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The Problem: Facing increasing competition both nationally and abroad, manufacturers are calling upon the educational system to supply more highly skilled workers to survive. But schools can't afford to invest in the growing variety of CNC machinery that is likely to be found in their local shops. In addition to the costs involved, it has become increasingly difficult for instructors to be knowledgeable on all the common models of CNC controls along with their use of both G & M code and conversational programming techniques.

The Solution: MasterTask training, with 35 years of experience in developing courseware for industry, gives you the tools you need to meet the challenge.
This course achieves four major goals:
1. Provide instruction on the major brands of CNC Controls and include both G & M code and conversational programming.

2. Provide simulations of the controls so you can satisfy the needs of local manufacturers without the expense of more equipment.

3. Make it easy for instructors to manage a class with a diversity of students and needs.

4. Allow a range of instructional approaches including Open-Entry Open-Exit, classroom, and on-location.

Focused Instruction and Testing: To make sure students get exactly what they need, you select the CNC control models the individual will learn when you register them for the online course. The CNC controls include the common models of GE Fanuc, Fanuc, General Numeric, Haas, Okuma and Mazak. It is estimated that 85% or more of the lathes in shops today use one of the controls covered by this course.

Other control models will be added to the course in the future. You have will access to more instruction but your cost per module will not change within your commitment period.

Simulations: No school can afford to have examples of all of the common CNC controls, yet those are the skills students need in today's manufacturing plants. Your students will be tested on realistic simulations of the actual computer screens and control panels they will find in industry. They will learn their job tasks without tying your limited lab equipment, or making costly mistakes that can damage your machinery and tooling.

Covering All the Tasks: While you will select the CNC controls your students will learn, this performance-based course does not simply teach controls. All of the common operating and set up tasks are covered including topics like troubleshooting faulty part features, reducing cycle time and even basic tasks such as mounting a chuck, installing jaws, and turning the jaw surfaces.

Other Controls: Many schools using the original version of this course reported their students were able to handle other control types much more easily because of the greater understanding of the principles and techniques taught throughout the course.

If you need to teach a specific control which is not included, you can select one or more controls which are similar and use the Adapt Test function to select the test items that most closely match the desired control.

Controlling the Instruction: The course administrator or instructor can control what skills a person learns at three levels. First, the initial selection the CNC control types in which the individual will be instructed determines which modules will be active. Second, the instructor can activate or deactivate Modules to further customize the course. Third, questions within the interactive test can be turned on and off at the instructor's discretion. Once these selections are completed, all the elements of the course are automatically adjusted including the instruction, the Work Sheet questions and the interactive test. Your students can be divided into any size "class" within the course. This gives you the power to customize the courseware for any group without affecting the others.

The Learning Sequence: After viewing a module, the student will answer the questions in the Work Sheet for that Unit. Answers to the Work Sheet questions are found in the printable Instructor's Guide or can be viewed online. Students can go between the Work Sheet and the Core and Specific sections of the module until they feel they have all the information. Then they can then begin the Interactive Test. As indicated above, the test questions that will appear will be determined by the choices made by the instructor for the class.

"It helped the operators tremendously. They don't call me every time they have a problem now. They can fix it themselves." Lee Woody, US Manufacturing.



		The Problem: Facing increasing competition both nationally and abroad, manufacturers are calling upon the educational system to supply more highly skilled workers to survive. But schools can't afford to invest in the growing variety of CNC machinery that is likely to be found in their local shops. In addition to the costs involved, it has become increasingly difficult for instructors to be knowledgeable on all the common models of CNC controls along with their use of both G & M code and conversational programming techniques.
The Solution: MasterTask training, with 35 years of experience in developing courseware for industry, gives you the tools you need to meet the challenge. This course achieves four major goals: 1. Provide instruction on the major brands of CNC Controls and include both G & M code and conversational programming. 2. Provide simulations of the controls so you can satisfy the needs of local manufacturers without the expense of more equipment. 3. Make it easy for instructors to manage a class with a diversity of students and needs. 4. Allow a range of instructional approaches including Open-Entry Open-Exit, classroom, and on-location.

		Focused Instruction and Testing: To make sure students get exactly what they need, you select the CNC control models the individual will learn when you register them for the online course. The CNC controls include the common models of GE Fanuc, Fanuc, General Numeric, Haas, Okuma and Mazak. It is estimated that 85% or more of the lathes in shops today use one of the controls covered by this course. Other control models will be added to the course in the future. You have will access to more instruction but your cost per module will not change within your commitment period.

Simulations: No school can afford to have examples of all of the common CNC controls, yet those are the skills students need in today's manufacturing plants. Your students will be tested on realistic simulations of the actual computer screens and control panels they will find in industry. They will learn their job tasks without tying your limited lab equipment, or making costly mistakes that can damage your machinery and tooling.
Covering All the Tasks: While you will select the CNC controls your students will learn, this performance-based course does not simply teach controls. All of the common operating and set up tasks are covered including topics like troubleshooting faulty part features, reducing cycle time and even basic tasks such as mounting a chuck, installing jaws, and turning the jaw surfaces.

		Other Controls: Many schools using the original version of this course reported their students were able to handle other control types much more easily because of the greater understanding of the principles and techniques taught throughout the course.

		If you need to teach a specific control which is not included, you can select one or more controls which are similar and use the Adapt Test function to select the test items that most closely match the desired control.
Controlling the Instruction: The course administrator or instructor can control what skills a person learns at three levels. First, the initial selection the CNC control types in which the individual will be instructed determines which modules will be active. Second, the instructor can activate or deactivate Modules to further customize the course. Third, questions within the interactive test can be turned on and off at the instructor's discretion. Once these selections are completed, all the elements of the course are automatically adjusted including the instruction, the Work Sheet questions and the interactive test. Your students can be divided into any size "class" within the course. This gives you the power to customize the courseware for any group without affecting the others.
The Learning Sequence: After viewing a module, the student will answer the questions in the Work Sheet for that Unit. Answers to the Work Sheet questions are found in the printable Instructor's Guide or can be viewed online. Students can go between the Work Sheet and the Core and Specific sections of the module until they feel they have all the information. Then they can then begin the Interactive Test. As indicated above, the test questions that will appear will be determined by the choices made by the instructor for the class.
	"It helped the operators tremendously. They don't call me every time they have a problem now. They can fix it themselves." Lee Woody, US Manufacturing.