UL and Tooling U-SME Finalize Partnership on Additive Manufacturing Professional Certification Programs

Tooling U-SME, a leading provider of manufacturing training solutions, and UL, a global safety science company, have finalized an agreement to align training and certification to create a single source for professional additive manufacturing certification.

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The organizations signed a Letter of Intent in December 2017 to collaborate on enhanced workforce training and development efforts supporting manufacturers wanting to increase their capabilities in additive manufacturing. UL delivered the certification preparation class and Tooling U-SME provided the certification examination as part of the pilot offerings.

UL and Tooling U-SME are now official partners in the Additive Manufacturing Professional Certification program, which is co-sponsored by America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute. This program is part of a growing portfolio of Tooling U-SME’s learning and development solutions for the manufacturing community. UL introduced its additive manufacturing training program in 2014 – the first of its kind at the time – in cooperation with numerous industry leaders.

Under the new agreement, Tooling U-SME and UL will begin assessing necessary steps to develop the next phase of the initiative, the Additive Manufacturing Technician Certification program, which will be available later this year.

The new partners will establish a formal Certification Oversight body to advise on the development and ongoing evolution of the Additive Manufacturing Certification program. Additive manufacturing professionals interested in serving on the Certification Oversight body should contact Jaimie Christie at Tooling U-SME (jchristie@sme.org) for more information.

The new partners will establish a formal Certification Oversight body to advise on the development and ongoing evolution of the Additive Manufacturing Certification program. Additive manufacturing professionals interested in serving on the Certification Oversight body should contact Jaimie Christie at Tooling U-SME (jchristie@sme.org) for more information.

Sources:SME