Industrial Motor Control

A motor starter is a switching device that starts and stops a motor and, with an overload relay, protects it from sustained overcurrent. The international product standard for them is IEC 60947-4-1, which the IEC describes as covering electromechanical contactors and motor-starters for circuits whose rated voltage does not exceed 1,000 V AC or 1,500 V DC. This course covers manual and magnetic starters, overloads, reduced-voltage starting and soft starters, and shows how each is wired and tested.

Electricians, maintenance technicians and controls engineers all use motor control, because starters, contactors and interlocks sit in almost every machine. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics lists repairing control systems and motors among electricians' duties and reports a median annual wage for electricians of $63,190 in May 2025. It also projects employment of electricians to grow 9 percent from 2025 to 2035. Motor control is also the groundwork for PLC programming, which is why this course comes before the PLC courses.

Yes. Every PLC output ends in a contactor, and every ladder program is this course in software.

No, but the lectures wire one and following along on a bench is the fastest way to learn.

The lectures are North American; the notes translate to 415 V three-phase and Indian control voltages.

Yes. Every module, practice task and assessment. You create an account so your progress is saved and the assessments can be marked. The certificate is the only paid item, and only if you want it.

An EDWartens Certificate of Completion, issued when you pass the final assessment, with a verification code anyone can check. It is not a vendor credential and is never described as one.

The creators named in the Credits block at the foot of this page, on their own YouTube channels. EDWartens did not make the videos and the creators are not affiliated with EDWartens. What EDWartens wrote is the study plan, the notes, the practice tasks and the assessments.

Plan on about 25 hours in all, including the video lessons, notes and practice tasks. It is self-paced, so you work through the twelve modules at your own speed.

Yes. Learning costs ₹0 in India: every module, the written notes, the practice tasks and the final assessment, with no card and no trial period. The only paid item is the optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion, ₹499 including GST for this beginner course, paid in rupees through Razorpay, and only if you want it after passing the final assessment.