Electrical Troubleshooting & Preventive Maintenance Training
In a manufacturing environment, reliable electrical systems are the backbone of production — when they fail, downtime can grind operations to a halt, safety is compromised, and repair costs can quickly skyrocket. With this in mind, Maryland MEP has partnered with TPC to deliver Electrical Troubleshooting & Preventive Maintenance training to teach technicians to diagnose and resolve electrical issues systematically and safely, using real-world components.
This two-day seminar was created to bring students up to speed in their electrical troubleshooting skills as efficiently as possible, and it was designed to cover the most commonly performed electrical troubleshooting tasks a maintenance technician faces in their job every day. For the novice or experienced electrician, this training course provides a no-nonsense, practical, and real-world systematic approach to electrical troubleshooting.
Course Outline
Day One:
- Basic Skills for Electrical Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Control Circuits – Hands-on Exercises
- Building a Circuit from a Ladder Diagram
- Control Circuit Industrial Applications
- Testing Field Components:
- Troubleshooting Motors
Day Two Topics:
- Troubleshooting Power Distribution
- Power Quality Problems
- Troubleshooting Lighting Circuits
- Troubleshooting Programmable Logic Controllers ( PLCs )
- Troubleshooting Variable Frequency Drives ( VFDs )
- Electrical Preventative Maintenance
Register by September 20, 2025!
In Partnership with:
DATE & TIME:
- January 21-22, 2026
- 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
LOCATION:
- Maryland MEP
- 8894 Stanford Blvd, Suite 304 Columbia, MD 21045
COST:
- $1,095 per person
CONTACT:
For more information about this training, please contact:
Sara Keith
DEADLINE TO REGISTER:
September 20, 2025
Maryland manufacturers
Maryland MEP Incumbent Worker Training Program
Maryland MEP through the Maryland Department of Labor’s EARN initiative has made funding available for Maryland manufacturers to assist with the total cost of training for incumbent workers. To be eligible, your organization must be registered with Dun and Bradstreet and have a valid manufacturing NAICS code, and have a physical location in Maryland.
About TPC Training
Jeff Cochran
Partner - Shaprio Negotiations Institute
TPC Training offers training, performance, & compliance solutions to build a better, safer, more efficient workforce. TPC Training make individuals and organizations safe, knowledgeable, and more efficient by providing education, training, and workforce management solutions through practical business consulting and advanced technology platforms.
The TPC Difference:
- More than 1,000 course hours with complete coverage of technical maintenance, safety, and skills training topics.
- A complete portfolio of training methods, including online, classroom, and on-the-job, to fit every need and budget.
- Fully customized courseware to meet the training needs of every business and job function.
- Four decades of industrial training experience on behalf of more than 40,000 clients worldwide.
Jeff has delivered customized programs for clients across many functions and sectors, including: Financial Services (Barclays, PricewaterhouseCoopers, J.P.Morgan Chase); Government (Defense Acquisition University, Department of Treasury); Pharmaceutical (Novo Nordisk, Sanofi-aventis, Bristol Myers Squibb); Insurance (GeneralReinsurance, Nationwide); Telecommunications (Verizon, Comcast); Medical Devices (Toshiba Medical Systems, Siemens Medical); Sports (Chicago Bears, Baltimore Ravens, Madison Square Garden); Media (ESPN, Hearst Corporation); Aerospace/Manufacturing (Boeing, Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney), and a host of others. Jeff also works closely with the Anthony Robbins Platinum Partnership, an exclusive membership-only group personally coached by Tony Robbins.
Thanks to Jeff’s global experience, he is often asked to speak on international and cross-cultural negotiations. Equally, having served as both a sales manager and sales trainer—and having trained hundreds of procurement professionals—he offers a unique 360-degree perspective on procurement and sales.
Before joining SNI in 2000, Jeff was an Account Manager for Tessco Technologies, the nation’s largest communications infrastructure supplier. He managed a portfolio of over 250 accounts including Mitsubishi Electronics. In his role as corporate sales trainer, Jeff was responsible for educating new sales professionals and handled new hire training for Tessco, a company that had grown to $196 million in annual sales at the time of his leaving.
Jeff’s first career was working in Nepal for three years as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer. Assigned to the Nepal Bank Ltd., he used his status as an outside foreign advisor to successfully implement a micro-lending project targeting poor farmers and small business entrepreneurs to help them form borrowing co-ops.
