Westpower-U Rotating Equipment Training 

It’s a hands-on, half-day technical training event for rotating equipment professionals. Hosted the morning of our Pig Roast on Friday September 26th, it offers small-group courses led by Westpower experts covering your choice of Pumps, Reliability & Lubricants, Industrial Mixers, and Mechanical Seals.

This is our pilot event, but the goal is to build it into an annual training experience. By joining now, you’ll be among the first to participate and help shape future sessions.

Not at all, but we encourage it! Your course registration includes entry to the Pig Roast at 5PM. It’s a great way to unwind, network, and connect with the Westpower team.

Yes. Every participant will receive a certificate of participation confirming their attendance and learning outcomes. These hours qualify as informal PD activities under APEGA guidelines.

Each session qualifies for 3 APEGA professional development hours.

Yes. You’ll receive an official receipt, certificate, and course summary, everything you need to submit as a reimbursable professional development expense.

You’ll get 3 hours of technical training (split between classroom and shop), instruction from Westpower experts, a professional development hours certificate, refreshments and light lunch, as well as access to the Pig Roast social event.

The fee proceeds are donated to CP Kids & Families. You get high-value training and support a great cause.

Yes! If you register before August 22, you’ll get early bird pricing at $450 per seat.

While we’re unable to offer bundled pricing due to limited class sizes, we can coordinate block reservations for teams on a first-come, first-served basis. Let us know how many seats you’d like to secure, and we’ll do our best to accommodate your group across the available courses.

Each course focuses on applied learning. You’ll get foundational theory in the classroom, then see it in action on real equipment in the shop. See the course outlines here below.

• Pumps 101: Pump design, basic hydraulics, performance curves, teardown
• Reliability & Lubricants 101: Lubrication best practices, monitoring opportunities, reliability strategies
• Seals 101: Seal selection, common failure modes, troubleshooting and installation
• Industrial Mixers 101: Mixer fundamentals and best practices.

Engineers, maintenance supervisors, field specialists, and anyone working with rotating equipment at industrial sites. We’ve designed it to be immediately applicable to field and plant roles.

Each person can only attend one course per session. All four run simultaneously from 9AM–12PM.

Please wear steel-toed boots and work-appropriate clothing. We’ll provide safety glasses and everything else needed for the shop floor. Coffee and refreshments are provided in the morning, and a light lunch is provided at the end of the training.

At Westpower’s Calgary facility: 3236 50 Ave SE, Calgary. It includes both a training room and live shop where demos will take place.

We’d be happy to recommend hotels near the facility. We’re also timing the event so you can attend in the morning and enjoy the Pig Roast in the evening.

Proceeds of your course fee are donated to our 2025 charity partner, CP Kids & Families, which supports children and families living with cerebral palsy.

Absolutely. The link to donate to the charity is here. We appreciate all contributions to this cause. If you or your company are interested in contributing further, either through silent auction items or Pig Roast sponsorships, get in touch with us at insights@westpowergroup.com.