As an example, we offer a sampling of the machining center programming and
operation course curriculum we
market to schools and companies conducting live CNC courses.
Like any good training program, our sample curriculum keeps a light at the
end of the tunnel for students. Using a
key concepts approach, it
allows you to stress the reasons why you do things as importantly as how
things are done. There are ten key concepts a beginning CNC user must
understand in order to become proficient with CNC.
We further break the curriculum into lessons. For machining center
programming and operation, there are
24 lessons in our curriculum.
With each lesson, there should be a practice exercise and possibly lab work to
confirm the student's understanding.
For student course materials, students receive a training manual and
workbook. This will allow them to study on their own between sessions and also
allows the instructor to assign homework reading.
To minimize the instructor's preparation time, we provide lesson plans that
specify what must be presented during each lesson, suggestions for review
topics, and simple analogies to help relate points. Instructors also receive an
extensive set of slide show presentations in PowerPoint version 4.0 that act as
visuals throughout the course. Answers to the practice exercises are also
provided.
