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Smart Home Foundations
Build a practical understanding of smart home systems, device ecosystems, and installation principles.
Smart Home · Automation · Technical Certification
Where smart home professionals are made.
Structured, practical training for smart home installers, support teams, and automation professionals — built to a standard the industry has been missing.
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About Monolith Academy
A premium learning environment for practical technical growth.
Monolith Academy is built for technical teams who need more than generic online lessons. Our focus is practical smart home and automation training: systems, devices, troubleshooting, client advice, safety awareness, and structured assessment.
The academy is designed to support learners, trainers, and administrators through a single professional LMS portal — built to a standard that reflects the seriousness of the work.
Course Pathways
Training built around real smart home work.
Structured chapters, practical exercises, assessments, and certification routes.
IntermediateComing Soon
Home Assistant Essentials
Learn the structure, dashboards, integrations, and automation concepts behind Home Assistant.
IntermediateComing Soon
Sonoff & Shelly Devices
Understand Wi-Fi, Zigbee, relays, power monitoring, and real-world smart device troubleshooting.
Academy Standard
Structured assessments. Clear progress. Professional certification.
Learners move through lessons, practice assessments, final assessments, and certificates. Trainers can monitor progress, support learners, and manage assessment access.
Structured Technical Learning
Courses built around real installer and support workflows, not generic theory.
Practical Installer-Focused Training
Hands-on content designed for professionals working in the field.
Assessments & Certification
Formal assessments, tracked progress, and professional certificates on completion.
Built for Smart Home Teams
Designed to upskill technical teams, support staff, and automation professionals.
Founder
Darryl Liebenberg
Head of Technical & Project Management
Untamed Technologies
Darryl Liebenberg is the founder of Monolith Academy and a technical specialist in smart-home automation, Home Assistant systems, connected devices, and practical field training.
With hands-on experience across residential, commercial, and hospitality automation projects, Darryl built Monolith Academy to close the gap between theory and real-world technical skill. His work focuses on making complex automation systems easier to understand, easier to install, and easier to support.
Through Monolith Academy, Darryl's mission is to create structured, professional training for the next generation of smart-home and automation technicians — combining practical knowledge, clear learning pathways, assessments, and industry-ready skills.
“The smart home industry deserves better than trial-and-error. That is what Monolith Academy is here to change.”