Mike;
There are a lot of options out there that address a wide variety of
training needs and pocketbooks. There is China Lake (MTTC -
619-446-5571) and EMPF (317-226-5607) at the high end of things, where
your trainer can get a carefully designed and monitored instructor's
certification. They, along with quite a few independant training
organzations, also offer a variety of targeted trainer, engineer, and
operator classroom programs as well. Two of the best that I'm familiar
with are National Training Center for MicroElectronics (610-861-5486)
and SMT Plus (408-438-6116), both of whom specialize in doing on-site
classes at your location. Both teach hand soldering (my focus), but
their other areas of expertise differ.
For very focused work, where you want bring someone in on a hourly
basis to work one-on-one with key people try Greg Painter at Hand
Soldering Specialties at (415)964-0577. He specializes in hand
soldering and workmanship standards training.
Promising newcomers to the field include ACME (605 341-4261), run by
Tino Gonzales, for surface mount process consulting and training, and
The Training Center, a new group that appears to be developing a very
promising program, though I haven't audited any of their classes yet.
(I have experience with all of the others mentioned above.)
This only scratches the surface though. The needs and the resources
vary widely - there's no one single good solution for every training
need, and many providers will custom design a program for you. I would
be happy to talk to any technet readers about their specific solder
training needs, and perhaps recommend local trainers in your area if
you like (there are far too many to list here).
Reed Hopkins
User Development Manager
Metcal, Inc.
415-325-3291
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There are also a number of training options and links listed on the
Rework & Repair Exchange at http://www.metcal.com/training.html.
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Subject: ASSY: Solder schools
Author: [log in to unmask] at Internet-Mail
Date: 9/18/96 3:02 PM
In the past, our company has sent our soldering instructors to China Lake
for training and certification. We certified for both hand and machine
(wave)soldering.
The questions:
1. What other programs are available (please include location, duration,
and cost, if known) ?
2. Is an SMT soldering instructor's school available?
Thanks in advance for your responses.
Mike Matson
Woodward Governor Company
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