About Rob Fish, the Boot Camp Instructor

I am a father, a grandfather, an avid pickleball player, and an independent trainer. The "independent trainer" part of that sentence means I don't have any products or services to sell other than my basic hydraulic training.

In the 40+ years since I became involved with hydraulics, I've 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.

In addition to completing multiple "how to conduct training" courses and a "how to train trainers" seminar in order to do a better job of teaching about hydraulics, I earned a FIFA Class "F" and class "E" soccer coaching license in order to do a better job of coaching my kids' soccer teams. It turns out that a fair number 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 Boot Camp at no additional charge.

A list of my favorite feedback from boot camps 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 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 Boot Camp 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.