Programmable Logic Controller
A PLC doesn't think. It reads inputs, solves logic, and writes outputs — over and over. Once you see that, troubleshooting gets simple.
Hands-on training for maintenance and controls teams — PLC fundamentals, control logic, I/O, programming concepts, and a practical method for finding why a machine isn't doing what the program says it should. Delivered on-site or live online.
- PLC Fundamentals
- Control logic
- Input/output systems
- Programming concepts
- Troubleshooting
- Practical industrial applications
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Core topics covered, from fundamentals through practical industrial applications
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Steps in every scan — read inputs, solve logic, write outputs — and where each one goes wrong
Ladder
Logic built, read, and traced rung by rung until the program stops being abstract
Multi-platform
Concepts that carry across PLC brands, not tied to one vendor's software
What We Train
Everything between "the machine won't run" and "found it"
NFPA PLC problems are rarely mysterious — they live in the field device, the I/O, or the logic. We build the session around all three, using your facility's own controls wherever we can.
PLC fundamentals
What a PLC is, how its hardware is laid out, and how the scan cycle drives everything it does.
Control logic
Start/stop, seal-in, interlocks, and sequencing — the building blocks nearly every machine program is made from.
Input/output systems
Discrete and analog I/O, sinking and sourcing, and how field devices actually connect to the controller.
Programming concepts
Reading and writing ladder logic, addressing, timers and counters, and how to follow a program someone else wrote.
Troubleshooting
Going online, reading status, and deciding whether a fault is in the field device, the I/O, or the logic.
Practical industrial applications
How these pieces come together on real equipment — conveyors, motors, pumps, and sequenced machines.
WHO SITS IN THE ROOM
Built for the people who get the call when a machine stops
This isn't a programming bootcamp for engineers — it's practical PLC knowledge for people who need to understand, support, and troubleshoot the controllers running their plant.
The people who go online with a laptop when a line stops
Hands-on practice reading status, tracing logic, and separating program problems from field problems."
The people building foundational PLC knowledge
Learning how hardwired control translates to PLC logic before troubleshooting speed becomes realistic.
The people trying to reduce controls-related downtime
Raising the baseline PLC skill across a team, instead of depending on one person who "knows the program."
Crews that need one approach across sites
The same hands-on curriculum delivered at each facility or live online, so every site reasons about PLCs the same way.
Book a date
Tell us your headcount, site, and timeline using the form below.
We scope the content
Sessions are built around your equipment, your PPE program, and your existing ESP.
Train qualified and unqualified staff
Scenario-based exercises, not a slide read-through — including real "would you proceed?" calls.
Leave with documentation
Attendance records and certificates you can hand an auditor or an OSHA inspector without scrambling.
From booking to certificates in four steps
HOW TRAINING RUNS
Get a PLC training session on the calendar
BOOK TRAINING
Tell us about your team and controls, and we'll follow up to confirm a date, format, and quote.
✓ On-site or live online, your choice
✓ Scoped to your PLC platform
✓ Hands-on, with real I/O and real faults
✓ Can be paired with NFPA 70E or 70B training same visit