I've been looking at various "hands on courses " for Industrial ie controls , as upto now I've not had much contact with this type of work, I've done plenty of installation jobs in Industrial settings ie containment , wiring into panels, power distribution and so on, but
any mods or problems were usually sorted by the most experienced guys and we just concentrated on the install
but I feel I need to learn more on the controls side, to be able to confidently fault find , modify etc as there seems to be a real shortage of skilled people in maintenance/ commissioning these days and also to increase my scope of work , I had a short run with a company covering holiday leave for a guy which I took on reluctantly as I know this is not my usual work, but really to just help out and to get some experience, and I felt out of my depth although I did manage to find and fix a few faults which did occur
I want to do a course which will enable me to approach companies with a view to getting some experience
I've seen various courses which are run over 10 days or so with theory and practical combined but no colleges seem to offer this type of course over a longer period and I'm interested to hear from anyone who has done something similar and any recommendations.
any mods or problems were usually sorted by the most experienced guys and we just concentrated on the install
but I feel I need to learn more on the controls side, to be able to confidently fault find , modify etc as there seems to be a real shortage of skilled people in maintenance/ commissioning these days and also to increase my scope of work , I had a short run with a company covering holiday leave for a guy which I took on reluctantly as I know this is not my usual work, but really to just help out and to get some experience, and I felt out of my depth although I did manage to find and fix a few faults which did occur
I want to do a course which will enable me to approach companies with a view to getting some experience
I've seen various courses which are run over 10 days or so with theory and practical combined but no colleges seem to offer this type of course over a longer period and I'm interested to hear from anyone who has done something similar and any recommendations.
