Free Online Survey Measures Skills Using Tolerance Stacks

Westland, Michigan (PRWEB) October 20, 2005

Effective Training Inc. (ETI) has developed a tool to measure an individual’s skill level in the ability to create tolerance stacks. The Tolerance Stacks Online Skills Survey is the latest in a series of free resources available at ETI’s website. The survey was developed by ETI’s president, Alex Krulikowski, a GD&T expert with over 30 years of industry experience.

“Knowledge of tolerance stacks is vital to creating good designs,” said Krulikowski. “ETI’s stacks skills survey measures how well an individual can use tolerance stacks to determine part distances, or assembly conditions, like clearances, or part travel. The survey also helps measure how much the user knows about design analysis using geometric tolerances in stacks. Grasping these concepts is crucial to the correct implementation of stacks on the job.”

Tolerance stacks are a core skill for every product designer or engineer. Doing tolerance stacks allows product problems to be identified and corrected before parts are made. ETI’s online survey consists of a set of problems that measure stacks skills. It can be used by individuals for personal assessment or by companies that would like to test whole departments. To access the skills survey, go to http://etinews.com/stacks.html.

A company that wants to assess an entire department can have each employee take the quiz on his/her own, or they can contact ETI to set up a group testing. The scoring is in the form of a percentage and the feedback includes a list of which stacks concepts have been mastered and which need additional study. Results are emailed to individuals or training managers within two business days. There is no cost involved and no purchase required.

The ETI website offers many other free GD&T resources for use in design, manufacturing and industrial engineering, including the GD&T Potential Savings Calculator, a tool that helps companies estimate the amount of unnecessary expenditures each year due to incorrect application and interpretation of GD&T. The site also provides a Skills Survey that tests knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing fundamentals, an online tolerancing newsletter, technical papers, a discussion board, and other resources.

ETI has been in the GD&T training business for twenty years. The company provides onsite hands-on workshops at locations around the world. They offer skills testing with every onsite workshop, and the courses can be customized to include a company’s drawings and parts. They also provide public workshops throughout the U.S and web-based training that can be accessed anywhere, anytime. To find out more about ETI products and services, including the GD&T Trainer Professional Edition computer-based training software, visit their website (http://www.etinews.com). To inquire about a custom training program, call 800-886-0909.

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