CLLAIM Project launches European Additive Manufacturing qualification system
Additive Manufacturing (AM) has been available as a technology since the 1980s, but has only really begun to show its full impact over the last decade.
As a growing array of new products and services has shown new possibilities across a wide range of industries, demand for AM and related services has continued to increase.
This trend for growth in AM has led to the need for a European sector-oriented qualification system and body for the technology. This need is now to be addressed via the creation of a new innovative training curriculum; Creating KnowLedge and SkilLs in AddItive Manufacturing (CLLAIM).
CLLAIM will provide a curricula for currently absent levels of qualification, such as the European AM Designer, the European AM Specialist, Operator, the European AM Inspector, to ensure competence in these innovative areas.
With innovative training tools, new professional profiles, and recognition of prior learning among professionals working in AM, CLLAIM will also develop an innovative training qualification among EU partners, promote the exchange of successful teaching methods, and develop an EU network to stimulate future cooperation and mobility for education and the AM industry in general.
Set to benefit industry, research centres, AM professionals and trainees, the project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.
You can find out more at the official website, www.CLLAIMProjectAM.EU
You can view more information about the project here: CLLAIM Flyer