PRESS
RELEASE
Illustrations available upon request
For Immediate
Release
April 2005
Contact:
Phone: (860) 875-5006
Fax: (860) 872-1565
michellem@mastercam.com
Mastercam Helps
Ensure CAD/CAM Expertise With
New
Certification Program
Tolland, CT – CNC Software Inc., manufacturer of the world-leading
Mastercam CAD/CAM Software, announces its new Certification program that gives
a way for today’s programmers to sharpen and validate their skills.
A Certification Advisory Committee, along with the help of several school
advisory committees, defined the skills necessary for CNC operators and
programmers and approved the Mastercam Handbook Curriculum as the first
recommended curriculum. It is meant to be taught in 80 to 100 hours of
instruction and can be used to produce programmers who can pass a practical Certification
test.
The goal of the Certification program is not only to produce skilled
programmers, but to give certification holders the ability to adapt their
talents to the ever-changing technologies in the manufacturing world.
“We
wanted Certification to be more than a wall decoration. We worked hard at defining
what the industry is looking for in a CNC programmer. Then we developed a test that could measure those skills. Next,
we looked for a curriculum that could give the student the knowledge and, with
practice, the skills to pass the test,” explains
Mastercam’s
Certification program is important in both the Educational and Industrial
markets. Originally meant to create a benchmark for schools, many programmers
see Certification as a way to validate the skills they know. This makes it
easier for them to get hired, and makes it easier for a shop to know that
incoming programmers have what it takes.
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