Design Track | 8-Tracks to GD&T Expertise | IIGDT


		International Institute of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing

8-Tracks to GD&T Expertise

Design—5 Tracks

Below you will find a summary for the educational track based on the job function Purchasing and Sourcing. Today with the complexities of manufacturing it is not enough to say "I went to a one-day GD&T class", it is more important to identify the training programs suggested for your job description, explain it's rationale and finally believe in the importance of training.

Purchasing and Sourcing

Purchasing/Sourcing Education Path

Overview	Move over the Tracks at the left to see the courses and rationale for each.

Executive Track

Who should attend: Directors, VPs, GMs.

Objectives	To provide business level insight to all management levels of the technical challenges and business level implications of GD&T and measurement. To provide direct insight to the implications effective GD&T has on improving product development cycles and customer/supplier relationships. Establish a core foundational understanding of the scope of GD&T applicability to all departments/divisions within area the company.
Historical Challenges	Many individuals who have attended the next level course (GD&T Introduction & Fundamental Principles) could have benefited greatly from attending this course first as many of them did not have a basic understanding of engineering drawing principles. Many of the individuals were technicians across multiple disciplines as well as non-mechanical engineers such as chemical, electrical, industrial and other core disciplines. Most managers are under the impression their employees already know how to read a print but again where would they have learned it? Even in manufacturing and inspection we find most managers feel one of the first things they should teach their employee is how to program a piece of manufacturing or inspection equipment. The challenge with this perception is how would we expect any individual to gain proficiency in operating/programming equipment if they lack knowledge in how to interpret the drawing that are targeting to make or inspect the part to?


	Course Outline

Manager Track

Who should attend: Managers

Applications Track

Who should attend: Drafters & CAD operators

Analysis Track

Who should attend: Mechanical designers

Command Track

Who should attend: Engineers