EAL Level 2 certificate in Milling Short Course (AUEC2-014)
This unit identifies the training and development required in order that the student can demonstrate that they are competent in being able to carry out the milling operations on vertical milling machines.
Description
What you’ll learn
Students will be expected to prepare for the machining activities by obtaining all the necessary information, documentation, tools and equipment required, and to plan how they intend to carry out the required milling activities and the sequence of operations they intend to use. Students will be required to prepare for the milling activities by mounting, positioning and correctly setting a range of work holding devices, to mount the workpiece and cutting tools and to set and use cutting feeds/speeds and techniques appropriate to the type of material, tooling, workpiece rigidity and operations being performed.
Students will be expected to produce components that combine several different features, such as flat faces, parallel faces, faces square to each other, angular faces, steps, open and enclosed slots, drilled, bored and reamed holes, internal threads, and special forms/profiles.
During, and on completion of, the milling operations, students will be expected to check the quality of the workpiece, using measuring equipment appropriate to the aspects being checked and the tolerances to be achieved. Students will need to be able to recognise milling defects, to take appropriate action to remedy any faults that occur and to ensure that the finished workpiece is within the drawing requirements. On completion of the machining activities, students will be expected to remove cutters and work holding devices, and to leave the milling machine and work area in a safe and tidy condition.
Who is this course for
This course is aimed at Engineers that have a base understanding of machining principles and provides a further base to up skill, or for those wanting to gain foundational practical skills, from non-machining roles needing to understand basic Milling principles.
How you’ll be assessed
Assessment is done through knowledge-based questions and products of work combined with observations. The learner will receive an EAL Level 2 certificate upon completion of the course.
Prerequisites
There are no formal entry requirements for this course, however, to ensure the safety of all participants and maintain the progression pace of the course, it is essential that candidates possess a baseline of "on-the-tool" experience.
This course is designed to formalise existing skills rather than teach basic manual dexterity from scratch.