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TOOLAND MAKER

TOOL AND DIE MAKER

A and Die Maker designs, creates, repairs and tests ON-THE-JOB TRAINING prototypes and production such as dies, cutting tools, jigs, fixtures, gauges and specialty tools using various metals, alloys An apprenticeship involves practical training provided and plastics. Specifically, a : on-the-job by a skilled worker, or trainer. The skills or competencies to be developed are set out by the  reads and interprets complex drawings, tooling trade’s Apprenticeship Training Standard and are drawings and work-process documentation recognized by the industry as being essential to the  designs, builds, changes and repairs dies, forms, cutting practice of the trade. tools, gauges, jigs and fixtures for the sector As these essential skills are developed, the  builds precision dies, tools and prototypes using apprentice’s sponsor or trainer signs the relevant conventional and numerically controlled metal-cutting and sections of the training standard to indicate that the apprentice machines and equipment including saws, , has met the individual training objectives by demonstrating the grinders, , mills, die presses and electrical discharge skills required of a skilled worker, or journeyperson, in the machines trade.  performs work-in-process measuring and checking using specialized and precision tools and equipment IN-SCHOOL TRAINING Tool and Die Maker is a trade regulated by the Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009. Qualified individuals A Tool and Die Maker apprenticeship includes three levels of may obtain a Certificate of Qualification, which confirms its theoretical training, which includes but is not limited to holder has the skills, knowledge and experience that meet instruction in: industry standards of practice for the trade.  applied trade safety practices In order to complete an apprenticeship training program in the  applied trade calculations, charts, and tables trade, individuals must become members of the Ontario College  engineering drawings/computer-aided design (CAD) data of Trades (the College), and apprentices must remain active and layout processes members for the duration of their apprenticeship.  (science of metals) of and components Upon completing an apprenticeship, the Ministry of Training,  metrology (science of measuring and checking) Colleges and Universities (MTCU) will issue an individual a  benchworking techniques Certificate of Apprenticeship. Upon passing the trade’s  metal cutting saw technology certification examination and meeting the College’s registration  , , grinding, ram/sink electric discharge requirements, the individual may apply to become certified and machines, and centre computerized numerically registered as a journeyperson in the trade. controlled (CNC) technologies  jig and fixture building In Ontario, the trade is part of the Interprovincial Red Seal  tooling (jig and fixture) technology and assembly techniques Program—the national standard for the trade across Canada:  stamping technology www.red-seal.ca.  mechanical assembly technology for tooling or die making  tooling or die-building technology and processes APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM Depending on the training delivery agency, in-school training An apprenticeship training program consists of on-the-job and may be available in one of the following ways: in-school training. Generally, the time-frame to become competent in the trade of Tool and Die Maker is 8,000 hours  block release (full-time, for a set number of weeks) (approximately four years) consisting of 7,280 hours of on-the-  day release (one day per week from September to June) job work experience and 720 hours of in-school training.  part-time (night-school programs)  alternative delivery (online, correspondence, etc.) For detailed information about this program, see the apprenticeship training standard: www.collegeoftrades.ca/training-standards MTCU is responsible for reviewing and scheduling classroom training for apprenticeship programs established by the College. For more information about in-class training, contact a local MTCU Apprenticeship Office: services.findhelp.ca/eo/tcu/appoff

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