How to lock out and tag out a machine
Lockout/tagout prevents machines from starting or releasing stored energy while you work. Follow your company’s written energy-control procedure.
7 steps →How-to guides
Industrial Maintenance Technician How-To Guides
Step-by-step guides to common industrial maintenance technician tasks: the practical side of the job.
Common industrial maintenance technician tasks
Step-by-step overviews of tasks industrial maintenance technicians perform regularly. Use them to understand the job, prepare for training or refresh your memory.
How to replace a pillow block bearing
Bearing failures are among the most common causes of downtime.
7 steps →How to troubleshoot a PLC input that isn’t working
Many “PLC problems” are really field device or wiring problems.
7 steps →Before you practice
Learn every core task
Our Industrial Maintenance Technician training walks through these procedures and more, alongside vocabulary, safety and career-launch lessons.