Advanced Rework Technology has announced a collaboration with Colchester-based PCB Design School. Both companies are dedicated to raising skill levels throughout the electronics design, manufacturing and assembly supply chain through the provision of high quality training.
ART’s MD and Master IPC trainer, Debbie Wade, said: “ART has a proud heritage of helping companies including OEMs, EMS providers, PCB manufacturers and cable/wire harness suppliers to improve the quality of their manufacturingthrough IPC-certified training. We’re always happy to work with partners who share the same aims and PCB Design School’s focus on increasing skills among aspiring and experienced PCB designers alike aligns well with our mission.”
PCB Design School founder, Roger Benfield, added: “PCB designers are on the endangered species list. Twenty years ago, the IPC Chairman told me ‘In 10 years, 50 per cent of today’s PCB designers will have either retired or died’. The average age of
a PCB designer today is late 50s to early 60s. We can’t afford another lost decade.”