Turning Operations for Component Production Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply safety procedures and use personal protective equipment when performing turning operations.
• Set up and prepare the lathe, workholding devices, and cutting tools for turning operations.
• Demonstrate the ability to turn components to specified dimensions, tolerances, and surface finishes.
• Perform in-process inspection and adjust machining parameters to maintain quality.
• Implement basic maintenance procedures on the lathe and cutting tools.
• Analyze and troubleshoot common turning defects and process deviations.

Target Audience

This course is designed for machine tool operators, artisans, and technicians in manufacturing environments who need to perform turning operations as part of component production. It is also suitable for apprentices and individuals seeking formal recognition of their machining skills.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Hands-on practical sessions are integral to this course, allowing learners to apply theoretical knowledge to real turning operations. Under supervision, learners will set up lathes, select tooling, and produce components to specified tolerances, developing the psychomotor skills required for competent operation.

Practical Activities

• Basic Turning and Facing — Learners perform facing, straight turning, and chamfering on mild steel workpieces, focusing on setup, measurement, and safety. (12h)
• Taper Turning and Knurling — Learners cut external tapers using the compound rest and produce knurled surfaces on aluminium and steel. (12h)
• Drilling, Boring, and Thread Cutting — Learners drill, bore, and cut internal and external threads on a single workpiece, achieving specified tolerances. (16h)
• Parting, Grooving, and Eccentric Turning — Learners part off workpieces, cut grooves, and produce an eccentric component using a four-jaw chuck. (14h)
• Final Practical Assessment — Learners produce a complex component from an engineering drawing, incorporating multiple operations, and complete a quality inspection report. (14h)

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.