Non Accredited Skills Development Programmes
PtSA has developed several Non-Accredited Programmes for the Tool, Die, Mould and Special Machining Industry in South Africa to provide upskilling opportunities to enable the application of advanced technologies.
PtSA Short Duration Upskilling Programmes
Metal Cutting Technology
Metal Cutting Technology is a technical training course for all people working in the metal cutting industry. The training material has been developed by Sandvik Coromant based on the needs of production skills all over the world. The course content, however, is “Brand Neutral.” The target groups for this training are production managers, machine operators, method engineers, programmers, universities, high schools and learning institutes.
Duration
2 Full days at a regional PtSA Centre of Excellence
Cost
*R 5 050 (excl VAT) per attendee
Subject to group minimum size
*All required learning material and access to the relevant software during the course is included in the price.
Heidenhain Basic Course
The basic training course from Heidenhain is the first course in a series of courses and will teach the learner how to use all the basic functions of the Heidenhain ITNC 530 and ITNC 640 control. It includes basic programming of the control.
Duration
- 5 Days at a regional PtSA Centre of Excellence
- 4 weeks self-study at home
Cost
*R 12 625 (excl VAT) per attendee
Subject to group minimum size
*All required learning material and access to the relevant software during the course is included in the price.
Heidenhain Q Parameter Programming Course
The Q parameter programming course is an advanced training course whereby you can program entire families of parts in a single NC program, by programming variable Q parameters instead of fixed numerical values.
Duration
1 Day at a regional PtSA Centre of Excellence
Cost
*R 2 525 (excl VAT) per attendee
Subject to group minimum size
*All required learning material and access to the relevant software during the course is included in the price.
Heidenhain FK Programming Course
The FK programming course is an advanced training course whereby you can program a part if the workpiece drawing is not dimensioned for NC and the grey path function keys cannot be used. All geometric values given in the drawing must be complete.
Duration
1 Day at a regional PtSA Centre of Excellence
Cost
*R 2 525 (excl VAT) per attendee
Subject to group minimum size
*All required learning material and access to the relevant software during the course is included in the price.
Heidenhain Touch Probes
The course is on Heidenhain touch probes and the correct usage thereof.
Duration
1 Day at a regional PtSA Centre of Excellence
Cost
*R 2 712 (excl VAT) per attendee
Subject to group minimum size
*All required learning material and access to the relevant software during the course is included in the price.
Delcam Powermill 3-Axis CAM Course
The course covers the 3-Axis functionality available in PowerMill. PowerMill can quickly create gouge-free cutter paths on imported component data. It supports Wireframe, Triangle, Surface, and Solid models created in Delcam products or from neutral formats such as IGES.
Duration
3 Full days at a regional PtSA Centre of Excellence
Cost
*R 7 575 (excl VAT) per attendee
Subject to group minimum size
*All required learning material and access to the relevant software during the course is included in the price.
Delcam Powermill 5-Axis CAM Course
The course covers the 5-Axis functionality available in PowerMill. PowerMill can quickly create gouge-free cutter paths on imported component data. It supports Wireframe, Triangle, Surface, and Solid models created in Delcam products or from neutral formats such as IGES. All available possibilities for 5-Axis machining will be looked at.
Duration
2 Full days at a regional PtSA Centre of Excellence
Cost
*R 5 050 (excl VAT) per attendee
Subject to group minimum size
*All required learning material and access to the relevant software during the course is included in the price.
Heidenhain 3+2 Axis Programming Course
The course covers the tilting functions of the Heidenhain TNC control for machines with swivel heads and/or tilting tables. Typical applications are, for example, oblique holes or contours in an oblique plane. The TNC always tilts the machining plane around the active datum and you then program the part in a reference plane. The TNC functions for tilting the working plane are coordinate transformations. The working plane is always perpendicular to the direction of the tool axis.
Duration
5 Full days at a regional PtSA Centre of Excellence
Cost
*R 12 625 (excl VAT) per attendee
Subject to group minimum size
*All required learning material and access to the relevant software during the course is included in the price.
5-Axis Milling Course
The course covers aspects related to 5-axis milling. Various attributes of the technology are covered from a very basic level up to a more advanced level with examples of each to clearly show the differences. Exercises are used to demonstrate some of the most common strategies.
Duration
3 Days at a regional PtSA Centre of Excellence
Cost
*R 7 950 (excl VAT) per attendee
Subject to group minimum size
*All required learning material and access to the relevant software during the course is included in the price.
Vericut Machine Simulation Course
The course is based on Vericut software by CGTech which is used for verification, simulation and optimization of NC programs prior to them being run on the actual CNC machine tool.
Duration
3 Full days at a regional PtSA Centre of Excellence
Cost
*R 7 575 (excl VAT) per attendee
Subject to group minimum size
*All required learning material and access to the relevant software during the course is included in the price.
Heidenhain 5 Axis Machining Course
The course covers aspects related to 5-axis machining using the Heidenhain control with an emphasis on different NC Program format outputs as well as control functions for efficient accurate machining. A CAM system is necessary to output these different formats.
Duration
2 Full days at a regional PtSA Centre of Excellence
Cost
*R 5 050 (excl VAT) per attendee
Subject to group minimum size
*All required learning material and access to the relevant software during the course is included in the price.
Advanced Machining Techniques Course
The course covers aspects related to advanced machining techniques related to mould and die, machining of Titanium alloys and high speed 5-axis machining of aluminium.
Duration
2 Full days at a regional PtSA Centre of Excellence
Cost
*R 5 612 (excl VAT) per attendee
Subject to group minimum size
*All required learning material and access to the relevant software during the course is included in the price.
Training Facilities
Accredited training facilities in the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Gauteng, and KwaZulu-Natal serve as the base for these PtSA artisan training programmes.
1 – PtSA Centre of Excellence – Western Cape
2 – PtSA Centre of Excellence – Eastern Cape
3 – PtSA Centre of Excellence – KwaZulu-Natal
4 – PtSA Centre of Excellence – Gauteng
• PtSA Research and Development Centre (in development – Western Cape)
