CMM Operator Training

This is something that I am struggling with currently. The lady that runs the CMM on the off shift is over 60 so technology is not her strong suit. She just got a smart phone a few months ago. I spent 45 minutes on Monday on the phone walking her through a manual setup. (3 points, one circle with sample hits and another single point) I was hopeful that a simple touch the part where the red dot on CAD is would suffice..... It did not.

I have also been trying to train them from time to time but its never on a consistent basis so its always just recapping what we have already covered. Fortunately most programs/parts don't have any issues. But when they do....

I also have to keep training event logs for each session and document what we covered and how long I trained said individual. Which I do not agree with because some people will take that and say "well you spent 15 hours on alignments. Why cant you align a part?"

What I have done though is created a 100 question test that covers many of the basics (Datums, print reading, GD&T, when to use X feature, etc) and some more advanced programming stuff (sample hits, avoidance moves, alignments, Feature Construction, etc) and I have them take the test from time to time to gage what I need to focus on during the limited training time we do have.

This is something that I am struggling with currently. The lady that runs the CMM on the off shift is over 60 so technology is not her strong suit. She just got a smart phone a few months ago. I spent 45 minutes on Monday on the phone walking her through a manual setup. (3 points, one circle with sample hits and another single point) I was hopeful that a simple touch the part where the red dot on CAD is would suffice..... It did not.

I have also been trying to train them from time to time but its never on a consistent basis so its always just recapping what we have already covered. Fortunately most programs/parts don't have any issues. But when they do....

I also have to keep training event logs for each session and document what we covered and how long I trained said individual. Which I do not agree with because some people will take that and say "well you spent 15 hours on alignments. Why cant you align a part?"

What I have done though is created a 100 question test that covers many of the basics (Datums, print reading, GD&T, when to use X feature, etc) and some more advanced programming stuff (sample hits, avoidance moves, alignments, Feature Construction, etc) and I have them take the test from time to time to gage what I need to focus on during the limited training time we do have.