Toolmaking

Code	5542
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:
5042 - Outillage

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Program Objectives

To use the following tools: milling machine, lathe, boring machine, grinding machine, correcting grinding machine; to make and repair cutting tools, guide and drilling templates, etc.; to make machinists special tools; to apply tracing, tooling and assembling methods; to apply the total quality concept.

Program Content

Code	Statement of Competency	Hours	Credits
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
866-371	Apply knowledge related to the machining of materials with low machinability ratings	15	1
866-392	Do a spark erosion machining operation	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
866-456	Enter the labour market in toolmaking	90	6
866-481	Determine their suitability for the trade and the training process	15	1
866-492	Apply concepts of metrology to the production of jigs	30	2
866-503	Apply techniques for assembling jigs	45	3
866-512	Do a functional study of a machine tool	30	2
866-525	Manufacture, assemble and adjust a drill jig	75	5
866-532	Analyze the construction of a production jig in a drawing	30	2
866-546	Manufacture, assemble and adjust a lathe jig	90	6
866-558	Manufacture, assemble and adjust a milling jig	120	8
866-564	Manufacture, assemble and adjust gauges	60	4
866-576	Manufacture, assemble and adjust a cutting tool	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 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.