Stage 2 Industrial Hydraulics
- 4 day course
- 10 dates available
- In-person course
- Book online
Course Details
- 4-day course
- 9am – 4pm or as arranged by your tutor
- Face to face training at the NFPC will consist of day 1 & 2 technical lectures and day 3 & 4 practical training
- Candidates will receive a comprehensive set of course notes, light refreshments, and certificate of attendance
Who should take this course?
Ideal for Craftsmen, Technicians, Engineers and Plant Managers in the Industrial sector, involved in the maintenance and management of such systems. This course will extend knowledge and skills, enable staff to better maintain and manage Hydraulic Systems and carry out their duties, following safer working procedures. Communication skills will be improved and with this further level of knowledge and understanding staff will work together with greater synergy.
Course Objectives
Skills Based
During the practical section of this course candidates will engage in and apply the following skills:
- Building hydraulic circuits by interpreting a hydraulic circuit drawing
- Setting up pressure control valves for relief, sequence, reducing and counterbalance functions
- Connecting the electrical interface to the hydraulic controls using manual switches and pressure switches
- Applying hydraulic and electrical sequencing techniques
- Applying load holding techniques
- Adjusting and setting up pump pressure compensators
- Set up an amplifier associated with proportional control valves
- Use fault-finding techniques applying FCR to real circuits
Knowledge Based
On completion of this course candidates will know:
- The Basic Building Blocks of a Hydraulic Circuit (refresher)
- The operation and performance of pumps and pump controls in common use
- The operation and performance of Motors and Motor controls in common use
- The operation and performance of nitrogen charged accumulators in common use
- The operation and performance of cylinders, Cylinder mounting types and forces calculation
- The function of pilot controlled DCV’s, logic cartridge valves, proportional valves & load holding valves
- The application Cartridge valves and Logic elements
- The application proportional hydraulics
- The application of Load holding valves: – static and dynamic loads – solving common problems
- What is meant by Pro-active maintenance
- Procedures to follow relating to Troubleshooting: – Fault, cause, remedy
- The Common types of hydraulic fluids
- The importance of Fluid cleanliness management
- The Health and safety requirements: – risk assessment
Entry requirements for this course
It is your responsibility to make sure you are booking onto the correct course with the NFPC.
We recommend you complete the Stage 1 Hydraulics course before attending this course.
One of our major priorities here at the NFPC is to ensure that you start your learning experience by attending the right course, ensuring that you build a firm foundation of knowledge and skills at the start of this vital journey.
We advise you to visit our FREE online self assessments to check your current knowledge levels before booking any course with the NFPC.
Frequently asked questions
You should find helpful information on this course page on what the course includes and who should take this course, however we recommend you visit our FREE Online Self Assessments to check your current knowledge levels before booking any course with the NFPC. On completion of our free self-assessments, we will recommend the right course for you to attend.
Once your booking has been confirmed and our bookings & customer liaison team have confirmed receipt of payment for your course, course joining instructions will be provided to you and all attendees on email which contains everything you need to know before attending the course, including course start times, directions to the NFPC and any other important information.
The National Fluid Power Centre is based at Turner Road, Worksop, Nottinghamshire S81 7AE. You can get directions here, or download our map here which includes further details on how to get to the NFPC by car or train. For nearby hotel accommodation, we have also included some helpful information here.
No, lunch isn’t provided however we will be providing light refreshments on the day. There are a number of supermarkets nearby along with fast food outlets for lunch.
For our courses that are available to book online, you will have the option at checkout to pay by Debit or Credit Card using Opayo secure payment processing, or pay by bank transfer. For existing NFPC customers who have an account with us, there is also the option to pay using Purchase Order.
If you have already booked onto one of our courses at the NFPC and you created an online account during checkout, you can amend your booking by logging into your account here. From your bookings page you can request a cancellation or request your course to be rescheduled.
Alternatively you can speak to our bookings team on 01909 504539 to make changes to your booking.
Meet the training engineers
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John Hill
Systems Training Engineer | Project Manager for Pumps & Controls
Andrew Walker
Training Engineer
Adrian Hudson
Deputy Director | Control Systems Manager
Daniel Collins
Systems Training Engineer | Electro-Hydraulics, Pneumatics & Control
David Slater
Industrial Systems Manager | Systems Training Engineer
Darren Davis
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Graham Rowley
Training Engineer | Project Manager for Stage 1 Hydraulics & CETOP H1 | Contamination Management
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