Summer Skill Builder Course

Full course cost: £1000+vat. per person.

Days: 10. Delivered 1 day per week.

Dates mentioned below:

COURSE AIM

This course will introduce learners the safety precautions required when working with manual Mills and Lathes, associated tools, equipment and techniques. By the end of the course, a learner will be able to demonstrate that they are competent in being able to carry out the milling operations on vertical milling machines and centre lathes.

COURSE DELIVERY

Delivered by a qualified, competent professional. One day per week over 10 weeks. Learner will get a certificate of completion signed off by a competent person providing they can prove competent in all aspects.

COURSE CONTENT OVERVIEW

Prepare for machining, selecting tools, equipment required and planning how they intend to carry out the required activities and sequence of operations. Mounting, positioning and correctly setting a range of work holding devices, to mount the workpiece and cutting tools and to set and use cutting feeds/speeds and techniques appropriate to the type of material, tooling, workpiece rigidity and operations being performed. Produce components with a variety of features on each type of machine. Check the quality of the workpiece, using measuring equipment appropriate to the aspects being checked and the tolerances to be achieved.