ISO 18436 Category I
Basic Vibration Analyst Training & Certification
The ISO Category I Vibration Analyst “Basic” course is intended for personnel who are new to vibration monitoring and analysis, or those who wish to get an introduction to vibration analysis, condition monitoring and maintenance practices. The course focuses on periodic, single-channel data collection and analysis for condition-based maintenance programs. Category I certification requires that you have demonstrated 6 months experience in vibration analysis, completed the course and successfully pass the Category I vibration analyst examination.
Course Description
Duration: 3.5 days training & 2-hour Exam; 70% passing grade
Compliance: ISO 18436 Category I – Vibration Analyst, ASNT SNT-TC1A Recommended Practice
Certification Prerequisite: Prior experience is not required for attending the training course, but 6 months of experience is required for certification.
Outcome: You will come away from this course with a very good understanding of vibration analysis fundamentals, you will understand how to take good measurements and you will be ready to begin analyzing vibration spectra.
| Day | Time | Description |
| 1 | 8.00am – 5.00pm | Training |
| 2 | 8.00am – 5.00pm | Training |
| 3 | 8.00am – 5.00pm | Training |
| 4 | 8.00am – 12.00pm | Training |
| 12.00pm – 3.00pm | Exam |
Category I Topics covered:
- Maintenance practices
- Condition monitoring
- Principles of vibration
- Introduction to vibration measurement
- An introduction to the time waveform
- An introduction to the spectrum
- An introduction to forcing frequencies
- Explaining the different vibration units
- A brief introduction to phase
- Data acquisition
- A quick review of data acquisition
- How do we measure vibration?
- Where to place the sensor on the machine
- Understanding axial, radial, vertical, and horizontal readings
- A quick introduction to mounting the accelerometer and surface preparation
- Naming conventions
- What are “routes” and how do you create them?
- Signal processing
- A quick tour of your analyzer
- Spectral averaging
- Vibration analysis
- The spectrum analysis process
- What is resonance – a quick introduction
- Diagnosing common fault conditions
- Setting alarm limits
You will come away from the course with a solid understanding of:
- The benefits of performing condition monitoring and improving reliability
- The condition monitoring technologies: acoustic emission, infrared analysis (thermography), oil analysis, wear particle analysis, motor testing
- How machines work
- How vibration measurements can tell you about the condition of the machine
- How to collect good, repeatable measurements
- What the Fmax, resolution, averaging and other analyzer settings mean
- How to analyze vibration spectra and the basics of fault diagnosis: unbalance, misalignment, looseness, rolling element bearings faults, resonance and other conditions
- An introduction to setting alarm limits