Training

I created and teach a technical training class called Get Confident. It's a four to five hour, hands on course designed to simplify hose and coupling training for anyone working in the hydraulic or industrial hose industry. The class is practical, focused, and built to give reps and techs real working knowledge—not just theory.

Connect Confident

• Hands on coupling identification

• Learn how to identify and classify hydraulic couplings using thread ID kits, seal styles, and common visual features.

• Thread knowledge

• Covers basic SAE and international thread standards and how to read them in the field.

• Training kits

• Interactive kits with real couplings and hoses are used throughout the session.

Conduct Confident

• Hose product knowledge

• Covers hose construction, laylines, applications, and how to select the right hose.

• Hose samples

• Over 25 real hydraulic, fleet, and industrial hoses used in training to build product knowledge and confidence.

• Industry specs

• Learn how to read SAE and application specs and match them to hose types.

• Intro to industrial hose

• Gives a basic overview of industrial hose families and how they apply to different jobs.

Cut Confident

• Live hydraulic hose cutting

• Step by step demo of proper cutting techniques using Gates equipment.

• Live industrial hose cutting

• Demonstrates best practices and safety around larger industrial hoses.

Crimp Confident

• Live equipment

• Hands on training with a PC707 and GC20 crimper, covering setup, calibration, crimping, and troubleshooting.

• Crimping hose assemblies

• Classroom instruction on crimp specs and how to use crimp data properly.

• Crimper calibration

• Learn how to calibrate a PC707 or GC20 to factory specs.