City and Guilds – Programmable Logic Controllers Reviews

Elliott Kensdale is a lovely tutor and has been teaching from maybe 20 years or more. He has good knowledge about the PLC and relevant topics. On the other hand, On the first day, it felt like he was just reading the slides and hardly much enthusiasm. Ideally, the students should be introduced what they will be learning for next 5 days. On the first day, we felt like..."Oh dear have we done a mistake by coming, is it even worth". Second day (timers) was very intense. Third day was a bit better. Fourth day was good with practice questions. The another problem is "Carbon-di-oxide" in the room. We were 8 people in the room and outside temperature was ~0 degrees. The trainer will open the windows to ensure that the CO2 levels are adequate. Opening the windows in summer is good, in winter! Damn, we were getting trained in cold and wearing full jackets (usually supposed to be wore outside) inside. Even with that, it was cold, plus very cold in the feet (wearing clothes shoes). So, you can imaging training yourself learning about PLC in cold room. There were more chances of getting sick with cold rather than CO2 levels. Another good issue was timings. The Technique office is open till 1730 hours. However, as the trainer or the training timings are from 0900-1515 hours. You can't practice after 1515 hours. We were having difficulty understanding some concepts and wanted a peaceful quite time to practice the concepts. We requested the trainer multiple times to let us practice after 1515 hours but No. We came here to learn the concepts, become strong technical skills. All what was needed is power supply to the laptop and the PLC kit. We did say, we will shut down it but No. If we can't practice what we learn (after hours and within office timing, what's the point). We were here to learn rather than just gain a certification. Also, when asked about the PLC10, 15 course, he just mentioned we would learn some advance concepts, advance exercises. It would have helped us more if the trainer tells that what is covered in next steps rather than just generic stuff. In short, we would generally not recommend the course, until the improvements are made. You can probably learn way more online rather than in-person. The students learn more by themselves (self-teaching) rather than any influential input from the trainer. The only USP is that they (trainer) provide a kit to practice and some questions set.

Nothing to say. The course was what I expected and everyone was helpful

good course and elliot the trainer has alot of knowledge to help

Overall it was amazing course and great teacher, just only it was need some more detailed documents of each given instructions/functions in the PLC course

well run course with a lecturer with vast amounts of knowledge on plc systems

Very enjoyable and informative, good refreshments.

Really good course which met expectations. Learnt a lot of valuable skills, found it challenging and enjoyable throughout the week.

Great course and gets you started into PLC programming. It would be nice to see more up to date PLCs and software being used. I now have the confidence to build small programs for automation.

Very good course instruction with clear and logical explanation of all topics. Working on the physical rigs is also an enjoyable way of learn the material as you can see the code operating on real equipment as opposed to working on simulation software. Very good overall.

GOOD COURSE AS AN INTRODUCTION TO PLC SIEMENS. TEST RIGS EASY AND SAFE TO USE. NEXT COURSE TO BE BOOKED WILL BE LEVEL 2 FOR MYSELF AND THE TEAM.