PLC training Courses

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Poke around at your local vendors for this sort of stuff. Pretty much everything I ever learned about PLC's came from free vendor classes (and from messing around with downed machines during 3rd shift :smile: )
 
It sounds pretty good, A hands on training class would be better IMHO.
As mdshunk said, I also got my early training on a Modicon PLC at 2 AM with a machine down and a very long phone cord. Before the days of cell phones, no laptop, just a keypad and a quick lesson in "and-or-not".

I pick things up pretty fast. So, I was getting by OK. I talked to the local A-B distributor and they gave me a week long "hands on" class at the local Tech. for free. It is much better than simulation.
 
Check this out //www.sydist.com/ Schaedler Yesco offers an extensive amount of plc courses through Rockwell Automation from basics and beyond I attended very many and they were all worth while.
 
cbranter said:
I am thinking of taking this Allen Bradley distance/PC interactive training course from Brown's college.

http://www.georgebrown.ca/Marketing/FTCal/caet/T903.aspx

Does anyone have any other distance learning courses that they have taken , that I might consider, before enrolling in this one......

Regards,

topher
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GE FANUC offers different classes at their Chicago and Atlanta facilities. This appears to be a very good one as well-
http://www.ats-global.com/us/ae/27_ATS-training-workshops.html.

http://www.americantrainco.com/dtlPC.aspx?gclid=CL7WvMO3oZUCFQoFGgodGmk8jg

Hopefully some of these help you out.
 
Controls said:
GE Fanuc would not be a good choice as the first step into learning P.L.Cs.I would start from Allen Bradley.
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I would second allen bradley, or what your company is using.
 
khixxx said:
I would second allen bradley, or what your company is using.
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learn what you are likely to use. it won't do you as much good to learn something you never use. the basic concepts are very similar from brand to brand, but actually using them, mostly using the programming software, is substantially different.
 
petersonra said:
learn what you are likely to use. it won't do you as much good to learn something you never use. the basic concepts are very similar from brand to brand, but actually using them, mostly using the programming software, is substantially different.
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Ditto, I have used A-B, two different Siemens, GE, and Modicon. The software is different on each.
 
I have had experience with all of them as well and I will say Allen Bradley is the most user friendly. Our company has standardized on Allen Bradley which makes it nice. This is how I make a living and will say if I had a choice I would definetly take AB anyday over the rest (excluding them constantly coming out with software revisions) they are the best.
 
Strahan said:
I have had experience with all of them as well and I will say Allen Bradley is the most user friendly. Our company has standardized on Allen Bradley which makes it nice. This is how I make a living and will say if I had a choice I would definetly take AB anyday over the rest (excluding them constantly coming out with software revisions) they are the best.
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I have used a fair number of brands of PLCs. There is no question in my mind that the AB RSLogixXXXX software is the cream of the crop.
 
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