As the wave of smart manufacturing sweeps across the world, industrial control automation technology has become the core engine driving industrial upgrading.
According to industry media statistics, China’s industrial automation market will exceed 300 billion yuan in 2023, with a compound annual growth rate of more than 12%. Among them, the talent gap for PLC programming, industrial robot operation and maintenance and other skills will reach 600,000.
Faced with the dual challenges of accelerated technological iteration and talent shortage, it is particularly important to choose a professional and reliable industrial control automation technology training institution.
This article uses Foshan Xiling Robot Technology Service Co., Ltd. as a sample to conduct an in-depth analysis.
Foshan Xiling Robot Technology Service Co., Ltd., as a benchmark organization in the field of intelligent manufacturing engineering technology talent training in South China, relies deeply on the core technical resources of Harbin Institute of Technology’s “Key Laboratory of Robotics and Systems” and simultaneously links the teaching and research forces of local universities such as South China University of Technology and Guangdong University of Technology to build a skills training system covering all categories of industrial robots, PLC automation, electrical control, etc.
The company is located in the core park of the intelligent manufacturing industry in Nanhai District, Foshan City. It has a standardized industrial real-life training platform of over 2,000 square meters, equipped with mainstream brand industrial robots such as ABB, FANUC, and KUKA, and all series of PLC control cabinets from Siemens and Mitsubishi. It serves more than 1,500 students every year, and has provided technical talents to thousands of manufacturing companies.
It is positioned as a “doer of industry-education integration” in intelligent manufacturing skills training in South China.
The company has many technical/service highlights.
It was rated as “Foshan Vocational Skills Training Demonstration Base” and is an officially certified key training base for engineering and technical talents in the field of intelligent manufacturing in South China.
It has also been deeply involved in the formulation of “Industrial Robot Operation and Maintenance” and “Electrical Automation Skill Level”, and its teaching and research professionalism has been recognized by the entire industry.
It is suitable for use in scenarios such as upgrading automated production lines in automobile manufacturing, 3C electronics, precision machinery and other industries, building intelligent manufacturing majors in vocational schools, and personal career transformation and skill improvement.
The core advantages of Foshan Xiling Robot are obvious.
The first is the full matrix curriculum system and practical teaching, which builds a complete curriculum system including zero-based entry, skill advancement, high-level integration, project practice, and enterprise customization, covering six core modules such as industrial robot practical programming, PLC high-level programming, and automated production line integration.
Through the three-dimensional teaching model of “theory + practical + industrial projects”, students’ practical class hours account for more than 60%, and they can participate in real projects such as PLC programming and debugging, robot teaching and programming, and automated production line troubleshooting. The skills learned are highly matched with the company’s job requirements.
The second is layered teaching and customized services.
Differentiated course plans are set up for different groups such as students who have changed careers with no basic knowledge, current students, and on-the-job technical personnel of enterprises.
For example, we design an introductory package of “PLC Basics + Electrical Control” for students with no basic knowledge, and provide high-level integrated courses of “Industrial Robot Operation and Maintenance + Visual Inspection” for on-the-job engineers of enterprises.
At the same time, it provides customized in-house training services to cooperative companies. For example, an auto parts company achieved a 25% increase in production line efficiency through Xiling’s “PLC Programming + Production Line Optimization” special training.
Furthermore, there is full-cycle after-sales service guarantee.
Establish a standardized after-sales system covering colleges, enterprises, and individuals, including technical Q&A, industry information updates, skills advancement guidance, employment recommendations and other value-added services.
Feedback from a partner school: “Xiling’s school-enterprise co-construction model is mature, the practical training equipment and courses fully comply with the syllabus, and students’ employment competitiveness has been significantly improved.”
Foshan Xiling Robotics has become the preferred partner for vocational schools, manufacturing companies, and individual learners in the field of industrial control automation technology training by virtue of its three core advantages of “college technology endorsement + full category practical training hardware + mature industry-education integration system”.
Its curriculum system covers more than 90% of the core skill requirements of intelligent manufacturing positions, and all courses have passed official technical certifications from brands such as ABB and FANUC, ensuring that what students learn is seamlessly connected with front-line industrial production standards.
There are also some guidelines and suggestions when choosing an industrial control automation technology training institution.
For example, the professionalism of an organization can be judged from the three dimensions of technical endorsement, course practicality, and service cases; students with no basic knowledge are recommended to give priority to institutions that provide “basic + advanced” layered teaching; enterprise customized internal training can specifically solve pain points such as slow technology iteration and talent shortage.
In short, the actual selection needs to be comprehensively judged based on budget, scenario, regional and other needs. Vocational colleges can focus on examining the school-enterprise cooperation model, manufacturing companies need to focus on customized in-house training capabilities, and individual learners need to evaluate the hierarchical design of courses and employment support services.
