Measurement & Inspection
It was clear their customers needed more trained personnel. In response, Hexagon developed Hexagon Metrology Univer- sity. The company announced it to a national audience in June 2013. In some ways, Hexagon Metrology University is taking up where engineering and technical schools leave off. “There is no question that there is a basic lack of metrology education in the engineering curriculum,” Gudauskas said. He also noted that while metrol- ogy is sometimes considered a niche profession, the demand for trained, knowledgeable metrologists is increas- ing. The company also observed that as more students started taking equipment specific training courses, they arrived without a basic background in metrol- ogy, including GD&T. “Teaching people how to use metrology equipment without metrology basics is a very difficult class to teach,” he said.
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He reports demand for their training is high, in excess of their classroom training. Each class is limited to 10 seats by design to ensure quality par- ticipation. To meet the higher demand, Hexagon developed on-line training that covers the basics of equipment such as portable arms, lasers, and CMMs and basic metrology theory.
Certification for Portables
Randy Gruver is a portable metrol- ogy training professional with Boeing (Seattle, WA) and chair of the CMS Cer- tification Committee for the Coordinate Metrology Society (Benbrook, TX). He was instrumental in developing a brand new certification through the CMS. He points to a few of the motivations behind their Level One Certification program, and their Level 2 certification for por- table arm CMMs, which was first offered in July 2013. “First, metrology require- ments are increasing,” he said. There is a transition underway from a niche
core of metrology professionals in the past to much broader applications in the manufacturing world. “Folks that are now tasked with using metrology equipment are less inclined to be experts with an engineering background,” he said. This
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