CLS Certification Course "Lubrication for experts"

Next dates:

Certification course (4 days) 2025-05-06 - 2025-05-09 Brannenburg *ENGLISH* 1.490,00 € + VAT Register now!

optional CLS - Online-Exam by STLE - 450 USD ( - ) BlueSky System (STLE exam platform) 0,00 € + VAT Register now!

Perfect preparation for the certification exam "Certified Lubrication Specialist (CLS)" 

What is special about this Training?

Considerably more relevant content and coverage than classical "Lubrication Training"

• Intense preparation for the certification exam "Certified Lubrication Specialist (CLS)" of the American Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE).
• Ideal exam training with realistic mock questions and guidance via a CLS certified engineer.
• Comprehensive presentation of the area of lubrication, starting with technical applications, lubrication techniques over to oil condition monitoring and oil maintenance.
• Your trainer Rüdiger Krethe is an internationally recognized and certified speaker who is familiar through his daily routine and more than 25 years experience with mechanical engineering topics and lubricants
• Especially useful to refresh your knowledge and stay up-to-date in the world of lubrication

Included in the price:

• Participation in the training
• Hot lunch at all days 
• Coffee/Tea and sweet and savoury snacks during the dreaks
• Water during the training
• Training documents (printed and on a USB Flash drive)
• Certificate of participation

The CLS-Exam

Participation in the official CLS exam is optional.
If you wish to take the CLS exam following the course, you must register yourself for the exam directly with the STLE in good time before the desired exam date.

Since 2021, STLE has offered the opportunity to take the CLS exam anywhere you have a laptop with webcam and headset or a tablet, secure internet connection and a quiet room - at a time that suits you best.
Through "Webassessor," STLE's exam platform, you will be connected to a certified examiner via a secure browser on your preferred date and time. This examiner monitors your exam via webcam.
Immediately after the multiple-choice exam, you will receive your result.

We recommend that you book the date for the CLS exam as soon as possible after the CLS certification course.
You are also welcome to use a room at our OilDoc Academy for this purpose. Just get in touch with us!

Here you can register yourself for the CLS-Exam.

Further information about the CLS certificate

CLS-Exam Fees* (not included in the training course fee!!!):
$450 USD for STLE-Members*
$625 USD for Non-STLE-Members*

* Fees are set directly by the STLE and may differ.

Targets of the Certification Preparation Training

• Acquirement of a broad consolidated knowledge about lubricants and their correct application with a Focus on Technology - Lubricant - Environment
• Transfer of the latest expert knowledge tailored to the participants in discussions with experienced OilDoc engineers.
• Get-to-know or update knowledge about:
  • Structure, selection and usage of lubricants
  • Functional principle and lubrication demands of important technical machines, devices and machine elements from industrial and automotive areas of application
  • Procurement, storage and handling
  • Lubrication procedures
  • Oil condition Monitoring and oil maintenance
  • Implementation of effective lubrication programs

Target Group

• Skilled employees, managers and executives working in the field of service and maintenance
• Technical and sales consultants of lubricant producers and their distribution partners
• Technical purchasers for lubricants and operating fluids
• Skilled employees working in construction, service and distribution of machine and component producers
• Appraisors and surveyors for damage analysis and machine malfunction
• Skilled employees, managers and executives from oil maintenance, oil condition monitoring and other areas of application  who want to extent or update their knowledge about the usage and application of lubricants