Worldwide training offer

In 2023, more than 11,000 cus­tomers took part in over 1,000 training courses. Around 100 trainers, proven in their field, have ensured that the par­tic­i­pants ben­efit from the knowl­edge and mindset of Pilz. Pilz sees itself as an “ambas­sador for safety”. We have been bringing machinery safety knowl­edge to the world for decades. Our trainers pro­vide inter­na­tional as well as country-spe­cific spe­cialist knowl­edge on nor­ma­tive and legal require­ments in machinery safety. The con­tent of approx. 20 inter­na­tional training courses, as well as other local courses, includes product training as well as func­tional safety and Indus­trial Secu­rity. The latter will assume even greater impor­tance in future: The EU direc­tive NIS 2, the Cyber Resilience Act and the Machinery Reg­u­la­tion are making it manda­tory for Euro­pean com­pa­nies, and those exporting to Europe, to make their plant and machinery more secure in terms of Indus­trial Secu­rity. With the new course “Intro­duc­tion to the Machinery Reg­u­la­tion”, Pilz makes it easier to get started with the Machinery Reg­u­la­tion, and explains how to apply the spec­i­fi­ca­tions to the CE marking process. The con­tents of the training are always adapted to the cur­rent legal posi­tion.

Pilz has con­tin­u­ously expanded its ser­vice package for Indus­trial Secu­rity. With the qual­i­fi­ca­tion “CESA – Cer­ti­fied Expert for Secu­rity in Automa­tion” (cer­ti­fi­ca­tion through TÜV NORD), since last year Pilz has offered a two-day expert course, which gives del­e­gates con­cise secu­rity knowl­edge in line with the cur­rent status of the stan­dards. What’s more, the training covers prac­tical risk reduc­tion mea­sures, such as access con­trol, increase of net­work secu­rity using tech­nical means, and organ­i­sa­tional mea­sures to avoid secu­rity risks.

Further training from anywhere in the world

With the training package from the Pilz Academy, machine man­u­fac­turers and oper­a­tors alike can ben­efit dig­i­tally from the know-how of Pilz experts, wher­ever they are – for example, in regions where Pilz does not offer face-to-face training in close prox­imity to cus­tomers. The dig­ital package is also ben­e­fi­cial to com­pa­nies wishing to train employees at dif­ferent sites across the world to the same level of machinery safety. Com­pa­nies from the global elec­tronics man­u­fac­turer Jabil to the sports goods man­u­fac­turer Nike use the “CMSE – Cer­ti­fied Machinery Safety Expert” qual­i­fi­ca­tion, for example. This pro­vides a wide range of knowl­edge on machinery safety. World­wide, over 10,000 grad­u­ates in 60 dif­ferent coun­tries have already suc­cess­fully com­pleted the qual­i­fi­ca­tion, which is avail­able online and face-to-face.

International Qualification Programme

From beginner level through to expert cer­ti­fi­ca­tion – the Pilz training pro­gramme is designed in such a way that knowl­edge can be built up grad­u­ally to the required level of qual­i­fi­ca­tion and depth of knowl­edge. For this reason the training courses are divided into four levels: intro­duc­tion, fun­da­mental, advanced and expert. You can enter at the appro­priate level at any time; many training courses build on one another as regards con­tent. In addi­tion to the dif­ferent levels of courses, those with a thirst for knowl­edge can also take part in spe­cialist courses in a number of areas. These pro­vide an even deeper insight into a spe­cific sub­ject. For better ori­en­ta­tion, the respec­tive courses also include rec­om­men­da­tions for qual­i­fi­ca­tion path­ways. At the end of each course and qual­i­fi­ca­tion pathway Pilz bids farewell to its highly qual­i­fied cus­tomers – if they have passed the test on the expert courses, they are even cer­ti­fied by TÜV NORD.

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