Public curriculum specification
Industrial Automation & Controls
Automation technicians, controls personnel, maintenance technicians and manufacturing engineers
Connect PLCs, sensors, actuators, motor controls, fluid power and robotics into a practical machine-automation curriculum.
Learning outcomes
What the program is structured to develop.
- Trace machine signals from sensors through logic to actuators.
- Interpret basic PLC, drive and robot status information.
- Recognize fluid-power and electrical interactions.
- Troubleshoot within safety and change-control boundaries.
Technical curriculum
8 connected technical subjects
Automation & Maintenance · Foundational
PLC Fundamentals for Industrial Automation
Understand the basic architecture of programmable logic controllers and how inputs, logic, outputs, interlocks and operator interfaces combine to automate industrial equipment.
Open topicAutomation & Maintenance · Foundational
Industrial Sensors and Actuators
Explore common sensing and actuation devices used in industrial machinery, including proximity, photoelectric, pressure, position and motion devices.
Open topicAutomation & Maintenance · Intermediate
Variable Frequency Drives and Motor Controls
Understand how motor starters, contactors and variable frequency drives control industrial motors and how common parameters, faults and protections are interpreted.
Open topicAutomation & Maintenance · Intermediate
Industrial Electrical Troubleshooting Fundamentals
Build a systematic approach to tracing industrial electrical faults using schematics, measurements and safe isolation practices.
Open topicAutomation & Maintenance · Intermediate
Industrial Pneumatics and Hydraulics
Understand how compressed air and hydraulic fluid transmit power through pumps or compressors, valves, actuators, filtration and control components.
Open topicAutomation & Maintenance · Intermediate
Industrial Robotics and Cobots
Understand robot-cell architecture, coordinate systems, end effectors, basic motion concepts, safeguarding and the operational differences between conventional robots and collaborative applications.
Open topicProduction Systems · Foundational
Machine Guarding and Lockout/Tagout Fundamentals
Understand the purpose of machine safeguards and hazardous-energy isolation before servicing, cleaning or maintenance work.
Open topicMetrology & Quality · Intermediate
Nonconformance, Root Cause and Corrective Action
Study how organizations contain, evaluate and disposition nonconforming product, then investigate systemic causes and verify effective corrective action.
Open topicAssessment framework
Assessment is defined by the active program.
- Technical knowledge assessment
- I/O and logic tracing exercises
- Fault scenarios
- Functional test evidence only in employer-scoped programs
Possible evidence
Evidence examples for governed delivery.
- I/O verification
- Troubleshooting worksheet
- Functional-test observation
- Knowledge assessment
Choose the delivery relationship
Individual access or a scoped company program.
Current individual learning uses Professional Learning Access. Companies can scope role, equipment and workplace-evidence requirements separately.