THE DIFFERENCE

Training that starts where the classroom stops

THE STRAIGHT STORY

The classroom has its place; this is the other tool

OEM classroom training is real training: structured material, a manual to take home, and a room away from the shop's interruptions. Years of teaching those classes built a real respect for what they do well, and a shop weighing that option gets an honest answer from us, not a sales pitch.

What the classroom cannot do is run on your parts, your fixtures, and your installed software version on your probing, your changing rack, and your styli configurations. Custom on-site training exists for exactly that gap, and plenty of teams use both: the classroom for foundations, the machine-side visit for making it stick on the work that ships parts.

THE SHAPE OF A VISIT

Built around what the team needs, not a syllabus

A training visit gets shaped by the questions in the room: alignments one hour, probe qualification the next, a stubborn profile callout after lunch. Training can also share the visit with real programming work: building a production measurement routine together is a lesson in itself, so the takeaway is working programs and working knowledge instead of a binder on a shelf.

RATES

The same published rates, by the hour, not the seat

$125 per hour, with a daily rate for longer visits, published in full on the pricing page. No course fee, no per-seat pricing, no materials charge.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What does on-site PC-DMIS training cost?
On-site PC-DMIS training bills at the same published rates as every other service, $125 per hour with a daily rate, and because the rate is per hour rather than per seat, training three operators at the machine costs the same as training one.
Is on-site PC-DMIS training better than a classroom course?
Classroom courses and on-site training are different tools: the classroom offers structured material, a training manual, and distance from the shop's interruptions, while on-site training runs on your machine, your parts, and your software version, which is the combination a classroom cannot reproduce. Having taught the classroom side for years, both get an honest recommendation here, depending on what your team actually needs.
Can on-site training cover the older versions of PC-DMIS?
Training on your installed version is a key point of coming on-site, because OEM classes teach the newest release while many shops run something years older, and the differences between versions are exactly where a freshly trained operator gets lost back at your machine.
How many people can attend on-site CMM training?
On-site training is billed by the hour rather than by the seat, so the whole quality team can gather at the machine for the same rate as one person, though hands-on time works best in small groups where everyone gets turns driving the software.
Does PC-DMIS training use practice parts or our production parts?
Training runs on your production parts and your prints, because the GD&T your team struggles with is on your drawings rather than in an exercise book, and the takeaway from the visit is working programs and working knowledge instead of a binder on a shelf.
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Tell us about the team, the machine, and what keeps tripping people up; shaping your training experience with The CMM Programmer is the whole idea. When a quote is the next step, a follow-up comes back with timing at the published rates.

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