COURSE 780
3 DAYS
BASIC ENGINEERING
FITTING SKILLS
This course provides personnel with the basic fitting skills that would be required in an engineering workshop.
PARTICIPANTS
The course is designed to complement course 700: Mechanical maintenance skills and is suitable for craft personnel already involved in maintenance activities.
COURSE PRESENTATION
The course format is very much ‘hands-on’ – the emphasis being on the development of sound practical skills within the context of safe working practices.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
On completion of the course, participants will be able to
- understand the principles of and apply safe working practices to basic fitting skills
- read and understand engineering drawings
- correctly use measuring and marking out equipment
- calculate drilling speeds for various materials
- correctly drill, tap or ream holes
- assemble components to drawing specifications
- understand different methods of removing broken studs
- recognise stripped threads and correctly use thread repair equipment
- correctly manufacture and fit a parallel key
- identify drive key types and state typical applications for each
- use correct tools to broach a keyway
- correctly sharpen drill bits.
Successful completion of the course leads to the award of Amicus / Technical Training Solutions competence certificate 780: Basic Engineering Fitting Skills.