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48 MMS April 2017 mmsonline.com SHOP TALK Siemens has launched a new workforce develop- ment program for secondary and technical schools in the United States called LEAP, the Lifelong Educational Advantage Program. Made available through Siemens Cooperates with Education (SCE), the effort is designed to give high school and technical school graduates basic to advanced machine tool knowledge that will benefit them in their future careers as CNC machinists. LEAP starts with Sinutrain, a PC-based, control- identical training system that can turn a PC screen into an exact representation of the Sinumerik Operate graphical user interface. The numeric SIEMENS LAUNCHES WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Students in class use Sinutrain CNC simulation software from Siemens. The software transforms a computer screen into a practical representation of the Sinumerik Operate graphical user interface for training purposes. kernel (NC) that drives Sinutrain also powers the Sinumerik 828D and 840D sl controls. All courses can thus be taught on a PC. In addition to the Sinutrain PC-based training system, Siemens offers students and educators the same human-machine interface (HMI), setup and simulation screens as actual machine controls; f u l l b a s i c-th ro u g h-ad va n c e d C N C l e a r n i n g; modular content customized to curriculum; free instruction training, support and certification; and hardware simulators. As par t of the program, Siemens provides training courses in milling and turning. Each of the courses is divided into levels with prerequi- sites. Each course level receives a complete curriculum, which includes both classroom and hands-on training models. Upon successful c o m p l e ti o n of e a c h l e ve l, s tu d e n ts r e c e i ve Siemens LEAP certifications. "Currently, STEM jobs are growing at 1.7 times the rate of non-STEM jobs," says Brian Hamilton, CNC education manager at Siemens Industr y Inc. "Employers need graduates who are more than basic machine operators for basic par ts cutting." Siemens offers the instructional content and support. In partnership with machine tool builders such as Emco, Romi, Index, Knuth and others, Siemens intends to address the need for skilled manufacturing labor by preparing students for a career in the job shop or production depart- ment environments.