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Sunbelt Controls Training Academy

On-site Classes are Temporarily Cancelled

Class attendee and employee health and safety are very important to us at Sunbelt Controls. With the concerns surrounding COVID-19, we are cancelling all on-site classes until further notice. We apologize for any inconvenience and look forward to restarting on-site classes when appropriate.

Factory Certified Live Instructor eLearning 

Sunbelt Controls has developed a first of its kind Factory Certified Training deployed remotely. We are introducing Live Instructor eLearning where courses are conducted live in an instructor-led virtual Zoom classroom. 

Please see our virtual classroom schedule for all eLearning classes through the end of the year.   

2021-Q2 Training Calendar          2021-Q3 Training Calendar

Sunbelt Controls is proud to be a part of Automated Logic’s Partners in Training program. Our instructors are Factory Certified at the highest Gold level. Our Gold level classrooms are required to meet the same standard as ALC World Headquarters. We have been affiliated with the ALC training department since 2007.

As an owner/operator you have invested in your WebCTRL system, now invest in your employees. They can earn a certificate for each training class and learn best practices to tune your systems for maximum efficiency. Owner / Operator certification training paths are also available at the Associate, Practitioner and Master levels.

Our program offers 8 hands-on, task-based Factory Certified training courses. We utilize Automated Logic Corporations’ factory-approved software, hardware, and materials. Training locations include: San Francisco (Pleasanton), Sacramento, Los Angeles (Azusa), San Diego and Las Vegas. We can also teach the same factory certified classes at your facility.

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Meet our Instructors

Kirk Strobel

Kirk Strobel has spent the last 20+ years watching the HVAC and Information Technology worlds collide and takes great pride in being able to instruct users on the intricacies of these systems. The last twelve years have been spent in a corporate training position instructing clients as an ALC Factory Certified Instructor in the Los Angeles, San Diego and Las Vegas areas. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management / Computer Science as well as many other IT related industry certifications.

Derick Hopkins

Derick Hopkins is an experienced ALC Factory Certified Instructor with a demonstrated history in the construction field. Over the past 20 years, he has transitioned from a field technician with service, start-up and controls experience, to construction supervisor to corporate instructor. Derick has dedicated the later part of his career to breaking down complicated information into smaller principles that students can relate to. Derick covers the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento and the Pacific Northwest region.

Owner / Operator 1
Owner / Operator 3
Owner / Operator 2
ViewBuilder 1
Networking 1
Networking 2
Eikon 1
Eikon 2

Owner / Operator 1 (OO-1)

(Formerly WC-207)

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Course Description

For Owner / Operators new to WebCTRL

  • View and navigate the system interface
  • Create schedules and schedule groups
  • Better understand alarm management
  • Set up trends and create trend graphs
  • Run and save reports
  • Read and edit logic pages
  
    
Information
Course prerequisites (pdf) Course Outline (pdf) Owner / Operator Path Certification (pdf)
Date Location
April 15-16, 2021 (Thurs-Fri) Virtual Classroom
May 5-6, 2021 (Wed-Thurs) Virtual Classroom
May 13-14, 2021 (Thurs-Fri) Virtual Classroom
June 9-10, 2021 (Wed-Thurs) Virtual Classroom
July 14-15, 2021 (Wed-Thurs) Virtual Classroom
August 18-19, 2021 (Wed-Thurs) Virtual Classroom
September 22-23, 2021 (Wed-Thurs) Virtual Classroom

Owner / Operator 3 (OO-3)

(Formerly WC-307)

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Course Description

For Intermediate Owner/Operators

  • Navigate the complete WebCTRL interface
  • Better understand system architectures
  • Track down and investigate alarms at all levels
  • Create custom reports
  • Utilize factory supported Add-Ons
  • Reverse engineer and troubleshoot logic pages.
  
    
Information
Course prerequisites (link) Course Outline (link) Owner / Operator Path Certification (link)
Date Location
April 28-30, 2021 (Wed-Fri) Virtual Classroom
June 22-24, 2021 (Tues-Thurs) Virtual Classroom
July 27-29, 2021 (Tues-Thurs) Virtual Classroom
September 7-9, 2021 (Tues-Thurs) Virtual Classroom
October 5-7, 2021 (Tues-Thurs) Virtual Classroom

Owner / Operator 2 (OO-2)

(Formerly FTO-207)

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Course Description

For Intermediate Owner/Operators

  • Start-up a basic Automated Logic WebCTRL system
  • Perform basic system and network troubleshooting
  • Use and better understand the following WebCTRL applications:

WebCTRL

Eikon

ViewBuilder

SiteBuilder

EquipmentBuilder

 

  
    
Information
Course prerequisites (pdf) Course Outline (pdf) Owner / Operator Path Certification (pdf)
Date Location
April 7-9, 2021 (Wed-Fri) Virtual Classroom
May 19-21, 2021 (Wed-Fri) Virtual Classroom
June 15-17, 2021 (Tues-Thurs) Virtual Classroom
August 24-26, 2021 (Tues-Thurs) Virtual Classroom
September 28-30, 2021 (Tues-Thurs) Virtual Classroom

ViewBuilder 1 (VB-1)

(Formerly ViewBuilder Basic)

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Course Description

For Owner/Operators new to ViewBuilder

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Explore the symbol library
  • Recognize microblock paths
  • Attach .view files to equipment
  • Attach floorplan .view files to areas
  • Program floorplan and thermographic summary pages
  • Use EquipmentBuilder to make .view files
  
    
Information
Course prerequisites (pdf) Course Outline (pdf) Owner / Operator Path Certification (pdf)
Date Location
May 6-7, 2021 (Thurs-Fri) Virtual Classroom
August 4-5, 2021 (Tues-Thurs) Virtual Classroom

Networking 1 (NET-1)

(Formerly Networking Basic)

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Course Description

For Owner/Operators and Technicians new to Eikon LogicBuilder

Quickly and efficiently:

  • Describe the different types of microblocks
  • Read a sequence of operations and translate it to a program”
  • Simulate a program to find errors

Contact us at 1-888-786-2332 to schedule a class.

  
    
Information
Course prerequisites (pdf) Course Outline (pdf) Owner / Operator Path Certification (pdf)

Networking 2 (NET-2)

(Formerly Networking Intermediate)

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Course Description

For Owner/Operators and Technicians needing to design complex network systems.

Focus is on troubleshooting a network by reading a Wireshark capture.

  • BACnet bindings
  • Wireshark
  • Network Microblocks
  • Subnet Masks
  • Nat Routers / Firewalls
  • Hierarchical Servers
  • Security

 

  
    
Information
Course prerequisites (pdf) Course Outline (pdf) Owner / Operator Path Certification (pdf)
Date Location
April 21-23, 2021 (Tues-Thurs) Virtual Classroom
July 20-22, 2021 (Tues-Thurs) Virtual Classroom

Eikon 1 (EIK-1)

(Formerly EIKON Basic)

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Course Description

For Owner/Operators and Technicians new to Eikon LogicBuilder.

Quickly and efficiently:

  • Describe the different types of microblocks
  • Read a sequence of operations and translate it to a program”
  • Simulate a program to find errors

Contact us at 1-888-786-2332 to schedule a class.

  
    
Information
Course prerequisites (pdf) Course Outline (pdf) Owner / Operator Path Certification (pdf)

Eikon 2 (EIK-2)

(Formerly EIKON Intermediate)

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Course Description

For Intermediate Owner/Operators and technicians who must make elegant programs from scratch.

  • Use programming and naming standards
  • Create a symbol library
  • Use Eikon productivity tools
  • Build a properties page
  • Make major edits to an existing control program
  • Create an advanced control program with a custom sequence of operations
  
    
Information
Course prerequisites (pdf) Course Outline (pdf) Owner / Operator Path Certification (pdf)
Date Location
May 26-28, 2021 (Wed-Fri) Virtual Classroom
Aug 31 - Sept 2, 2021 (Tues-Thurs) Virtual Classroom

Sunbelt Controls Guarantee

A one-time refresher course. Students may retake a class, at our Training Academy, at no charge within six months of completing the initial class.

BAS University

BAS University (BASU) is the training arm for Automated Logic.

Sunbelt Controls training center locations and instructors participate in the ALC Factory Partners in Training Program and are recognized as Gold Factory Certified BAS University Training Center locations. The Partners in Training Program makes ALC Factory Certified Classes more accessible to customers and the dealers who support them.

Partners in Training locations meet the ALC Factory Training Departments quality standards including the training environment and classroom materials. Instructors are certified in the Best Practices in Training which allows students to build on their classroom experiences. This method promotes higher comprehension and retention of the materials learned.

IACET - Continuing Education Units

Our BAS University classes include International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) Continuing Education Units (CEUs). BASU is an Accredited CEU Provider.

BAS University offers 1 IACET CEU for every 10 hours of classroom training.

To receive CEU credits, you need:

  • To successfully complete the objectives (tasks) as directed by your facilitator
  • Achieve a 70% or better on the online exam
  • To complete the anonymous feedback survey after the class session

Contact us

Telephone: (888) 786-2332 Press “0” for Training
Email: training@sunbeltcontrols.com

Sunbelt Controls offers 5 training locations:

  • San Francisco (Pleasanton)
  • Sacramento
  • Los Angeles (Azusa)
  • San Diego
  • Las Vegas