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Tooling University is a for-profit, unaccredited online training service providing workforce development training for precision metalworkers, or "tool and die" workers. Tooling U is not accredited by any recognised accreditation body. As such, its degrees may not be acceptable to employers or other institutions, and use of degree titles may be restricted or illegal in some jurisdictions.
Tooling U is intended to fill the educational gap in the manufacturing trades left by the dwindling number of vocational schools and the demise of many traditional manufacturing apprenticeship programs. Tooling University (Tooling U®) provides products and services that address some of the most critical skill and capability requirements of today's global manufacturing economy.
Subjects taught
Tooling U focuses on modern machine shop practices and other manufacturing areas. Tooling University classes cover grinding, milling, turning on a lathe, welding, fasteners, properties of metals, plastics and ceramics, shop practice and safety, CNC programming and operation, and equipment maintenance. These are Internet-only classes, using "photos and illustrations, an audio voice-over, streaming video, an interactive dictionary, and an interactive note-taking capability". There is no practical work. "Tooling U classes should always be used in a blended learning curriculum incorporating online training at Tooling U, instructor-led training at a school or company and "lab" time in the form of work in the machining lab at school, or on the production floor at work."*
Some classes are available in Spanish.
History
Tooling University began in 1999. Tooling University launched 30 classes in the fall of 2001. Tooling University LLC was carved out of its parent company, Jergens, Inc. in February 2002. Founded in 1942, Jergens is a privately held manufacturing company based in Cleveland, Ohio. Jergens' divisions include a tooling components manufacturer, an industrial supply distributor, a distributor of precision torque screwdrivers and assembly products, and a Chicago-based manufacturer of drill bushing and thread inserts.
Investors
Glengary Ventures, based in Cleveland, invested in Tooling University LLC in 2002. Joseph T. Gorman, a former CEO of TRW, is Chairman of Glengary.
Gardner Publications, Inc. invested in Tooling University LLC in 2002. Founded in 1928, the Cincinnati-based independent publisher produces industrial trade magazines, books and integrated media products. Gardner is best known for Modern Machine Shop, North America's most significant metalworking publication.
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) invested in Tooling University LLC in 2002. SME is the world’s leading professional society supporting manufacturing education. Headquartered in Dearborn, MI, SME influences more than half a million manufacturing engineers and executives annually. The Society has members in 70 countries and is supported by a network of hundreds of chapters worldwide.
Articles written about Tooling University
- Tech training on demand from ToolingU
- Online Training Model Makes Strides
- ToolingU delivers training on demand
- Virtual Tools For Real Training
- Learning Online
- Web-Based Learning System For Manufacturing
- Preparing The Workforce Of Tomorrow
- Online Training In The Mix
- E-Learning Stretches Training Dollars
See also
External links
- Tooling University
- Database for Accreditation in the United States (USDE)
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