Sample Lessons & Videos

Preview lessons on YouTube

These video lessons explain the basics of PLCs while demonstrating some of the biggest differences between our Boot Camp approach and many other training methods. Remember that these are just a quick preview of some of the material that we cover on Monday morning – and not a substitute for taking one of our full five-day classes. Naturally a video can’t duplicate the same “in person” teaching techniques that we use in our Boot Camp classes, but we still hope that you’ll find the material helpful.

We highly recommend that you watch these in number order – since each lesson builds on the previous ones.

Lesson 1

presents a problem which many experienced technicians can’t solve – due to mistakes and misconceptions in how they understand PLCs.

Lesson 2

These give enough details of our PLC Boot Camp approach to allow even a beginner to understand and answer the original problem presented in Lesson 1.

Lesson 3

These give enough details of our PLC Boot Camp approach to allow even a beginner to understand and answer the original problem presented in Lesson 1.

Lesson 4

These give enough details of our PLC Boot Camp approach to allow even a beginner to understand and answer the original problem presented in Lesson 1.

Lesson 5

These give enough details of our PLC Boot Camp approach to allow even a beginner to understand and answer the original problem presented in Lesson 1.

Lesson 6

These give enough details of our PLC Boot Camp approach to allow even a beginner to understand and answer the original problem presented in Lesson 1.

Lesson 7

These give enough details of our PLC Boot Camp approach to allow even a beginner to understand and answer the original problem presented in Lesson 1.

Lesson 8

These give enough details of our PLC Boot Camp approach to allow even a beginner to understand and answer the original problem presented in Lesson 1.

Lesson 9

These gives the solution to the problem from Lesson 1 using a simple step-by-step method of analyzing the operation of the PLC.

Lesson 10

This provides another example of how our PLC Boot Camp approach can easily explain situations even when other methods fail.

Lesson 11

This covers the basic concepts of the processor’s “prescan” sequence – and the retentive instructions – Latch and Unlatch.