Autodesk and Haas have teamed up to help address the manufacturing sector need for more trained workers by creating an end-to-end curriculum designed to tech CAD, CAM and CNC machining skills.
The four part course for high school, vocational and university educators to use over a single semester has been designed to teach students the ‘start-to-part’ fundamentals of manufacturing.
From reading a blueprint to designing, simulating the machining, then actually producing and inspecting a machined brake calliper part, it gives students a rounded experience of the necessary skills and puts them on the path to receiving certification of their milling capabilities.
Over the four segments, students will learn to:
- Identify parts of a blueprint.
- Identify GD&T symbols and datums
- Create a CAM setup for manufacturing
- Understand machine safety best practices
- Set up a VMC for use including indicating a vise and setting up tooling
- Operate a CNC mill
- Inspect a machined part
Students complete the program with what Haas and Autodesk describe as a ‘walking portfolio’, a conversation-starting manufactured part they’ve made, start to finish, that’s familiar in industry and can help them showcase their abilities.
Designed to assist educators as a ‘plug-and-play’, project-based content in the classroom, the content is pre-validated, doesn’t need to be tweaked to be relevant to students, or cobbled together from a variety of sources, and is the first time Haas has partnered with a software vendor to co-produce this kind of content.
A recent study by Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute found that 1.9 million jobs in manufacturing may go unfilled if workforce challenges are not addressed through 2033.
While most companies consider upskilling and reskilling important, only 38 per cent say they have the necessary skills and resources to design internal training programs, and 43 per cent say access to skilled talent is a barrier to their growth, found Autodesk’s 2024 State of Design & Make Report, which surveyed 5,399 global business leaders.
You can view the free to access course here.
