Milling Operations for Component Production Training

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate safe working practices when setting up and operating milling machines.
• Interpret engineering drawings and specifications to determine milling requirements.
• Select and install appropriate cutting tools, workholding devices, and machine parameters.
• Perform milling operations to produce components within specified tolerances.
• Inspect finished components using measuring instruments and verify conformance to specifications.
• Apply quality control procedures and document production outcomes.

Target Audience

This course is designed for machine operators, artisans, and technicians in manufacturing or engineering environments who need to perform milling operations as part of component production.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Hands-on practicals are essential for learners to develop proficiency in milling operations. Supervised practice on milling machines allows learners to apply theoretical knowledge to real-world component production, ensuring they can safely and accurately perform setups, cutting operations, and quality inspections.

Practical Activities

• Basic Milling Setup and Facing — Learners set up a vertical milling machine, select and mount a face mill, and perform facing operations on a mild steel block to achieve flatness and specified dimensions. (8h)
• Slot and Keyway Milling — Learners mill a slot and cut a keyway in a shaft using end mills and Woodruff cutters, verifying dimensions with gauges. (8h)
• Drilling, Boring, and Reaming — Learners drill, bore, and ream a hole pattern on a milling machine, achieving positional and diametral tolerances. (8h)
• Angular Milling and Dovetail Cutting — Learners set up an angle plate and mill an angled surface, then cut a dovetail slide using a dovetail cutter. (8h)
• Capstone Milling Project — Learners complete a multi-operation component involving facing, slotting, drilling, and angular milling, integrating all skills learned. (8h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.