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Electrical and mechanical fundamentals
Before the PLC: the electrical basics a technician works by, motor control with contactors and starters, pneumatics and hydraulics, and the control panel that holds it all. The base every automation engineer stands on.
One course at a time. The next unlocks when you are halfway through this one.
Step 1ElectricalBeginnerElectrical Fundamentals for Technicians: Volts to Multimeter to Drawings
The electrical basics every technician needs, in the order you use them: charge, voltage, current and resistance; Ohm's and Kirchhoff's laws; AC and DC, single and three phase; power, energy and power factor; the multimeter and CAT ratings; cables, fuses, breakers, earthing and RCDs; IEC and NEMA symbols and schematics; relays, contactors and motors; safe isolation; and a fault-finding walkthrough.
- Explain voltage, current, resistance and charge, and use Ohm's law
- Solve series and parallel circuits and check readings with Kirchhoff's laws
- Work with AC, RMS, single-phase and three-phase supplies
Step 2ElectricalBeginnerIndustrial Motor Control
Free beginner motor control course: read ladder diagrams, wire starters, build reversing and braking circuits. The certificate is optional and paid.
- Select contactors, relays, overloads, fuses, breakers and transformers
- Read and document motor control ladder diagrams
- Wire manual and magnetic starters with two-wire, three-wire and HOA control
Step 3Fluid powerBeginnerIndustrial Pneumatics and Hydraulics
A beginner course in pneumatics and hydraulics: read symbols, size cylinders, simulate in FluidSIM. Free to learn; the certificate is optional and paid.
- Compare pneumatics and hydraulics and prepare air correctly
- Select and size cylinders, valves and vacuum
- Design direct, indirect, logic and sequencing circuits and simulate them
Step 4ElectricalBeginnerElectrical Control Panel Design, Building and Testing
Free course for electrical beginners: read PLC wiring diagrams, then build, cool and test a UL 508A control panel. The certificate is optional and paid.
- Name every part of a PLC control panel and what UL 508A covers
- Choose relays, contactors, overloads, transformers and terminal blocks, and state the SCCR
- Read a PLC wiring diagram and wire 2-wire and 3-wire control
How the path works
Join the path and its first course is added to your account straight away; the next one is added when you are halfway through, so you never face a pile of unstarted courses. Each has its own progress, notes and final. Take them in the order shown: each assumes the one before. Each course has one assessment: a final of 15 questions drawn from every module, pass mark 60%, with 3 attempts and then a 24 hour wait, so the assessment checks that you followed the lessons rather than testing exam nerves.
Questions
- Is the Electrical and mechanical fundamentals free?
- Yes. Every course in the path is free in full: lessons, notes, practice tasks and assessments. Joining the path adds all of them to your account in one step. The only paid item is the optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion for each course.
- In what order should I take the courses?
- In the order listed: each course assumes the one before it. Every course keeps its own progress, final and certificate, so you can also take one on its own.
- Do I get one certificate for the whole path?
- Certificates are per course, issued when you pass that course's final assessment and bought only if you want them. Finishing every course in a path gives you one certificate per course.
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