Building Your Technical Bench: Electrical Systems & Drives

This two‑day, hands‑on course gives technicians essential skills for working with modern electrical, control, and automation systems.

Day 1 builds a foundation in electrical safety, circuit diagrams, symbols, and multimeter use. Participants explore key electrical components such as power supplies, switches, relays, indicators, fuses, breakers, solenoids, and learn how common industrial sensors operate, including reed, photoelectric, inductive, and capacitive types with PNP/NPN wiring. The day concludes with core troubleshooting methods, safe live‑work practices, and the basics of relay logic and motor control circuits.

Day 2 focuses on PLCs, drives, and motion control. Learners study PLC architecture, I/O structures, addressing, ladder logic, and program organization, followed by practical PLC troubleshooting and communication concepts. The course then covers variable frequency drives (SEW, Lenze, Siemens) including programming, tuning, and diagnostics. Participants also learn the fundamentals of servo and stepper systems, encoders, resolvers, and drive troubleshooting.

This course prepares technicians to confidently diagnose faults, support reliable operation, and interact effectively with electrical, PLC, and drive‑based automation systems in today’s manufacturing environments.

Who Should Attend:
Maintenance technicians, reliability engineers, and professionals seeking to strengthen their understanding of electrical and mechanical systems for automation.