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Track 03 · Advanced Vibration & CM

AI Condition Monitoring 101

Let a computer watch every machine, all the time, and raise a hand when one changes.

14 lessons Self-paced 25-question exam Badge: Advanced Vibration & CM
Releasing 16 Aug 2026 Back to catalog

Releasing 16 Aug 2026 — the lesson opens on release day.

What you'll leave knowing

Outcomes for this primer.

Short, interactive and self-paced. Every idea is shown with a live instrument, then checked in the exam.

See why continuous monitoring beats the monthly route.

Read trends and alarm levels, and estimate time-to-limit.

Understand features and anomaly detection — the real “AI”.

Know the honest limits, and why the analyst stays in the loop.

The curriculum

14 lessons, in order.

Each lesson is one focused screen — a concept, an interactive graphic, and a plain-language read. Climb the chain, then sit the exam.

01
Before we start — the three pictures
You will read three charts in this course. Meet them once, here.
02
How it is done today
The monthly route — you only look at the machine a few times a year.
03
The shift
Continuous monitoring — watch without blinking, and the hidden climb shows up.
04
The heartbeat
Trending — plot one health number over time and simply watch it.
05
Drawing the lines
Alarm levels — baseline, alert, danger, so a rise sounds itself.
06
How long have we got?
Reading ahead — extend the trend to the limit for a rough countdown.
07
What the computer actually reads
A feature is just a number that sums up the signal — meet three.
08
Spotting the odd one out
Anomaly detection — learn the healthy cloud, flag anything outside it.
09
So what is the “AI”, really?
Learn from healthy data, score how far off each new reading is. Not magic.
10
Naming the fault
To NAME a fault, a computer must have seen that fault labelled before.
11
The journey of one reading
The pipeline — wireless sensor → gateway → cloud → alert.
12
Why the expert stays
False alarms, and the human in the loop who still matters most.
13
The honest limits
What AI condition monitoring cannot do — told straight.
14
Recap
AI condition monitoring, in one place.
Finish all 14 lessons and pass the 25-question exam to earn your completion certificate — issued on the spot.
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A primer — not ISO 18436 certification

TIERA 101 gives you working fundamentals. It is not equivalent to, nor a substitute for, ISO 18436 Category I–IV vibration-analyst certification.

TIERA's formal ISO 18436 Category I–IV programme is separate and paid. Ask us about the certified track when you're ready to go pro.