Want to learn more about installation in the sign & graphics industry? The below set of online learning courses is designed to cover a range of possible installations and maintenance.
Click on the name of each resource below to read a description, see the cost, and register. Reach out to education@signs.org with any questions.
Note: Courses are accessible only by the purchaser. Digital badges are assigned to the purchaser.
ISA online learning courses in INSTALLATION
The Sign Installer’s Guide: Electrical Sign Installation and Safety course introduces the basic information you’ll need to know to install and maintain electric signs safely. The course will consist of four (4) independent modules:
National Standards and Licensing
Working Safely with Electricity
Electric Signs with Field-Installed Wiring
Gaining Project Approval
- Price: $35 for ISA members; $100 for non-members
- Estimated time to complete course: 1.5 hours
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This course introduces the basic information you’ll need to know to install freestanding signs. The course will consist of six (6) independent modules:
Freestanding Sign Types and Characteristics
Sign Foundation Types and Installation (Part I)
Sign Foundation Types and Installation (Part II)
Bolted Connections
Field-Welding Practices, Symbols and Notations
Single-Pole Sign Structure Safety
- Price: $35 for ISA members; $100 for non-members
- Estimated time to complete course: 2 hours
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The goal of the course is to introduce new sign installers to the safety and risk prevention procedures they will follow during the sign installation work process. The course will consist of four (4) independent modules:
General Safety Practices
Preventing Electrocution and Struck-By-Load Incidents
Ladder and Scaffold Safety
Working Safely
- Price: $35 for ISA members; $100 for non-members
- Estimated time to complete course: 1.5 hours
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This course introduces the basic information you’ll need to know for special installations such as roof-mounted signs and mansard roof signs. It also features three case studies of advanced level projects. The course will consist of three (3) independent modules:
Roof Mounted signs
Case Studies
Mansard Roof Signs
- Price: $35 for ISA members; $100 for non-members
- Estimated time to complete course: 1.5 hours
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“He completed the Special Installations package – and wholeheartedly endorsed it. Which is high, and unusual praise from him. He’s my field foreman – he could teach this curriculum – but I asked him to look at it for new employees, and he thinks it’s very worthwhile.”
Tomi Minner, President
J & S Electric and Sign, Inc.
The goal of the Sign Installer’s Guide: Wall Signs course is to introduce new sign installers to the basic elements of wall sign installation. The course will consist of five (5) independent modules:
Sign Placement Options
Pattern Options and Examples
Wall Types and Surfaces
Common Fastener Types and Proper Usage
Basic Sign Types and Examples
- Price: $35 for ISA members; $100 for non-members
- Estimated time to complete course: 1.5 hours
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