A variety of learning options to meet your needs

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Time to empower your employees and enhance their skills? Want to transform your reliability program to new heights? Fluid Life offers a variety of training options to support your teams.

Private training is available in-class or via webinar and offers you an opportunity to customize the course material to meet your company’s objectives in a flexible schedule. Do you encourage or support your maintenance professionals in continuous improvement through education?  If so, take advantage of this cost-effective approach that is guaranteed to bridge the gap between constructive theory and useful field application.

We also offer free online learning webinars on a regular basis on reliability, lubrication and oil analysis topics relevant to your industry to help you get you on the road to lubrication and reliability excellence. Check the webinar schedule regularly for new sessions being added.

For on-demand myLab support, video tutorial guides are available.

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MLT / MLA I Public Certification Training (April 2024)

The Machine Lubricant Analyst/Machinery Lubrication Technician (MLT / MLA) Level I live in-class public course is aimed at plant or shop technicians responsible for lubricating and maintaining machinery, whose daily activities consist of oil sampling, contamination control, handling, receiving and storing lubricants, oil changes, and basic machine condition monitoring.

If registering more than one participant, complete the Registrant List with individual participant contact information and send to Training Registration. Or, we will contact you directly to confirm contact information.

Topics
  • A thorough review of sample points, procedures and tools for taking representative oil samples.
  • Best practices for contamination control, handling of lubricants, and filtration fundamentals.
  • An in-depth look at the core functions of lubricants, lubricating films, oil and grease properties, base oil groups, and additives
  • An introduction to the various fluid test methods and application.
  • Maintenance strategies, preventive and predictive maintenance, including the role of effective lubrication, oil analysis and technologies, lube routes and scheduling, and equipment tagging and identification.
  • Syllabus:  MLT I / MLA I

This course will include a review of each section to reinforce the grasp of the subject material. 24 hours total training time.

Dates: April 2-4, 2024 with optional exam April 5th
Cost: $1,595.00 CDN per participant
Time: 9:00 am MST to 4:00 pm MST (11:00am EST – 6:00pm EST). Includes 30 minutes for lunch with two 15-minute breaks. Exam will start 9:00am April 5th.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and snacks included on training days.
Location:  Fluid Life Edmonton Training Centre (3rd Floor, 4371 Savaryn Drive SW, Edmonton, AB T6X 2E8)

Optional: Certification Exam Registration MLT I  or Certification Exam Registration MLA I (to request Fluid Life to register participants for the certification exam with the ICML, add the Certification Exam to the shopping cart for each participant)

Notes:

  • Attendees are responsible for all costs associated with their travel and accommodations. Recommended accommodations: Sandman Signature Edmonton South
  • Minimum of 15 participants are required for the course to run. If cancelled, alternate training arrangements would be made. Travel insurance is recommended.
  • CANCELLATION: No refund if cancelled within 48 hours of start date or no-show. 15% fee off invoice amount charged for cancellations within 1 week of start date.
  • DIETARY RESTRICTIONS: Please email any dietary restrictions to anny.hennigan@fluidlife.com a minimum of 2 weeks prior to event so appropriate catering can be arranged.
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MLA II Public Certification Course (May 2024)

Fluid Life’s MLA Level II certification training live in-class public course provides the foundational training for reliability-centered machine lubrication work practices and oil-sample based condition assessment. Note that the Machine Lubricant Analyst Level I certification (or equivalent) is required as a prerequisite.

This course is aligned with the ICML body of knowledge for the MLA Level II in accordance to ISO 18436-4.

If registering more than one participant, complete the Registrant List with individual participant contact information and send to Training Registration. Or, we will contact you directly to confirm contact information.

Topics

  • Review of the roles and functions of lubricants (base oils, additives, mineral and synthetic lubricants) and lubricant regimes.
  • Discussion of oil analysis and maintenance strategies including RCM and CBM.
  • Overview of the objectives for lube oil sampling, equipment specific sampling, sampling methods, managing interference and sample process management.
  • Introduction to lubricant failure mechanisms and fluid property testing.
  • Review of lubricant contamination measurement and control for particle, moisture, coolant, soot, fuel, and air contamination.
  • Full syllabus for course >> Download

This course will include a review of each section to reinforce the grasp of the subject material. 24 hours total training time.

  • Dates: May 28-30, 2024 with optional exam May 31st
  • Cost: $1,595 CDN per person
  • Time: 9:00 am MST to 4:00 pm MST (11:00am EST – 6:00pm EST). Includes 30 minutes for lunch with two 15-minute breaks. Exam will start 9:00am May 31st.
  • Meals: Breakfast, lunch and snacks included on training days.
  • Location:  Fluid Life Edmonton Training Centre (3rd Floor, 4371 Savaryn Drive SW, Edmonton, AB T6X 2E8)
  • Optional: Certification Exam Registration MLA II (to request Fluid Life to register participants for the certification exam with the ICML, add the Certification Exam to the shopping cart for each participant)

Notes:

  • Attendees are responsible for all costs associated with their travel and accommodations. Recommended accommodations: Sandman Signature Edmonton South
  • Minimum of 15 participants are required for the course to run. If cancelled, alternate training arrangements would be made. Travel insurance is recommended.
  • CANCELLATION: No refund if cancelled within 48 hours of start date or no-show. 15% fee off invoice amount charged for cancellations within 1 week of start date.
  • DIETARY RESTRICTIONS: Please advise any dietary restrictions a minimum of 2 weeks prior to event so appropriate catering can be arranged.
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Meet the Instructor

Drew MacRae, Director, Training Services, has been a member of the Fluid Life team since 2018. In which time, he has led successful training and facilitation initiatives across the country. Drew’s background includes 14 years of experience within industrial plant environments. Drew also conducts reliability program consultations and leads all aspects of customer training. With a passion for helping customers build their reliability programs, he guides customers on their path toward reliability and becoming world class facilities. Drew has a comprehensive background in Materials Engineering Technology and a specialization in Failure Analysis, and is also an Aircraft Skin & Structures Technician. In his downtime, Drew enjoys playing Para-Ice hockey, mountain biking, snowboarding, and camping with his daughter. He also enjoys adventure travelling; most memorably kayaking with penguins in the Antarctic sound.

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