Foam Cutter Peer Certification

• There are some people who will want to take the Intro to CNC: A Foam Cutting Workshop to get a full understanding of the design and use of the foam cutter. These classes are presented to teach many people at a time.
• Peer certification is another way to get trained and up to speed to use the foam cutter
• Peer certification or instruction can be done with a knowledgeable member who uses the foam cutter and wants to give a 1 on 1 instruction to another member
• It will be necessary to be trained in the use of the foam cutter with a class or peer instruction
  • How does the foam cutter work
  • Proper use and control of the foam cutter
  • Discussion of the software that creates the files and how the files are accessed on the the foam cutter
  • What is expected of each user of the foam cutter
  • How to troubleshoot problems and report problems that cannot be resolved
• One of the members who is trained in the use of the foam cutter and certified will do a peer certification to validate all of the above using the Foam Cutter Peer Certification form
  • The form will be signed and dated by the member who just got certified
  • The form will be signed and dated by the foam cutter certified member
  • The form will be retained by MakeICT
  • The new certified member will be entered on the FabLab Foam Cutter approved user section on the Wiki
• It is the responsibilty of all certified foam cutter users to review any published information at the foam cutter area
• It is the responsibilty of all certified foam cutter users to update their certification if there are any changes that require any new forms to be signed
• Failure to comply with the foam cutter certification rules could have their certification revoked