Regional Workforce Development Center
100 North College Drive, POB 737, Franklin, VA 23851
Phone: 757-569-6050; Fax: 757-569-6055
www.pdc.edu/workforce-development
Essential Craft Skills I
Class
Number
Class
Dates
Time
Credit
Tuition
Essential Craft Skills I
TBD
8 am – 4:30 pm
4 CEUs
$1,395
Class Scope, Objectives, and Demonstrated Technical Skills
Purpose and Scope:
This course is designed to be primarily taught to and assist Maintenance Craft Personnel.
Operations, Engineering, and Management personnel working with and having responsibility
for asset reliability will find the session necessary to assist in manufacturing cost reduction
improvement efforts. The course covers essential mechanical skills information and applications
with review and practice. Maintenance problems and corrections relative to typical assembly
errors, lubrication principles, precision measurement techniques, bearing types
(recognition/application), and precision alignment principles for shaft and belt driven
machinery are the core subjects. Overall vibration, infrared temperature and stroboscope
measurements/techniques with practical hands-on and performance measurement exercises
are utilized in the class to provide new “field” tools for the craft technician.
Terminal Objective:
Upon successful completion of this seminar, students will be ready to apply and demonstrate
correction of common assembly errors, typical machinery case and associated pipe strain
distortion problems, accurately complete a precise, documented and known “cold” machinery
alignment, ability to retain and in some cases improve asset balance quality, and provide a
“performance” report that states as found and as left conditions with the use of dynamic
measurement tools to extend asset reliability. Students will have a better appreciation of
bearing, seal, and lubrication failures and the degradation of machine life. Attendees are
expected to return to the workforce and immediately utilize taught precision techniques in
reducing failures related to these problems.