FAQ

IndustrialProfi is open career roadmaps for the skilled trades: a path from the fundamentals to a confident specialist, built from official standards (PUE, GOST, NAKS) and practical tasks. It's an open project: the code is published under the AGPL-3.0 license, the learning materials under CC BY-SA. It's free because access to learning a trade well shouldn't depend on the size of your wallet. There's no catch: no ads, no paid articles, no “premium access.” More on the About page.

Open the profession catalog, pick yours, and go through the articles top to bottom — the order isn't random: every article builds on the ones before it. Every article follows the same shape: why it matters → the official documents to read → the practical task to do with your hands. The main rule: one article today beats ten “someday.”

For a beginner — yes: roadmaps are built from zero, with no “everybody already knows this” assumptions. Go in order, and don't skip the fundamentals and safety training — they're at the start for a reason, not as a formality. If you already work in the trade — go through the roadmap like a checklist: almost everyone has gaps, especially in the regulatory parts. Start with the topics where you feel least sure.

No — and that's important to understand. Certificates, electrical safety clearance groups, and NAKS accreditation are issued only by accredited training centers and boards — no website replaces that. What IndustrialProfi gives you is the knowledge and practice that turns the exam at a training center from a coin flip into something you're prepared for — you show up understanding what they're asking you. Anywhere the work involves voltage, pressure, or safety-critical welds, official clearance is mandatory. We say this plainly, because in the skilled trades, confidence without clearance is dangerous.

We don't retell standards in our own words — we link to the primary sources and tell you exactly which chapters to read and what to do with your hands afterward. It's the “librarian, not lecturer” model. Courses and trade school give you a certificate of completion; here, you get a system of knowledge and the habit of working with regulatory documentation — a skill that stays with you after any certificate, and that you need on the job every day.

It depends on your pace and starting level — anywhere from a couple of months to a year. A roadmap isn't a speed marathon: articles are built around a “read → do → log the result” cycle. Consistency wins: 20–30 minutes every day beats five hours once a week. That's why the dashboard shows a day-by-day activity map, not timers and deadlines.

You can read without an account — all the content is open and stays open. An account adds working tools: “completed” marks and progress by profession, a “Continue” button that picks up where you left off, a personal practice journal, and bookmarks on articles. Signing up just takes an email and a password — nothing else.

Yes, the site is fully adapted for mobile — reading articles and tracking progress works well on any device. Practical tasks are easy to work through with your phone in hand: do the work with your hands, then log the result in your journal right there.

You can add the site to your home screen — it'll open like a regular app, full-screen, with its own icon, no browser chrome.
Android (Chrome): the “⋮” menu at the top right → “Install app” (or “Add to Home screen”).
iPhone (Safari): the Share button (a square with an arrow pointing up) → “Add to Home Screen” → “Add.”
Your account, progress, and journal stay exactly the same — it's the same app, just a handy shortcut.

Every section of an article has a “Suggest an edit” link — all you need is a free account (the edit is submitted under your name and stays in the article's history forever), and the edit itself takes a couple of minutes. It goes to an expert for review; once accepted, every reader sees it, and you can track the fate of every edit you've made on your “My learning” dashboard. It's the fastest way to make the project better — and it's exactly how it's meant to grow.

You're exactly who half this platform was built for. Start small: open the articles on your topic and suggest edits wherever you spot something inaccurate or know a better way. Want to do more? Write to me (“Write to the author” in the menu under your name, or Telegram at the bottom of the page): we'll talk through a section, or a whole roadmap for your profession — with your name on it as the author. Is your profession not in the catalog yet? Write to me even more so: this platform is meant for any in-demand trade where skill and practice decide the outcome — from construction to farming. Vetted specialists get expert rights and help develop the materials.

Tell colleagues, students, and trade chats about it — for an open project, that matters more than money. You can also support it with a donation: the money goes toward servers and new materials. If you're a developer — the code is open on GitHub (link in the footer), and contributions are welcome.

Honestly: drafts of many articles are put together with an LLM — strictly from official documents (GOST, PUE, manufacturer documentation) and with links to primary sources. The idea is that the real work starts after that: practitioners review the materials, every reader edit is reviewed by an expert in the profession, and every change stays forever in the article's open history — like Wikipedia. We think it's more honest to name the tools than to hide them: an LLM speeds up the draft, while people and primary sources are responsible for accuracy. How we write is laid out in the open author's guide; found a mistake — suggest an edit right on the article's page.

One person builds this project — the code, the writing, checking the materials, replying to messages. Why and how — in the About letter. Getting in touch is simple: “Write to the author” on the site (if you're signed in) or Telegram in the footer. I read everything, and usually reply within a day or two.