About Rob Fish, the Basic Hydraulics Instructor

I am a father, a grandfather, an avid pickleball player, and an independent trainer. Other than my Basic Hydraulics class, I have no products or services to sell. The only focus of my Basic Hydraulics class is helping your personnel:

• • Get the longest possible life from your hydraulic components,
• • Get the best possible performance from your hydraulic components and systems,
• • Do a better and faster job of hydraulic troubleshooting, and
• • Read and understand hydraulic schematics.

Before developing my Basic Hydraulics class and becoming an independent trainer, I worked as a sales engineer for a fluid power distributor, conducted training classes for both that fluid power distributor and a vocational school, earned the International Fluid Power Society's "Fluid Power Specialist" certification, and had a hydraulic circuit I designed featured in an issue of "Hydraulics & Pneumatics" magazine.

About the same time I was completing multiple "how to conduct training" courses (so I could do a better job of teaching about hydraulics), I earned a FIFA class "E" soccer coaching license (so I could do a better job of coaching my kids' soccer teams). It turned out that many of the techniques and principles I used to teach kids how to play soccer are a big help in teaching adults about hydraulics.

I really enjoy puns and dad jokes. While you may not find either here on my web site, there are a few included in my Basic Hydraulics Class at no additional charge.

My favorite feedback from Basic Hydraulics classes I've conducted includes:

• •  "I didn't know my boss was going to sit in on the class to see what kind of trainer I hired. Thanks for making me look good,"
• •  "If more training was like this, our company would invest in more training,"
• •  "I wish I'd taken this class 10 years ago," and
• •  "I was in the Basic Hydraulics class you taught in Seattle last week and I'd like you to come teach the same class to my guys in California."

Schedule Training or Request a Quote

If you're ready to schedule a Basic Hydraulics Class at your facility, would like a quote, or would like more information than what's here on my website, please send me an email at basicHydraulics@gmail.com or give me, Rob Fish, a call at (614)214-7261.