Interactive Industrial Automation Training

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Build real controls skills by doing the work.

Wire industrial devices, assign PLC I/O, build ladder logic, troubleshoot machine faults, commission VFDs, and work through pneumatic automation projects in an interactive training environment.

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Levels 1–2 are free. Explore company training for all ten levels. View Plans
Hands-On Practice Build circuits and programs instead of only reading theory. Learn by wiring, testing, and making real corrections.
Real Controls Skills Practice PLC I/O, ladder logic, wiring, VFDs, pneumatics, troubleshooting, and the decision-making used in the field.
Saved Progress Passed levels stay completed while remaining open for unlimited practice, review, and troubleshooting refreshers.
Completion Certificates Earn a printable certificate after successfully completing each training level.

Inside Controls Trainer

Train on real controls scenarios.

Preview the actual style of work you’ll do inside Controls Trainer — motor control, inspection conveyors, VFD commissioning, and pneumatic automation.

Progressive Skill Development

Training Levels

Start with guided fundamentals and advance into complete commissioning, troubleshooting, and machine-design challenges. Complete each level to save your progress and earn a printable certificate of completion.

Level 1 Guided Motor Starter training panel
LEVEL 1 · FREE

Guided Motor Starter

Learn the wiring and ladder fundamentals with built-in guidance and hints.

✓ FREE — no account required

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Level 2 Troubleshooting industrial controls conveyor
LEVEL 2 · FREE

Troubleshooting

Diagnose a failed packaging conveyor using PLC I/O, drawings, and a virtual multimeter.

✓ FREE — no account required

Open Level 2

Company Training Plans

Build your team's skills across all ten levels.

Compare Team, Business and Enterprise plans with assignments, progress reporting and tools for your managers.

Levels 1–2 stay free, no account required to start.

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Level 3 Automatic Pump Control training panel
LEVEL 3 · FULL ACCESS

Automatic Pump Control

Automate the transfer pump — wire level sensors and program start, stop, and level control with timers.

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Level 4 VFD Conveyor Commissioning training
LEVEL 4 · FULL ACCESS

VFD Conveyor Commissioning

Commission a variable frequency drive, enter motor data, assign PLC I/O, wire control signals, configure speed reference, and prove safe conveyor operation.

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Level 5 Pneumatic Pick and Place Cell training
LEVEL 5 · FULL ACCESS

Pneumatic Pick & Place Cell

Build and commission a pneumatic pick-and-place cell with PLC I/O, sensor wiring, directional valves, cylinder sequencing, permissives, and fault recovery.

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Level 6 Controls Engineer inspection conveyor design
LEVEL 6 · FULL ACCESS

Controls Engineer

Design an automated inspection conveyor from requirements only: hardware, I/O, wiring, and PLC logic.

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Level 7 Technician Challenge automation training
LEVEL 7 · FULL ACCESS

Technician Challenge

Select components, assign I/O, wire the system, and program the 180° turret from a work order.

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Level 8 Analog Process Control 4-20 mA surge tank level loop training
LEVEL 8 · FULL ACCESS

Analog Process Control

Select instruments, assign analog I/O, wire and scale a 4-20 mA level loop, configure control action and high/low alarms, then hold setpoint on a live PanelView HMI and troubleshoot a faulted transmitter.

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Level 9 HMI Machine Interface operator-screen training
LEVEL 9 · FULL ACCESS

HMI Machine Interface

Build a PanelView Plus 7 operator interface for an automated inspection conveyor: classify controller tags, design the operator screens in an HMI studio, program the safe PLC command handshake in the ControlsTrainer 5000 ladder editor, enforce operator security, then run the live machine and pass a 10-point acceptance test — all while the PLC keeps control.

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Level 10 Integrated Production Cell PLC VFD pneumatics HMI safety training
LEVEL 10 · FULL ACCESS

Integrated Production Cell

The capstone: wire, program, commission and prove-safe a complete Fill / Cap / Inspect / Reject packaging cell that integrates every subsystem from Levels 1–9 — built in the real ControlsTrainer 5000 and HMI Studio, with a hardwired dual-channel safety system and a witnessed acceptance run.

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