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and die calculation of clearance - cutting forces, stripping
pressure location methods, strippers and stock guides,
punch holders, backing plates, stops, trimming and sharing
dies.
NM048 Press Tool 3 Bend
A 40 hour module Hawthorn Prerequisite: nil
A subject in the Engineering Post Trade course.
Content
Presses used, bending and forming operations, calculate
shut height, force, blank lengths. Use of rubber, die
cushions, springback.
NM049 Press Tool 4 Draw Dies
A 40 hour module Hawthorn Prerequisite: nil
A subject in the Engineering Post Trade course.
Content
Behaviour of metal during drawing. Ironing. Drawing
faults, re-drawing. Determination of blank dimensions.
Lubrication and surface finish. Heat treatment and
materials. Clamping pressure and draw beads. Mechanical
and hydraulic presses. Drawing speed. Cupping. Drawing.
Re-drawing. Reverse drawing. Trimming. Ironing dies.
Deep drawing. Calculations. Combination dies.
NM050 Press Tool 5 Progressive Dies
A 40 hour module Hawthorn Prerequisite: nil
A subject in the Engineering Post Trade course.
Content
Material handling and feed mechanisms. Stops, pilots, idle
stations. Notching, extruding piercing and blanking, shear
bending, forming
and flanging, coining. Side acting cams ejecting, shedders
and knock-outs. Scrap disposal. One piece and sectional
dies. Scrapless and semi-scrapless (chop-off). Cutt and
carry.
NM081 Computer Aided Machining 1
A 40 hour module Hawthorn Prerequisite: nil
A subject in the Engineering Post Trade course.
Content
Introduction to Computer Aided Maching (CAM), use of
CAM methods of programming to produce parts on CNC
equipment.
NM082 Computer Aided Machining 2 - 2 D
Programming
A 40 hour module, Hawthorn , Prerequisites: CNC
Machining NM009, Computer Aided Machining 1 - NM081
A subject in the Engineering Post Trade Certificate.
Content
This module aims to provide the student with the
knowledge and skills to create and edit geometric shapes
using graphical drawing instruments and create a CNC
program to produce a workpiece on a CNC machine tool.
NM088 Press Tool Maintenance
A module in the Engineering Post Trade course.
Learn to evaluate defects, identify tool wear, recondition
tools, set up and trial run press tools, tool records and
transportation.
NMTS1.20 Computer Skills
A 35 hour module Hawthorn Prerequisite: nil
A subject in the Diploma of Fire Technology and the
Certificate IV in Fire Technology.
Content
The purpose of this module is to provide the participant
with the knowledge and skills to:
operate effectively in an environment with standard
information technology equipment;
process information common to the fire indusrry;
prepare correspondence and reports using word
processing packages.
NMTS3.09 Workplace Trainer Category1
A 40 hour module Hawthorn Prerequisite: nil
A subject in the Diploma of Fire Technology and the
Certificate IV in Fire Technology.
Content
The purpose of this module is to provide the participant
with the knowledge and skills to provide training in the
workplace on a one-to-one basis or to small groups of
trainees.
NMTS3.21 Introduction to Law
A 30 hour module Hawthorn Prerequisite: nil
A subject in the Diploma of Fire Technology and the
Certificate IV in Fire Technology.
Content
The purpose of this module is to provide the participant
with the knowledge and skills to:
represent the fire industry in a court of law;
present evidence in a court room in accordance with the
rules of evidence for a civil/criminal trial.
NMTS4.06 Fire Investigation (Legal Procedures)
Prerequisite: NMTS4. OS
An elective in the Diploma of Fire Technology.
The purpose of this module is to provide the participants
with the knowledge and skills to be a competent witness in
coronial, civil and criminal course proceedings relating to
fires, deaths and other emergency situations.
NMTS4.20 Fire Law
A 30 hour module Hawthorn Prerequisite: NMTS3.21
A subject in the Diploma of Fire Technology and the
Certificate IV in Fire Technology.
Content
The purpose of this module is to develop a basic
understanding and knowledge of the law as it relates to the
provision of fire services.
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