Manufacturing Occupational Skills Training
Manufacturing Occupational Skills Training
The new subscription based Manufacturing Occupational Skills Training process is now available to skill your current workforce. It incorporates the “Applied Manufacturing Technology Pathway Certification” (the MACWIC pyramid) that has been the gold standard for the past 12 years in pre-employment training. Let MassMEP show you how you can train your employees in manufacturing technical skills, with minimal impact on production…all while saving money.
Reduce your Training Costs
Subscription-based training is tied to a company, not an individual. Take as many or as few classes as needed. Send one person to all 19 classes, or 19 people to one class each, or any other combination your needs require.
We offer 3 hour modules, with 4 training tracks, and 3 training cycles per year.
Flat rate annual subscription, billed monthly
- Predictable training costs
- Purchase an annual training slot, use with any employee
- Easily add additional slots, as needed
Establish a strategic workforce development plan
- Link employee development to operational objectives
- Satisfies ISO mandated employee training
Career pathway
- Promotes employee retention/engagement
Training Information
4 flexible training tracks that recur 3x during the year
- Bring new hires up to speed more quickly
- Increase productivity and quality metrics
- Reduce scrap, rework, overtime
3-hour class modules
- Reduce impact to production schedule
- Take one class, take all
Online virtual training program
- Reinforce hands-on learning
- Provides additional skills not covered in class
Pre-training assessment
- Train only in the skills your company needs
- Efficiently utilize training time
Competency based credentials
- Validates learning
- College credit
Pre-apprentice and apprentice sponsorship
- OJT Plan available with all registrations
- Reinforces classroom learning
- Company does not have to register or manage apprentices
TRACK 1 TRAINING – BASIC MANUFACTURING SKILLS
(Three 6-hour classes, one day per week)
Shop Math
2-part class. Shop Math will provide participants with the training they need to understand fundamental mathematical concepts before starting Blueprint Reading and Metrology & Quality Inspection. Participants will be able to understand and perform basic math operations, how to calculate an average, be proficient using a calculator, add and subtract fractions and convert fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions.
Blueprint Reading
2-part class. Blueprint Reading gives students the training they need to read basic engineering drawings. Participants will understand what the different types of lines on a blueprint mean and differentiate them, know how to read the different views on a blueprint, tell the difference between different types of holes and be able to identify a thread callout on a blueprint.
Metrology & Quality Inspection
2-part class. Metrology & Quality Inspection will provide participants with the training they need to understand fundamental quality inspection concepts.
Participants will be able to handle, clean and use a variety of manufacturing measurement tools including: outside micrometer, inside micrometer, vernier calipers, dial calipers, gauge blocks, plug gauges, height gauge and dial indicators. Participants will also go through lessons on the imperial and metric systems to make them proficient in both measurement standards.
TRACK 2 TRAINING – BASIC CNC MILL OPERATION
Six 3-hour classes, one day per week
CNC Mill: Concepts & Hands-On
Participants will learn basic machine training using computerized controllers and learn how machines move
in a 3-dimensional space.
Participants will go over safety procedures around the milling machine and operation, how to correctly setup and identify the machine has been set up correctly, set tool offsets, set work piece origins, perform a dry run on the program, run and inspect parts being made on the machine.
TRACK 3 TRAINING – BASIC CNC LATHE OPERATION
Six 3-hour classes, one day per week
CNC Lathe: Concepts & Hands-On
Participants will learn basic machine training using computerized controllers and learn how machines move
in a 3-dimensional space.
Participants will go over safety procedures around the lathe and operation, how to correctly setup and identify the machine has been set up correctly, set tool offsets, set work piece origins, perform a dry run on the program, run and inspect parts being made on the machine.
TRACK 4 TRAINING – ADDITIONAL CLASSES
Two 6-hour classes, one day per week
Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)
2-part class. Basic Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing to familiarize participants on its use and application on the shop floor. Introductory course for GD&T includes fundamental symbols, rules, concepts, datum, orientation, position, concentricity, symmetry and profile. The materials are based on the ASME Y14.5M – 2009 standard.
Statistical Process Control (SPC)
2-part class. Introduces participants to basic concepts that are the building blocks of statistics for process control – terms like variation, probability, and distribution. Participants will see how statistical control charts are created and learn basic interpretation. Includes hands-on simulation.
Two 3-hour classes, one day per week
G Code for Mills
G Code for Mills will provide participants with the training they need to understand fundamental G&M concepts.
Participants will go over the history of G&M Programming, learn what the typical milling machines are, coordinate systems, absolute programming mode, incremental programming mode, circular interpolation, pocket milling and canned cycles.
G Code for Lathes
G Code for Lathes will provide participants with the training they need to understand fundamental G&M concepts.
Participants will go over typical lathe operation, turning coordinate systems, absolute and incremental programming modes, linear interpolation, circular interpolation, chamfering and rounding.