About CodePLC
CodePLC teaches industrial controls the way you learn it on the job: on real circuits, with real prints, by finding what's wrong and fixing it safely.
I'm David, a controls engineer. I've spent about a decade troubleshooting, programming and commissioning automated machines. Most of what made me useful on the job I learned the hard way, in front of a panel, with a meter and a set of prints. Very little of it was in a course.
I started CodePLC on social media to share the practical side of the work, and 110,000+ people now follow along. CodePLC Labs grew out of the questions they asked most: where do I start, what do I need, and how do I get my first controls job?
CodePLC Labs is the part I most wanted to exist when I started: a lab where anyone can wire up a meter, lock out a machine, chase down a fault on the prints and write the program, as many times as it takes, without a trainer, a PLC or a live panel.
How we teach
- Technically right, first. Lessons follow US practice: NFPA 70E, OSHA lockout, NFPA 79, the NEC and UL 508A, and IEC 61131-3 for the PLC. The readings in Labs are what a real device would show.
- Safety as a habit. Every lockout is followed by proving the circuit dead, every time, until it's automatic.
- Proof over promises. We won't promise you a job or a salary. Checkpoints with unseen faults and no hints show what you can do, and your portfolio shows it to an employer.
The company
CodePLC LLC is based in Massachusetts. Write to us at support@codeplc.com or use the contact form.