Training

Knowledge and skills transfer tailored to your needs

Sidel offers customized training programs designed to help you maintain and improve the operation of your production line and guarantee the performance of your equipment over the long haul.

Wide-ranging, tangible benefits
Sidel’s training helps you take full advantage of your equipment’s capabilities. Training also ensures more uniform practices and better results. Investing in training is a reliable way to guarantee higher performance of your production line over time. The benefits are immediate and numerous:

Less machine down time
Quick detection of malfunctions
Increased yield of the production chain
More effective maintenance and optimized investments
Better durability of line components
Lower production costs
Improved product quality
Improved team spirit among trained team members
Motivated personnel

Education for the life of your line

To ensure your production line’s efficiency over time, Sidel has designed programs targeted to every step in the life cycle of its equipment. This includes thorough basic training for equipment start-up; courses on improving plant work practices and process training after six months of operation; maintenance training after one year; production method optimization and advanced training in process and maintenance beyond the one-year mark.

Training programs cover all products on a Sidel packaging line:

Blow molding machines
ActisTM barrier treatment
Fillers
Mixers
Combi machines
Cleaning systems
Pasteurizers
Labelers
Conveyors
Front of line equipment: depalletizers and decraters
End of line equipment: palletizers and craters
Pressco systems
Etc.

Technical,managerial and process-oriented training

Beginners, experienced operators, and seasoned experts can all benefit from training programs that are tailored to the students’ skill level at the start of the course.

Sidel’s comprehensive training catalog offers courses on all the skills required to manage and optimize Sidel machines and lines:

Technical training to teach essential skills needed for:
- machines and installations
- machine processes (capping, blow molding, filling, mixing, gas injection)
- built-in systems (CIP – Cleaning Inside Place, filtration, crowning, heat exchangers)
Training on software, hardware, pneumatic systems and more
Technical training on components (frequency converters, valves and pumps) and on materials (plastics and stainless steel)

In addition, training on product and line management as well as safety and the environment are also available.

Proven methods

As veteran experts in their field, our instructors are fully aware of the challenges faced by Sidel customers in a production setting, and they are prepared to share their knowledge and expertise with your teams.

At the beginning of the course, students receive a training manual. Every page features full color operational and service diagrams. At the end of every course students receive a certificate from Sidel certifying the student’s acquisition of knowledge and skills.

Sidel training centers

Depending on student availability and the recommended level of training, Sidel can provide instruction at your production facility or at one of its seven training centers located in Brazil, China, the United States, France, Italy, Malaysia and Mexico.

Classrooms are equipped with the latest technologies and shops are set up for hands-on instruction. In addition, Sidel’s well-appointed, fully-equipped training centers provide the perfect setting for student enrichment.