to Support Micro-credential Certification Programs for Advanced Mfg
Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division announced its industry-education partnership with Centennial College in Toronto, ON to support their innovative micro-credential certification program. The college, in cooperation with Unifor and the Ministry of Labour, Training, and Skills Development, has offered skills-based training at no cost to the unemployed and underemployed labor force in the advanced manufacturing sector. Micro-credential programs allow students to explore potential career paths and earn qualifications in a condensed timeframe as compared to a full-time collegiate curriculum. Centennial College offers specialized training in three specific career streams: advanced manufacturing and production, automation and industry 4.0, and quality control and assurance. Hexagon partnered with Centennial to support the Quality control and assurance stream, and fortified the program with resources from metrology equipment to educational assets for real world applications in measurement and inspection. To learn more about Centennial College’s expanded suite of OSAP approved micro-credential programs, visit here.
The intensive micro-credential program enables students to acquire skills and knowledge in-demand for Canadian manufacturing jobs. Over a period of 16 weeks, a student commits to ten hours of online and in-person learning per week, evenings and weekends. The immersive experience in the Quality stream develops work-ready graduates earning a certification from Centennial College, in addition to a certificate from Hexagon. Centennial educators are OEM certified to train students to perform quality checks on manufactured products utilizing Hexagon’s metrology portfolio – PC-DMIS and Q-DAS software, coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) and portable articulating arms used for data acquisition and management, analysis, and reporting. Upon completion of the Quality stream, students also benefit from job search and placement services at the college. Earned micro-credentials are stackable, allowing students to earn a certificate of achievement upon conclusion of multiple programs.
Centennial’s micro-credential program has produced its first cohort of graduates, and Hexagon was among the first to hire from the Quality stream. Graduates Andrei Moreira, Abdullah Hussain, and Nathan Savoy have joined Hexagon for careers in application engineering.
About Hexagon
Hexagon is a global provider of digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies. Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division provides solutions that use data from design and engineering, production and metrology to make manufacturing smarter. For more information, visit hexagonmi.com.
Hexagon has approximately 22,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 4.3bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.com.