GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN PRECISION ENGINEERING: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Modules ("LEARN & PRACTISE")	Certifications
Smart Additive Manufacturing System (45 hours)	Participants will be awarded the Graduate Diploma in Precision Engineering with specialisation in Additive Manufacturing after successfully completing all five required modules. Alternatively, participants will be awarded a WSQ Statement of Attainment certificate (SOA) for passing each individual module.
Powder-bed Additive Manufacturing Processes for Complex Functional Metallic Components (45 hours)
High Speed Additive Manufacturing Processes for Metallic Components (45 hours)
Polymer-based Additive Manufacturing Processes for Flexible Mass Customisation (45 hours)
Plan and Manage Project for Implementation (30 hours)

Upon Completion of Each Module

Participants will be awarded with a Statement of Attainment (SOA) certificate for each individual module, if they meet the following criteria:

• Achieve at least 75% course attendance;
• Take all assessments; and
• Pass the course.
  

They will be awarded with the Graduate Diploma in Precision Engineering after successfully completing the five required modules under the respective specialisation.

Click here to learn more about WSQ Certificates.

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Left: Graduate Diploma in Precision Engineering 
Right: Official Transcript

Statement of Attainment:

Pre-Requisites

• Applicants should possess a degree in any discipline or a diploma with a minimum of 3 years of related working experience.
  
• Applicants who do not have the required academic qualifications are still welcome to apply, but shortlisted candidates may be required to attend an interview for special approval.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English.

Full Course Fee for each module

M1	M2	M3	M4	M5
$5,000	$4,000	$4,000	$4,000	$4,000

All fees are before funding and prevailing GST.

Nett Course Fee for each module

Module	International Participants	Singapore Citizens (39 yrs old or younger), SPRs or LTVP+ Holders	Singapore Citizens (40 yrs or older)²	Enhanced Training Support for SMEs¹
M1	$5,400	$1,620	$620	$620
M2	$4,320	$1,296	$496	$496
M3	$4,320	$1,296	$496	$496
M4	$4,320	$1,296	$496	$496
M5	$4,320	$1,296	$496	$496

All fees are inclusive of prevailing GST.
LTVP+ Holders = Long Term Visit Pass Plus Holders
 

Please visit the respective module's webpage for more information on the course details and fee breakdown.

• M1 | Smart Additive Manufacturing System (45 hours)
• M2 | Powder-bed Additive Manufacturing Processes for Complex Functional Metallic Components (45 hours)
• M3 | Review High Speed Additive Manufacturing Processes for Metallic Components (45 hours)
• M4 | Polymer-based Additive Manufacturing Processes for Flexible Mass Customisation (45 hours)
• M5 | Plan and Manage Project for Implementation (30 hours)

Please note that fees and funding amount are subject to change.

Long Term Visit Pass Plus (LTVP+) Holders

The LTVP+ scheme applies to lawful foreign spouses of Singapore Citizens with (i) at least one Singapore Citizen child or are expecting one from the marriage, or at least three years of marriage, and (ii) where the Singapore Citizen sponsor is able to support the family. All LTVP+ holders can be identified with their green visit pass cards, with the word ‘PLUS’ printed on the back of the card.

• ¹ Under the Enhanced Training Support for Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) scheme (ETSS), subject to eligibility criteria.

  SME-sponsored Trainees: Must be Singapore Citizens (SCs), Singapore Permanent Residents (SPRs) and/or Long Term Visit Pass Plus (LTVP+) holders. Courses have to be fully paid for by the employer. Trainee is not a full-time national serviceman.


SME companies are reminded to visit https://www.enterprisejobskills.gov.sg and click on ‘Digital Services’ to check that the status of your company is updated as “SME” so that their sponsored participants are eligible for the ETSS funding.


• ² Under the SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES) for employer-sponsored and self-sponsored Singapore Citizens aged 40 years old and above.
  

Singaporeans aged 25 years old and above are eligible for SkillsFuture Credit which can be used to offset course fees (for self-sponsored registrations only).

For more information on the SkillsFuture funding schemes you are eligible for, please visit www.ssg.gov.sg

What You will Learn

This module allows participants to learn about the wide range of additive manufacturing technologies to fabricate metallic, polymeric and ceramic components. Participants gain understanding of the entire process flow (pre- and post-processing) that is critical for additive manufactured components. With the guidance of industrial experts in additive manufacturing, participants receive hands-on experience on reverse engineering and learn to conduct computational analysis and topology optimisation for additive manufacturing.

Contents covered in this module include:

• Background: history, evolution, distinction between AM and Subtractive Manufacturing (SM); value-add of AM with traditional precision manufacturing processes for component manufacturing
• Fundamentals and characteristics of key AM processes
• Materials and equipment systems for AM
• Post-processes and quality assessment of AM parts
• Print file preparation and optimised support structure placement
• Reverse engineering and design for additive manufacturing (DfAM)
• AM international standards, qualification, workplace safety and health (WSH) regulations
• Industrial applications and case studies of additive manufactured components
• Principles of computational analysis and fundamentals of topology optimisation for AM
• Project work on virtual design and simulation of components for AM

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This module covers metal powder fabrication as feedstock for powder-bed 3D AM systems and the powder characteristics critical for AM processing. Also addressed in the module are the key powder-bed metal AM processes, for example Selective Laser Melting (SLM), Electron Beam Melting (EBM) and metal binder jetting technologies, to manufacture complex functional metallic parts. The industrial applications and relevant post-processing of such AM metallic components will also be shared with industrial case studies.

What You Will Learn

This course allows participants to learn about the powder-bed metal additive manufacturing technologies to fabricate complex functional metallic components. Participants gain understanding of the entire process flow (pre- and post-processing) that is critical for additive manufactured components. With the guidance of experts in additive manufacturing, participants also get hands-on experience on binder jet printing, selective laser melting, electron beam melting, and learn to conduct quality assessment of additive manufactured parts.

Contents covered in this module include:

• Overview of powder-bed additive manufacturing (AM) of metals and their applications
• Metal powder production methods and characterisation
• Process and hardware for BJP, SLM and EBM
• Practical lab sessions on three powder-bed metal AM technologies (BJP, SLM and EBM)
• Quality assessment of AM parts
• Project work on metal powder-bed AM technologies

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This module will bring participants to delve into electron beam-based and laser-based AM technologies which enable the manufacturing of large format metallic components. They include wire-fed, powder-blown and hybrid processes that allow high speed manufacturing. The industrial applications and relevant post-processing of such metallic components will also be shared with industrial case studies.

What You Will Learn

Participants gain knowledge and skills on high speed additive manufacturing techniques for fabrication of metallic components and the industrial applications.

Contents of this course include:

• Principles of electrical arc, plasma arc, electron beam and laser for precision engineering
• Fundamentals of high speed metallic additive manufacturing techniques, processes and equipment
• Materials and metallurgy for high speed additive manufacturing of metallic components
• Quality assurance and certification of additively manufactured metallic components
• Post-processing of high speed additive manufacturing products and their equipment
• Design for high speed additive manufacturing
• Tool-path planning and generation
• Project-based case studies on high speed additive manufacturing

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Products from polymeric 3D AM systems are known for their accuracy and excellent surface finish. Participants will be introduced to the photopolymerization process in liquid-based polymeric 3D AM technologies and solid-based polymeric 3D AM technologies which use precursor materials such as polymeric powder or filaments. Liquid-based polymeric 3D AM technologies such as stereolithography and polymer jetting will be covered. Also shared in this module are the Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), powder-bed inkjet 3D printing and Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) technologies. Furthermore, the industrial applications and relevant post-processing of such polymeric components will also be shared with industrial case studies.

What You Will Learn

This module is designed to equip participants with industrial knowledge of polymer-based additive manufacturing (AM) processes.

Contents covered in this module include:

• Polymer materials used in additive manufacturing
• Principles of various polymer-based additive manufacturing systems
• Vat photopolymerisation (stereolithography)
• Material jetting (3D polymer jetting)
• Powder-bed fusion polymer additive manufacturing (selective laser sintering)
• Polymer powder-bed inkjet 3D printing
• Material extrusion process (fused deposition modelling)
• Post-processing of polymer additive manufacturing parts
• Design guidelines and file preparation of specific polymer additive manufacturing systems
• Advantages and challenges in additively manufactured polymer parts
• Industrial applications and case studies of polymer additive manufactured components
• Quality assessment of polymer additive manufactured parts and material feedstock
• Project-based case studies on polymer-based additive manufacturing systems
  

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What You Will Learn

This module is designed to equip participants with fundamental understanding of project management. Content covered in this module include:

• Concept of project management
• Stakeholder management
• Schedule management
• Resource management
• Risk management
• Change management
• Decision making

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