The UK’sManufacturing Technology Centre(MTC) is where 3D printing and traditional manufacturing converge. Established as an independent Research & Technology Organisation (RTO) in 2010, the centre is the product of a collaboration between拉夫堡大学,University of Birmingham,University of Nottingham和TWI.
该中心的特权地位的标志et and well-cultivated contact list of over 100 industry members, places it in an ideal position for providing well-trained and talented individuals to the industry – a gap that the MTC struck upon in 2016 with the launch of the Lloyds Bank Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre (AMTC).
Now, the AMTC is looking for contributions to the development of its 3D printing and additive manufacturing skills competencies framework, due to launch later this year.
In a recent tour of the facility, I spoke to Martin Dury, Learning Design Manager, to learn more about the new, specialist additive, training to be offered at the AMTC.
Filling the additive manufacturing skills gap
The aim of the the MTC “is to create end-to-end vocational and apprenticeship programmes to enable a stronger AM industry for the UK.” The programmes will be offered to school-leavers aged 16 – 19, and engineers already in the industry looking to boost their skills.
Doctors and engineers of the MTC, working for members like Rolls-Royce, Airbus, GOM andRenishaw，领导该中心提供的所有课程，提供了独特的行业综合视角。
学徒制也可以一直遵循到学位水平，当候选人表现出特定技能的能力时，例如添加剂制造，非破坏性测雷电竞充值试和材料开发的设计。
将公牛拿到喇叭
在增材制造之前雷电竞充值，MTC成功地开发了培训计划advanced metrology, intelligent automation and advanced machining – once key skills gaps in industry-wide manufacturing.
“What we did,” explains Dury, “rather than wait for the national standards to catch up, we took the bull by the horns,”
“we got all of our experts over at the MTC to define the knowledge, skills and behaviours that they’d expect of an automation technician.”
From this, Dury and his team develop a framework describing the role and responsibilities of a person for a specified occupation, matching the national standards for engineering, but with overtraining in a specified area of interest. An early specialism makes candidates an asset to any company looking to take on new roles.
How to get involved
To develop 3D printing frameworks, and upskill/train more additive manufacturing engineers, the AMTC is looking for contributions from professionals throughout the industry. Dury comments,
“Right here right now, we’re probably the UK’s best-kept secret with regards to additive training.”
“我想要的最后一件事是一家真正的相关公司，说‘我希望我对此有所了解，我真的可以帮助引导或给予一些丰富的内容。”我想尽可能避免这种情况。”
Contributions for the MTC’s additive manufacturing skills competencies framework close 31 March 2018. If you have an valuable insights in your industry and the skills desperately needed in additive,contact the MTC这里。
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Featured image shows metal 3D printed spheres from the MTC’s National Centre for Additive Manufacturing. Photo via The MTC
