6/29/2009
NEWS BRIEFS
Training Institute Planning More Programs
Eleven participants in the first weeklong training program have qualified for the Fastener Training Institute’s Certified Fastener Specialist designation.
FTI and the Industrial Fasteners Institute partnered to present the advance technical training program in Chicago and are planning a 2010 program.
The five-day training for people for fastener distributors and manufacturers included manufacturing processes, consensus standards and quality control.
Joe Greenslade, IFI director of engineering technology, noted he has “worked in the fastener industry for 39 years. I have felt strongly throughout that time that the fastener industry is in dire need of more and better training. Finally it looks like the Fastener Training Institute is in the process of filling that critical need.”
The CFS program was developed by the Los Angeles Fastener Association in 1998 and LAFA founded FTI in 2008 to expand training programs.
There are now 220 CFS graduates.
The program included thread, material, process, and quality systems specifications; lot traceability; test reports; print reading and tolerances; thread gaging and dimensional inspection; torque tension; acquiring specifications; consensus standards organizations; and fastener terminology.
FTI classes scheduled for the remainder of 2009: In La Mirada, CA: Understanding the Bolted Joint, July 21; Dimensional & Material Specifications, August 11; Fastener Basics, August 25; and Fastener Quality Assurance, September 15. Fastener Quality Assurance also will be presented November 16, in Las Vegas in conjunction with the National Industrial Fastener Show/West. There will be Fastener Testing training October 20 in Huntington Beach, CA. ©2009 GlobalFastenerNews.com
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