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AUBURN — Three secondary precision-machining instructors from Connecticut and Massachusetts recently completed a summer training program at Central Maine Community College.
Barry Jackson from Rindge School of Technical Arts in Cambridge, Mass, Alex Peters from Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School in Lexington, Mass., and Dustin Ricci from Windsor High School in Windsor, Conn., were enrolled in a three-day course, CNC Milling: NIMS Level 1.
Designed for teachers with basic CNC (computer numeric control) mill G-code programming, setup and operations experience, this course included both theory and hands-on lab time and covered offhand grinding; drilling operations; CNC mill setup, programming and operation; machining parts and inspecting results with precision measuring tools; and an introduction to CAD/CAM.
Each of the instructors received a $1,000 scholarship from the Gene Haas Foundation. Founded in 1999, the Gene Haas Foundation has awarded more than $45 million to more than 2,000 charitable organizations and schools since 1999. The Foundation is committed to U.S. manufacturing and supporting manufacturing education in the form of scholarships and other support for CNC machinist training and has provided significant scholarship assistance for students in the PMT program and contributed one million dollars toward the construction of the new PMT Center at the college that now bears its name.
Other instructor training programs the Gene Haas Precision Machining Center at CMCC will provide this summer include 4-Axis CNC Milling, 5-Axis CNC Milling, and CNC Turning: NIMS Level 1. For more information about these or other professional development opportunities, please contact the Office of Workforce and Professional Development at 207-755-5370 or workforcedevelopment@cmcc.edu. Information is also available online at www.cmcc.edu/training.
PHOTO: Three precision machining instructors recently completed a training program at Central Maine Community College, from left, Barry Jackson,Cambridge, Mass., Alex Peters, Lexington, Mass.; and Dustin Ricci, Windsor, Conn. (Submitted photo)
