Is this vibration analyst certification (ISO 18436)?

No. The courses teach the skills; certification bodies run their own exams.

Is predictive maintenance with AI covered?

Yes, with Python machine learning on run-to-failure data.

Is it free, and is there a certificate?

Every lesson, note and assessment is free. The EDWartens certificate is optional and paid, and you can finish without it.

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Free maintenance and reliability courses with certificate

Free maintenance and condition monitoring courses: vibration analysis, machinery fault diagnosis, infrared thermography, predictive maintenance with machine learning, OEE and TPM, and pneumatics and hydraulics.

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6 courses · 72 modules · 74h 0m of video · Updated 27 September 2026

FreeCondition monitoringIntermediate

Vibration Analysis Training

Condition monitoring for rotating machines, worked the way a route is actually walked: units and running speed, analyser setup and averaging, then reading the spectrum, the time waveform, the orbit and the shaft centreline, and separating unbalance, misalignment, looseness, resonance, bearing faults and sidebands. It ends where the job ends, with ISO 10816 limits, ISO 1940 balance grades, a field balance and a findings note.

Set Fmax, lines of resolution and averages for a machine at a known running speed
Read a spectrum peak by peak and name each one as 1x, a harmonic, sub-synchronous or non-synchronous
Separate unbalance, misalignment and looseness using 1x, 2x, axial amplitude and phase readings

14 modules 11h 6mView course

FreeCondition monitoringAdvanced

Machinery Fault Diagnosis and Condition Monitoring

The layer that separates a data collector from a diagnostician: what the analyser is doing to your data, how to choose Fmax, lines of resolution and averaging for the fault you are actually hunting, how to read the time waveform, the orbit and the shaft centreline beside the spectrum, how to measure sideband spacing and name the shaft that is modulating, how to place a rolling element bearing on the four stages of failure, and how to write the condition report a planner can schedule a job from.

Choose Fmax, lines of resolution and averaging for the fault you are hunting, and show the arithmetic
Spot a peak that is an artefact of the analyser settings rather than a real machine force
Read the time waveform, the orbit and the shaft centreline alongside the spectrum

10 modules 12h 30mView course

FreeCondition monitoringBeginner

Infrared Thermography Training

A short, practical foundation in thermal imaging for plant work: what the camera actually measures and what it never sees, emissivity and reflected apparent temperature, loaded electrical surveys and three-phase comparison, motors and bearings and couplings, building envelope and lagging and moisture, solar PV hot cells and substrings, and the route survey and written finding that turn a pretty picture into a work order.

Set emissivity and reflected apparent temperature, and recognise when a shiny surface has made a reading worthless
Plan a loaded electrical survey, record load and ambient with every image, and work safely with an authorised electrician
Classify a hot joint by comparing it with the same connection on the other two phases

6 modules 2h 17mView course

FreeAI and machine learningIntermediate

Predictive Maintenance with Machine Learning

The industrial AI application with a budget behind it, built end to end: failure modes and what each sensor sees, signals to condition indicators, anomaly detection on normal data, fault classification, deep learning on windows, remaining useful life on NASA's run-to-failure engines, and the alerting and deployment that decide whether anyone acts.

Choose the sensor by the warning time you need, and name the failure mode from its spectrum
Turn windows into condition indicators — kurtosis, band energies, envelope peaks — and rank them
Build a per-asset anomaly detector on healthy data with a threshold and persistence that stop alert floods

12 modules 9h 46mView course

FreeManufacturing excellenceBeginner

Lean Manufacturing, OEE and TPM

The shop-floor half of manufacturing excellence, built in the order a line is actually improved: value and the eight wastes, gemba walks and bottlenecks, lead time and takt time, value stream mapping, flow and cells, pull and kanban sizing, standard work and 5S. Then the two numbers a plant manager is judged on. OEE calculated from a real shift, the six big losses behind it, quick changeover, and total productive maintenance through its eight pillars and twelve implementation steps.

Calculate availability, performance, quality and OEE from one shift of real line data
Split a shift of downtime across the six big losses and name the one costing most
Draw a current-state value stream map with observed data boxes, then a future state you can reach

15 modules 10h 47mView course

FreeFluid powerBeginner

Industrial Pneumatics and Hydraulics

Fluid power from first principles to electrical control: pneumatics versus hydraulics, air preparation, cylinders and vacuum, valves and symbols, pneumatic circuits and sequencing, FluidSIM exercises, Pascal's law and hydraulic maths, pumps and power units, hydraulic valves, circuits and schematics, design calculations and relay control of fluid power systems.

Compare pneumatics and hydraulics and prepare air correctly
Select and size cylinders, valves and vacuum
Design direct, indirect, logic and sequencing circuits and simulate them

15 modules 27h 34mView course

Compare the Maintenance and condition monitoring courses

Course	Level	Modules	Video	Brand
Vibration Analysis Training	Intermediate	14	11h 6m	Vendor-neutral
Machinery Fault Diagnosis and Condition Monitoring	Advanced	10	12h 30m	Vendor-neutral
Infrared Thermography Training	Beginner	6	2h 17m	Vendor-neutral
Predictive Maintenance with Machine Learning	Intermediate	12	9h 46m	Vendor-neutral
Lean Manufacturing, OEE and TPM	Beginner	15	10h 47m	Vendor-neutral
Industrial Pneumatics and Hydraulics	Beginner	15	27h 34m	Vendor-neutral

How to choose

Start with Vibration Analysis Training, then Machinery Fault Diagnosis and Condition Monitoring. Infrared Thermography adds the electrical and thermal side.

Predictive Maintenance with Machine Learning suits engineers who already write some Python. Lean Manufacturing, OEE and TPM puts maintenance inside the production numbers managers watch.

Questions

Is this vibration analyst certification (ISO 18436)?: No. The courses teach the skills; certification bodies run their own exams.
Where do I start?: Vibration Analysis Training, then Machinery Fault Diagnosis.
Is predictive maintenance with AI covered?: Yes, with Python machine learning on run-to-failure data.
Is it free, and is there a certificate?: Every lesson, note and assessment is free. The EDWartens certificate is optional and paid, and you can finish without it.