Condition monitoring · Free · ₹0
Infrared Thermography Training
A short, practical foundation in thermal imaging for plant work: what the camera actually measures and what it never sees, emissivity and reflected apparent temperature, loaded electrical surveys and three-phase comparison, motors and bearings and couplings, building envelope and lagging and moisture, solar PV hot cells and substrings, and the route survey and written finding that turn a pretty picture into a work order.
Inside the course
From the lessons
What a thermal camera actually measures
Online Infrared Training Center
Electrical and mechanical inspection
Online Infrared Training Center
Building envelope, insulation and moisture
Infrared Training Center
Solar PV inspection
Infrared Training Center
Route surveys, and where infrared stops
Infrared Training Center
Lesson frames belong to the creators named in the Credits below and are shown from YouTube.
What you will learn
Set emissivity and reflected apparent temperature before trusting any reading, and say why a bright busbar reads wrong; plan and run a loaded electrical survey and classify a hot joint by comparing it with the same connection on the other phases; read motor, bearing housing, coupling and belt drive patterns and know which need vibration or ultrasound to confirm; choose the conditions a building, lagging or moisture survey needs; inspect a PV array and trace hot cell, bypass diode substring and whole module patterns back to their causes; build a route survey with baselines and repeat intervals; and write a finding that carries load, ambient, the comparison used, a severity and a re-inspection date.
- Set emissivity and reflected apparent temperature, and recognise when a shiny surface has made a reading worthless
- Plan a loaded electrical survey, record load and ambient with every image, and work safely with an authorised electrician
- Classify a hot joint by comparing it with the same connection on the other two phases
- Read motor, bearing, coupling and belt drive patterns, and say which finding needs vibration or ultrasound to confirm
- Choose the time of day and temperature difference a building, lagging or PV survey needs before you leave the office
- Write a finding a plant manager can act on: image pair, conditions, comparison, severity, action and re-inspection date
Course content
6 modules · 11 lessons · 2h 26m
In order, at whatever pace suits you. Each module ends with a practice task that builds on the last, and a short quiz.
- 01What a thermal camera actually measures3 lessons28m
- 02Electrical and mechanical inspection4 lessons17m
- 03Building envelope, insulation and moisture1 lesson25m
- 04Solar PV inspection1 lesson31m
- 05Route surveys, and where infrared stops2 lessons45m
- 06Final assessment0 lessons0m
Requirements
- Who it is for
- Beginner. No prior thermography experience needed. Any electrical or mechanical maintenance background helps, and a thermal camera makes the practice tasks real but is not required.
- Software
- None required. Camera makers' free report software is discussed in the notes, not needed to finish the course.
- Hardware
- None. A thermal camera, or a clip-on thermal module for a phone, makes every practice task real; each task also has a version you can do with a notebook.
Infrared Thermography Training at a glance
Infrared Thermography Training is a free, self-paced online condition monitoring course from EDWartens India with 6 modules, 2h 26m of video lessons, written notes, practice tasks and assessments, and an optional verifiable certificate.
- Price
- ₹0, free for good. No trial, no card. Comparable classroom training of this length costs about ₹1,999.
- Format
- 6 self-paced modules, 2h 26m of video, written notes, a quiz per module and a final assessment.
- Level
- Beginner. Beginner. No prior thermography experience needed. Any electrical or mechanical maintenance background helps, and a thermal camera makes the practice tasks real but is not required.
- Brand
- Vendor-neutral
- Software
- None required. Camera makers' free report software is discussed in the notes, not needed to finish the course.
- Hardware
- None. A thermal camera, or a clip-on thermal module for a phone, makes every practice task real; each task also has a version you can do with a notebook.
- Certificate
- Optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion, verifiable by code. Not a vendor credential.
- Video lessons by
- Infrared Training Center, Online Infrared Training Center, Pass Thermal, GTI Predictive (independent creators, credited below)
- Language
- English
A shareable EDWartens certificate
Finish every module and pass the final assessment, and the optional EDWartens certificate is yours. It carries a unique verification code on a public page anyone can check, so it stands up when a recruiter looks it up. See it below.
- Add it to your LinkedIn profile in one click
- Link it from a CV or portfolio, the URL is permanent
- Publicly verifiable by code, not a PDF anyone can edit
- Issued by EDWartens India, the training centre itself
The course itself stays free whether or not you ever buy one.
Stuck? Ask a practising engineer
A free course usually means a comment section and hope. This one does not. Every module has an Ask-your-trainer panel that reaches the same engineers who teach our paid programme: people who commission panels for a living, not moderators.
- Questions answered in the context of the module you are on
- The same engineers who teach the AEP programme
- Career tools, CV help and public job listings included
- Your progress and notes stay in your account for good
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Common questions
Do I need a thermal camera?
No. The course teaches what to point a camera at, in what conditions, and how to judge what comes back, which is the part most camera owners are missing. Every practice task has a version you can do with a notebook and a plant walk. If you do have a camera, or a clip-on thermal module for your phone, use it.
What do I need before starting?
Nothing formal. It is written for electrical and mechanical maintenance staff, substation and MCC technicians, plant reliability engineers and solar site staff. If you can read a single line diagram or identify a bearing housing, you have enough.
Is this the same as a Level 1 thermographer certification?
No, and it must not be described as one. Level 1 thermographer courses from bodies such as the Infrared Training Center or courses built on ISO 18436-7 and ASNT SNT-TC-1A are paid, classroom based, and include a practical examination with a camera in your hands. This course is preparation and background reading for that. EDWartens is not affiliated with any of those bodies and issues no credential on their behalf.
Which standards does it follow?
Be aware that most published severity tables you will find online, including the delta-T criteria quoted everywhere, come from American practice such as NFPA and NETA. The notes say so plainly and teach the method that transfers: compare like with like under similar load, record the conditions, and set your own plant's action thresholds in writing rather than borrowing a table you cannot justify.
How long is the course?
Five content modules and a final, about two and a half hours of video lessons and roughly five hours in total with the practice tasks and quizzes. It is a short foundation course, not a full Level 1 syllabus, and it says so rather than padding itself out.
Is the course really free?
Yes. Every module, practice task and assessment, at zero rupees. 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.
What certificate do I get?
An EDWartens Certificate of Completion, issued when you have finished every module and passed the final at 70 percent, with a verification code anyone can check. It is not a vendor credential and is never described as one.
Who made the video lessons?
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.
What you walk away with
Your certificate for Infrared Thermography Training
Finish the course, pass the final, and this is the document with your name on it.
Verifiable by anyone
A unique certificate number and a public verification page. A recruiter checks it in ten seconds.
Adds to LinkedIn in one click
Issuer, credential ID and URL prefilled, with 5 matching skills to pin to your profile.
QR code on the certificate
Scans straight to the verification page, so a printed copy proves itself.
Names what you can do
Lists the topics covered, from what a thermal camera measures, with emissivity and reflected apparent temperature set before a reading is trusted to solar pv inspection, route surveys with baselines, acoustic imaging, and writing a finding with severity and an action.
A permanent link
Put it on a CV, a portfolio or an application. The URL never changes.
Earned, not attended
Issued only after every module and a final assessment at 70%, with three attempts. That is why it stands up.
Learning is free. The certificate is optional.
Add it now and pay only when you have finished the course, or come back for it later. One-off, ₹459, GST included, with a receipt.
Issued by EDWartens India (Wartens Automation Private Limited) as a Certificate of Completion for this self-paced course. It is not a vendor certification, a university award or a CPD-accredited activity, and it does not certify competence on live equipment. Delivered electronically; see the refund policy.
Credits
Who made the video lessons
The video lessons in this course were created by the people below, not by EDWartens. Every lesson streams from its creator's own YouTube channel; EDWartens neither hosts nor sells that footage, and the creators are not affiliated with EDWartens and do not endorse this course. What EDWartens wrote is the study plan, the notes, the practice tasks and the assessments.
- Infrared Training CenterThe Infrared Spectrum sessions on building thermography, PV inspection, shipboard route surveys and acoustic imaging
- Online Infrared Training Centerwhat thermal imaging is, the electrical inspection tutorials and the mechanical thermography walkthrough
- Pass Thermalinfrared thermography seen from the maintenance department rather than from a camera vendor
- GTI Predictivehow thermography sits alongside vibration analysis and balancing in one condition monitoring toolkit
If you are one of these creators and would like a lesson removed or credited differently, write to info@wartens.com.