{"id":2390,"date":"2019-01-17T12:27:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T12:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clockworkapp.co.za\/?p=2390"},"modified":"2019-01-17T12:27:58","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T12:27:58","slug":"5-free-online-courses-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clockworkapp.co.za\/5-free-online-courses-manufacturing\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Free Online Courses for Manufacturing Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manufacturing has been around for thousands of years. When it started it was simply humans creating products by hand, but thanks to the industrial revolution we were able to create products at scale. Manufacturing includes a host of trades in the blue collar industry and is very much an art form. These days the rise of the digital age means manufacturing has also moved into the computer realm with designers using programs to create products and hardware to help speed up the process itself. Below are various free online courses that cover manufacturing from the trades right through to the digital design side.<\/p>\n

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1)\u00a0Introduction to Manufacturing Processes<\/a><\/h1>\n

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Institute: The Open University through OpenLearn<\/h2>\n

Time to complete: 20 hours<\/h3>\n

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In this course you will learn how designs are turned into products, what resources, materials and techniques are used in manufacturing. They describe some of the many different ways products are manufactured and how the choice of materials that go into the product influence the method and process used to manufacture that particular product.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found this course to be more informative than expected. There is a good example of manufacturing a part which helps contextualize the processes discussed. I will be recommending this to my Line Manager for our junior or non engineering based team members.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

After studying this course, you should be able to:<\/p>\n