Tooling U-SME

Tooling U-SME
Predecessor Tooling University
Formation 1942
Type not-for-profit educational organization
Headquarters Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Location
  • 3615 Superior Avenue East Building 44, 6th Floor Cleveland, OH 44114
Region served
 Worldwide
Official language
 English
Website toolingu.com

Tooling U-SME, formerly Tooling University, is an American educational technology and blended learning organization that produces learning management system software and content for the manufacturing industry.[1][2] Owned by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) and headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, it is the world's leading provider of online industrial manufacturing training and development.[3][4][5]

Tooling U-SME has provided training content to over 6,000 manufacturing companies and 600 educational institutions in the United States and around the world.[6] Their more than 450 online training titles in English, Spanish, and Chinese are developed around a repeatable, learner-focused approach, and reviewed for technical accuracy by subject-matter experts (SMEs).[6]

History

Tooling University, the original online training component of Tooling U-SME, started as a division of Jergens Inc., a workholding and tooling component manufacturer founded in 1942. In 2010, SME acquired Tooling University.[4]

Competency Framework

In early 2014 Tooling U-SME collaborated with manufacturing experts to create a Competency Framework for achieving manufacturing excellence.[7] The Competency Framework is made up of more than 60 job competency models in nine manufacturing functional areas.[8] Each competency model outlines knowledge and skill objectives for production workers, technicians, lead technicians and technologists, and engineers.[9][10]

Products and Services

Tooling U-SME supplies manufacturers, high schools and technical colleges with in-house and online training resources that are translatable to both certificate programs and Associate degrees.[11] Students have 24/7 access to more than 450 online courses, covering everything from safety and maintenance to composites and machining. In addition, they can choose from more than 70 instructor-led programs taught by industry experts.[12]

Customized educational content

In-house and industry experts collaborate to create training and content for an organization’s specific needs.

Assessments

Online assessments allow organizations to evaluate the current skills of their workforce and develop a training program based on filling the gaps.

Certifications

Industry-backed certifications are available for lean, manufacturing technology and manufacturing engineering, and certificate programs are available for green manufacturing. Tooling U-SME training courses adhere to the National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) Standards, SME Certified Manufacturing Technologist (CMfgT) certification, Manufacturing Skills Standards Council (MSSC) standards and American Welding Society (AWS) SENSE Level 1 standard.[13]

Online bookstore and Knowledge Edge®

Books, videos and digital content are available. Knowledge Edge, a digital library, provides 24/7 access to more than 700 industrial training videos and clips, 1,200 eBooks and eChapters, 16,000 technical papers and 10,000 entries in the Manufacturing Knowledge Base wiki.

See Also

E-learning Online Learning Workforce development Manufacturing engineering Competency model

References

  1. ↑ "Training". ManufacturersEdge.com. Manufacturer's Edge. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Toensmeier, Pat (17 September 2014). "Tooling U-SME Preaches Targeted Training for Workforce Competency". ThomasNet. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Shingler, Dan. "Chad Schron Vice President/Co-founder, Tooling University". CrainsCleveland.com. Crain's Cleveland Business. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Jeannine Kunz". Daily Edventures. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Walmer, Daniel. "Attracting millennials: How to talk to people like me". CPBJ Extra. cpbj.com. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Training". ManufacturersEdge.com. Manufacturer's Edge. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  7. ↑ Kunz, Jeanine. "THE POWER OF PEOPLE". TrainingMag.com. Training Magazine. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  8. ↑ Nash-Hoff, Michele. "How to Combat the Manufacturing Skills Gap". Saving US Manufacturing. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Tooling U-SME announces Competency Framework training". Automation.com. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Tooling U-SME’s Competency Framework Now Available". Gear Technology. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  11. ↑ Nash-Hoff, Michele (3 November 2011). "What's Being Done to Address the Lack of Skilled Workers?". Industry Week. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "Instructor Led Training". ToolingU.com. Tooling U-SME. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "Fastener Training Q&A with Chad Schron of Tooling U-SME". Fastener News Desk. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
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