3 things to land your first PLC job!

Many students assume that you need to know how to create PID loops, how to scale Analog signals, how to manage complex FOR loops, and other complex concepts to land a PLC programming job.

You need none of that!

We recommend you master the basics and start looking for a job today! The sooner you become exposed to a real manufacturing environment with hands-on experience, the faster you will grow.

Here is how you come out above 90% of applicants.

Many PLC programmers struggle with basic concepts, and yet that’s exactly what employers will test for. For this reason, we’d like to share three fundamental resources that will help you with this learning. If you can confidently talk about the topics covered within these you will come out above 90% of candidates.

1. Conditional Boolean Logic - XIC & XIO | XIC Instruction | XIO Instruction

2. Output Boolean Logic - OTE | OTE Instruction

3. Motor Starter Interview Question | 2 Push Buttons & Motor Starter

Start by implementing logic routines that use the three instructions above. Understand how they impact the booleans they're tied to and experiment with different rung configurations. As you build different structures, think about how they may reflect systems in our daily life.

We hope that this gives a good idea of what to do next.

Until next time!

The SolisPLC team