it separately, and we can have it boxed up and ready for you to leave with on Friday or ship it to you.
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