Stephen Gates, Owner, myPLCtrainingStephen Gates, Owner
Romaine’s tenure at Amazon as a technician had been nothing short of spectacular. However, a test that required formal education stood in the way of his promotion to a control systems lead. For people like Romaine, pursuing higher studies and getting a college degree means putting a hold on supporting their families for years while following a curriculum not entirely connected to their profession—a luxury they can’t afford.

Enrolling in a vendor course is also not an answer, as a few days of in-person classes are not enough to absorb any knowledge or long enough to inculcate any meaningful skill. But after just a few months in the Confident PLC Programmer Accelerated program from myPLCtraining, Romain was able to pass the test and move on to the next level as a control systems lead.

The story is one of many, replicated countless times, thanks to myPLCtraining. A venture with a vision to empower electricians, technicians and engineers through programmable logic controllers (PLC) and industrial automation. myPLCtraining strives to help these professionals future-proof their careers with better advancement opportunities in automation.

“We help electricians, technicians and engineers advance and future-proof their careers and increase their income by becoming confident PLC programmers without them needing to get a college degree, attend 5-day vendor boot camp classes, or even purchase any PLC hardware or software,” says Stephen Gates, owner of myPLCtraining.

MyPLCtraining is not limited to training individual technicians; it also helps employers. It assists businesses, especially manufacturing entities, in upskilling their existing employees who are already familiar with the client equipment and the systems in place.

Adding PLC and automation skills to their portfolios can be a good investment of time and money for manufacturing companies. A team that understands the company, its equipment, its uses, and how it functions, along with operable PLC and automation skills, is a real asset.

Acquiring a meaningful automation skill calls for a clear and functional understanding of the ins and outs of PLC. It’s critical to understand PLC to climb the professional ladder in large industrial bases, including automotive, manufacturing, production and engineering automation. However, when technicians and engineers try to upskill themselves, they are constrained by the available options in the field.

myPLCtraining addresses this gap by providing online PLC programming, Human-machine interface (HMI) programming and related automation training courses. These courses are designed to take the trainees through a step-by-step process that teaches the foundational basics of PLCs, what they are, how they are used and PLC ladder logic programming. The building blocks needed to create a real-life automation program on their own while they continue to work and contribute to society.

We help electricians, technicians and engineers advance and future-proof their careers and increase their income by becoming confident PLC programmers without them needing to get a college degree, attend 5-day vendor boot camp classes, or even purchase any PLC hardware or software

The training model has proven successful with technicians being able to advance into the future-proof domain of automation and controls engineering with an average increment of $10k to 35k. The turnout was so high that myPLCtraining put up a dedicated website to showcase the client testimonials, describing how they benefitted from the program. The website spreads awareness about the courses and what can be achieved through them.

Automation is the future, and the need for technicians adept at it is bound to increase. myPLCtraining is raising a new class of professionals, individuals, and teams to meet the demand and secure the future through employees who are assets to their employers.