Diemaking

Code	5541
Diploma	AVS
Sector	Mechanical Manufacturing
Length of training	900 hours
Number of credits	60
Status	Program approved in 1992.

This program is offered in French:
5041 - Matriçage

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Program Objectives

To enable the students to acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to interpret the work plans and technical drawings; to apply concepts of occupational health and safety; to apply assembly techniques; to repair, assemble and install a mechanical or hydraulic system and its subassemblies; to balance a rotor; to enter the work force.

Program Content

Code	Statement of Competency	Hours	Credits
866-301	Determine their suitability for the trade and the training process	15	1
866-312	Apply concepts of mathematics to the manufacture of production machinery	30	2
866-323	Use jig boring and jig grinding techniques	45	3
866-332	Apply concepts of metallurgy to the manufacture of production machinery	30	2
866-342	Apply concepts of metrology to the production of dies	30	2
866-353	Apply techniques for assembling dies	30	2
866-362	Do a functional study of a press	45	3
866-371	Apply knowledge related to the machining of materials with low machinability ratings	15	1
866-388	Manufacture, assemble and adjust a simple cutting die	120	8
866-392	Do a spark erosion machining operation	30	2
866-402	Analyze the construction of a press tool in a drawing	30	2
866-412	Grind a workpiece with complex, irregular shapes on a surface grinder	30	2
866-421	Communicate in the workplace	15	1
866-432	Grind a workpiece with complex, irregular shapes on a cylindrical grinder	30	2
866-448	Manufacture, assemble and adjust a bottoming bending die	120	8
866-456	Enter the labour market in diemaking	90	6
866-467	Manufacture a two-stage progressive cutting die	105	7
866-476	Assemble and adjust a two-stage progressive cutting die	90	6
		900	60

Admission Conditions and Prerequisites

Persons who hold a DVS:
5371 Usinage
OR 5223 Techniques d'usinage
OR 1493 Techniques d’usinage
OR 1266 Machiniste général II
OR 5871 Machining
OR 5723 Machining Technics
OR 1993 Machining Technics
OR 1766 Machining Technics
OR
Have been granted recognition of equivalent learning.
OR
Persons practising an occupation related to the program of study.