Training and Education
Directory of short courses for the castings industry
Below is a list of short courses relevant to the castings industry. The list includes one day courses and also courses that may take longer to complete.
If you are interested in any of the following courses please contact Pam Murrell for contact details of the course providers, Tel: 0121 601 6979, email: pam@icme.org.uk
Please note, the content of the following courses has not been approved by ICME and companies or individuals wishing to take any of the courses listed are encouraged to contact the course provider for more information about course content and any accreditation that may exist.
Course providers seeking to obtain accreditation of the courses are invited to contact ICME for more information.
Visit the e-learning portal for access to a range of on-line courses and presentations, registration fee applies.
If you cannot find the course you are looking for, please contact ICME.
Note: in the table below DL = distance learning
| Course Title | Duration | Provider |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Engineering - to MSc | Modular and flexible | Loughborough University |
| Advanced Manufacturing Methods | Flexible | Innoval Technology Ltd |
| Alloy Development | 1-3 day | Univ of B’ham/N-Tec Ltd/Innoval Tech Ltd |
| Aluminium metallurgy | variable | ICME |
| An introduction to the castings industry | 1 day | ICME |
| Cast Iron Metallurgy (Grey, SG etc) | Flexible | ICME |
| Casting Design & Improving Quality Standards | 1 day | Cti |
| Corrosion Engineering and Control Course | 5 days | University of Manchester |
| Defect Annihilation (non-ferrous) | 1-3 day | N-Tec Ltd |
| Design of running systems | 1-3 day | University of Birmingham |
| Durability of Engineering Materials | 4 days - can be part of MSc | Sheffield Hallam University |
| Electron Microscopy Training (Bespoke) | Flexible | Sheffield Hallam University |
| Engineering Design (to Msc) | Modular, flexible | Loughborough Uni |
| Engineering modules – leading to MSc: | Modular - modules may be taken separately | Loughborough Uni |
| Failure mode and effects analysis | DL (online) | Autotrain e-learning portal |
| Feeding and running systems for castings | Three day | University of Birmingham |
| Greeensand control | variable | ICME |
| Health and Safety - introduction | Flexible - one day | ICME |
| Heat treatment (steels) | 3-4 day | Nottingham Uni |
| Heat treatment of steels | On-line module | IOMMM |
| Inclusion profiling | 1-3 day | N-Tec Ltd |
| Introduction to Aluminium – production, props, alloy and temper design | Innoval Technology Ltd | |
| Introduction to Casting Alloys | 1 day | ICME |
| Introduction to Casting Processes | 1 day | ICME |
| Introduction to running of castings | One day | University of Birmingham |
| Knowledge Mapping | 1-3 day | N-Tec Ltd/Innoval |
| Masters in Net Shape Manufacturing | 1-2 year | University of Birmingham |
| Materials for Industry | Modular (MSc) | Loughborough Uni |
| Melt quality / conditioning | 1-3 days | N-Tec Ltd / Oxford Uni |
| Metal delivery systems | 1-3 day | University of Birmingham /N-Tec Ltd |
| Metallurgy for the non-metallurgist | 2 days | Namtec |
| Metallurgy of grey and ductile iron | Flexible - one to two days | ICME |
| Methods Engineering Course | 4 day | Cti |
| Moulding and Coremaking | variable | ICME |
| MSc Surface design and engineering: | modular | Nottingham Uni |
| Non ferrous - metallography and phase identification | 1 – 3 days | N-Tec Ltd |
| Non ferrous - metallurgy for the shop floor | 1 – 3 days | N-Tec Ltd |
| Non ferrous - molten metal treatment technology | 1 – 3 days | N-Tec Ltd |
| Non ferrous - solidification and microstructure control | 1 – 3 days | N-Tec Ltd |
| Process Modelling | 1 - 3 days | University of Birmingham |
| Refractories for Foundries | variable | ICME |
| Six sigma | DL (online) | Autrotrain e-learning portal |
| SPC | DL (online) | Autotrain e-learning portal |
| Surface analysis and testing | 3 - 4 days | Nottingham University |
| The Fundamentals of Metallurgy – A Taster Course | 4 day | University of Sheffield |
| The Metallurgy of Iron and Steel for non experts | 5 day | University of Sheffield |
| Zero Defect Manufacturing | 1 day Course | College of Engineering, Swansea University. |
