ETI is seeking ASME senior-level certified GD&T instructors who speak fluent French or Spanish.

Are you capable of teaching geometric dimensioning and tolerancing at the fundamentals level?

Are you ASME Senior Level certified?

If so, please contact ETI using this form.

In 1985, Alex Krulikowski began a small start up company that provided training and consulting in a little-known discipline called geometric dimensioning and tolerancing. Twenty-five years later, Effective Training Inc. has evolved into a corporation that provides GD&T training, products and services to organizations across the globe.

Alex and ETI would like to thank our clients for supporting us for the past 25 years. We look forward to providing you with GD&T products and services in the future. Please take advantage of our gift to you: 25% off selected products and services.

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Due to popular demand, the 3-hour ASME update seminar is now available in  live web format:

“A Quick Look at the ASME Y14.5-2009 Standard”
Monday, September 14, 2009 (CLASS IS FULL)
1 pm – 4 pm EST
Instructor: Michael Adcock

The 3-hour lecture introduces the major changes to the ASME Y14.5-2009 Standard. Alex  was one of the participants in creating the new standard. His update session  provides insights as to why the changes were made and provides a short introduction to many of the changes and new features. It also includes a discussion about when it makes sense to implement the new standard.

The regular price of this seminar is $50. Purchase Alex’s white paper/comparison chart package for $30 (plus shipping) and attend the live web session for free.

Each seminar participant receives:

• Session notes, by Alex Krulikowski
• Discount coupon for the one-day ASME Y14.5 1994-2009 Update Workshop

Session notes will be shipped with comparison chart package.

Congratulations to Jon Houck, the winner of the free seat at the ASME Y14.5-2009 Update Workshop, Monday, September 28, 2009, in Westland, Michigan.

Mr. Houck was a participant in our recent survey regarding adopting the new ASME Standard. In June, we selected one name from the group for a free seat to our workshop. The regular price of the workshop is $375.00, but Mr. Houck will attend for free.

There are still a few seats available for the ASME Y14.5-2009 Update Workshop. The one-day workshop teaches about the pertinent changes made to the Y14.5 standard. It explains how the subject matter has been reorganized, and about new sections that have been created for profile, orientation, and form.

Read more course details or register here.

By now, many of you have heard that ASME Y14.5-2009 has been released. The new version of the dimensioning and tolerancing standard for GD&T incorporates many significant changes, including:

• New symbols and terms
• Revisions to concepts, symbols, and terms
• Clarification to existing concepts

Many companies are in the midst of cost-reduction programs and are under intense pressure to increase productivity. As a result, the timing of this new standard’s release has caused an unexpected challenge for industry. Changing dimensioning and tolerancing standards is a major effort, and the decision should be made with as much information as possible.

Here at ETI, companies have been requesting information about what is going on in industry relative to dimensioning and tolerancing standards. With that in mind, I have created a short survey to collect statistics regarding companies’ plans for either adopting the new standard or adopting ISO standards.

When the survey is complete, I will share the results with all the survey participants. I will also provide a white paper of my personal insights on the benefits and risks of early adoption. It will discuss points to consider when deciding to adopt the new ASME standard or change to ISO standards.

I hope you will take a few minutes to complete this short, 10-question survey. The individual results will be confidential; only group data will be published.

Best regards,
Alex

Where did the year go? It’s already time to start thinking about next year’s GD&T training plan.

To make it easier, we’ve already posted the whole year’s public workshop schedule online.

In 2009, we’ll be offering the following workshops at our Detroit area headquarters in Westland, Michigan:

- Fundamentals of GD&T 2-Day (ASME Y14.5M-1994)
- Advanced Concepts of GD&T 2-Day (ASME Y14.5M-1994)
- Tolerance Stacks 2-Day (Concept Driven)
- Intro to Statistical Tolerance Stacks 1-Day (Concept Driven)

All workshops include:
- Course materials/handouts
- An official certificate of completion
- Continental breakfast and snacks

There are also bonus materials given out with each workshop.

If you have 5 or more employees who need training, ETI can bring the training to your site, but our public workshops are perfect for companies who have fewer employees to train and for individuals who need training.

Come visit us next year. We’ll get the snacks ready!