Centre for Power Transmission & Motion Control CPD courses for industry

We offer Continuing Professional Development in fluid power, hydraulics, electrical drives and motion control. We can also tailor bespoke courses to your needs.

Our courses and Covid19

Our standard courses are now fully back in person. We can can still offer specialist and bespoke courses as online options.

Our on-campus courses include our comprehensive course notes, plus:

classroom tutorials
hands-on lab work
access to computer facilities and wireless network
lunches and refreshments
a campus parking permit

In our online courses, you will find all lectures pre-recorded on the University online learning platform to which you will have access about a week before the course start. This platform works in all standard internet browsers. Our online courses also include live sessions, both for questions & answers as well as for tutorials. We provide a suggested timetable, where we have organised content into a suggested order, allowing you to prepare in your own time. We will also post hardcopies of our extensive lecture and lab notes to you ahead of the course. Our labs are pre-recorded, similar to the lectures, and we will use live sessions hosted via Microsoft Teams to go through the calculations. In some of the labs, we will watch a video together, in others there will be break-out rooms that allow you to work and discuss issues. We will also use MS Teams for general Question & Answer sessions. At any time, you will be able to contact the course team electronically.

Build your expertise

Take one of our short courses and have the opportunity to learn from experts in the field based in our Centre for Power Transmission & Motion Control.

We run a range of CPD short courses in power transmission and motion control. Our courses focus on fluid power systems, electrical drives and control.

Our courses are delivered by experienced staff and researchers at the University of Bath.

Our standard courses are run in partnership with the Institute for Mechanical Engineering (IMechE). We also run a series of courses on specialised topics and can create bespoke courses for your company at your or our premises.

Study with us and you will gain a detailed understanding of the course material. You'll apply this theory in experimental laboratory sessions, tutorials, design exercises and computer simulation classes. You'll receive a certificate of attendance for completing the course.

Most of our courses are three-and-a-half days long. All our standard courses are VAT-exempt.

Course Programme

Scheduled courses

From October 2021 we will offer a mixture of campus and online courses, as listed below.

Course	Title	Date	Fees
FP1 (DL)	Introduction to hydraulic circuits and components (by distance learning)	any time	£500 / £250*
FP1	Introduction to hydraulic circuits and components	11-14 October 2022 (Campus)	£1350
		14-17 February 2023 (Campus)	£1350
FP2	Component selection for hydraulic systems	1-4 November 2022 (Campus)	£1350
		7-10 March 2023 (Campus)	£1350
FP3	Hydraulic systems and efficiency	10-13 May 2022 (Campus)	£1350
ED	Electrical drives for mechanical engineers	22-25 Nov. 2022 (Campus)	£1350
C	Introduction to control of mechatronic systems	7-8 June 2022 (Campus)	£800**
FPC	Control of electrohydraulic systems	7-10 June 2022 (Campus)	£1350**
FPN	Noise in hydraulic systems	25-27 January 2023 (TBC)	£1150

* £250 option includes memory stick only (no support, assessment and certificate)
** The FPC course includes the C module

Courses available on request

Course	Title	Date	Fees
FPN	Noise in hydraulic systems	three days, on request	Quote on request
FPS	Simulation of hydraulic systems (with Siemens Industry Software, Amesim)	three to three-and-a-half days, on request	Quote on request
PA	Piezoelectric actuation	one day, on request	Quote on request

Bespoke courses

We can tailor our courses for your needs and deliver them at your company's premises in the UK or overseas. Bespoke courses we have previously run include:

hydraulic modelling and simulation
hydraulic noise and vibration
mechatronic systems analysis and design
control system design
aircraft hydraulics
automotive hydraulics
power steering systems - analysis, modelling and design
contamination control
electric drives

Please contact us to discuss your needs.

Booking information

We can provide a list of hotels in the area, please contact us if that is of interest to you.

Please note the following cancellation/postponement charges:

£100 if cancelled within 14-28 days of the commencement date of the course. £200 if cancelled within 0-14 days of the commencement date of the course. £50 if postponed for the next course within 0-7 days of the commencement date of the course.

Contact us

If you have any questions about our courses or would like to discuss your requirements, please contact us at the details below.