Training & Education

At the AD Education Center, our mission is to provide a comprehensive educational platform for the industrial distribution industry, fostering professional and organizational development.

We Offer:

  • Expert instructors from the PT industry
  • Intense curriculum
  • Low student-instructor ratio
  • Hands-on training
  • Collaborative learning environment

Our Courses

Please click on a course below to learn more.

Bearing Principles

Bulk Material Handling

Power Transmission Principles

2024 Course Dates

Power Transmission Principles
  • May 20-23, 2024
  • July 15-18, 2024
  • September 23-26, 2024
  • November 18-21, 2024
Bearing Principles
  • June 3-5, 2024
Bulk Material Handling
  • October 7-10, 2024

Tuition

Bulk Material Handling and Power Transmission Principles

  • Standard Registration = $925
  • PTDA Members = $800
  • PTRA Members = $800
  • AD Preferred Suppliers = $775
  • AD Members = $675

Bearing Principles

  • Standard Registration = $825
  • PTDA Members = $700
  • PTRA Members = $700
  • AD Preferred Suppliers = $675
  • AD Members = $575

Student Feedback


Robert

"I thought the course was very challenging but outstanding. I highly recommend this course for anyone in my organization and would like to see a Sumitomo employee enrolled each time this course is provided."

- Robert Beasley, Sumitomo Machinery of America

Dave

"Hands-on real world application training. It seems like the course curriculum was written by people who have done exactly what we as Salespeople are confronted with daily so the format, examples, and explanations are presented in a way that makes the most sense to us."

- Dave Gustafson, State Electric Supply Co.

Brian

"The knowledge that I had the opportunity of absorbing is invaluable to growing a territory, creating opportunities and accessing the network that makes my success possible."

- Brian Chance, BB&G Industrial Supply