JMK Engineering encourages life long self learning and to help with that we developed the JMK Academy with learning content targeted at technical professionals in the electrical design industries.
This learning material includes:
- Paid webinars with conditional certificates of completion
- Detailed tutorials that develop the common skills needed to develop robust electrical designs that meet the project needs.
- Technical reports on topics ranging from developing an electrical safety program to outlining how to complete a successful hydro electric control system upgrade.
- Continuing Education Courses to help entry level professionals gain the knowledge they need quickly.
- Professional Development Courses designed to assist with continuing professional development of senior engineers.
Publishing Schedule
The publishing schedule for these content types vary, however we aim to meet the following minimums:
New Webinar every month
These webinars will typically cover a topic in a series depending on the time of year and what our members are interested at the time.
New Skills Tutorial every month
Along with webinars, tutorials are typically produced monthly. These include a certificate for 1PDH if the student completes the 5 part quiz on the topic successfully.
These tutorials form the backbone of the entry and professional level courses.
A new Continuing Education course every 6 months
Courses are a much larger commitment and take time to develop properly. They will range from 10 hours of video content (with a lot of self work) to 40hrs depending on the topic.
A certificate of completion is provided when the student successfully completes all the module quizzes.
A new Professional Development course every year
Professional courses are less in demand and will typically cover at least 20-24hrs of lesson time. This replaces a three day in-person professional development course.
We aim to release a new course every calendar year, with the topic being decided in June of the previous year.
Lots of free content and writing
While we are developing all this great content we also produce and release a weekly newsletter.
Most of our live webinar recordings are published publicly 12 months after we record the live one. They are of course available immediately for paid members in the Member Portal.
We also write on the blog with quick simple how-to’s and information content, saving you lots of time trying to figure out how to connect to equipment or troubleshoot simple problems.
Content Roadmap
To make sure that everyone is on the same page, I’ve created a JMK Academy Roadmap page. Here you can find out the various courses and tutorials that we are working.
If there is a specific topic that you would like me to add to the list, be sure to leave a comment in the latest blog article or by hitting reply on any of my newsletters.
Accessing JMK Academy Courses and Tutorials
There are a couple of ways that you can access this material.
Memberships
We have two membership levels, one gives you just discounts and the other is the skills only.
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Skills Only Member$50.00 / month -
Member$0.00
A la carte
Alternatively you can puchase the courses, webinars, tutorials, etc as you need them.
Skills Based Tutorials
(Coming Soon)
Upcoming Webinars
Continuing Education Courses
(Coming Soon)
Professional Development Courses
(Coming Soon)
And More
There are even more reports, templates, etc in the shop.
Of course we have the free blog articles.
Some Article Categories
Some recent articles
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