If so, PMA has your back, thanks to the recent introduction of new courses to its METALFORM EDU online training platform. To develop the new press brake operator courses, PMA partnered with subject-matter experts to review and update its existing press-brake training materials. The result: 12 new courses with topics covering tooling, gauging, safeguarding, proper operation, measuring devices and more. "PMA is excited to roll out the new press brake courses for the metal forming industry," says Connie King, PMA workforce development director. "We look forward to continuing to expand the METALFORM EDU library with additional modules for key industry jobs and skill sets." One area covered by the courses is the basic machine types and where they're best applied by metal fabricators. For insight, we spoke with one of the primary content contributors to the courses, Dean Phillips. Now a sales engineer with press-control manufacturer Link Systems, Phillips previously spent over a decade working for press brake manufacturers, designing and supporting their sheet metal fabricator customers.
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