Metrology education presentation

Survey Background s  The initial parts of this survey were conducted on the LinkedIn social

networking web site where information was requested about the sources of education for metrology professionals who were at the time subscribers/members of the LinkedIn community; Metrologically Speaking. This community now boasts over 4200 members who either indicate that they are employed in metrology, or are somehow associated with metrology duties.

s  Responses reflecting 158 persons’ status were received initially; most were either actively working in metrology, or indicated they had worked in metrology in the past, and actively were seeking re-‐employment.

s  Of the original 158 persons, 131 resided in the USA, and 26 in other nations worldwide.

s  An additional 30 names were gathered at the 2014 NCSLI Conference in Orlando. These have been added to the original group for this revised report.

Philosophy & Theory

s  This study is based on the validity of statistical sampling theory where a sample of metrologists from around the world were taken by use of the social networking website LinkedIn.

s  Data about 190 metrologists were gathered via a questionnaire posted in the Metrologically Speaking group of LinkedIn where over 4200 persons are members and also persons attending the 2014 NCSLI conference..

s  The majority of total respondents (157) were from the USA. 32 respondents stated they were from outside the USA.

Limitations

s  Among assumptions made was that LinkedIn, Metrologically Speaking group members and NCSLI Conference attendees who responded to this survey provide a realistic representation of the full population of metrologists across the USA, and the rest of the world.

s  Information about 75 of the 190 persons listed in this survey were reported via a representative from their employers; instead of answering the survey personally. Each of these reported only their primary source of metrology education.

Preliminaries to Study: Sources of Metrology Education

s  All participants were asked which of the below selections best describes their most prominent source of metrology education: 1.  College or university study in a specific metrology

discipline 2.  Military education programs 3.  Quality program or a quality course of study 4.  Hands on experience only (Originally this was an error

& also used #3) 5.  Via another another discipline (i.e. Electrical

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, etc.) 6.  Other -‐ please specify

#1: Specific College Programs in Metrology

s  Perhaps surprisingly, only a very small percentage (about 3.2%, or six persons) stated that they’d gained their metrology education, knowledge and training through a college program specifically designated as a metrology program at a college or university.

s  5 persons who made this choice reside in the USA. When using only US residents, this percentage is 3.1%.

#2 Military Education Programs

s  Survey results indicate that the largest percentage of persons surveyed gained their metrology education through military training programs.

s  85 of the 190 respondents (about 44.7%) indicated the military as their major source of metrology education.

s  83 of the 85 persons indicating the military as their primary source of metrology education reside in the USA. When using only the US residents that responded, this percentage increases to 51.8%.

Military Program Results

s  Survey results indicate that a significant percentage (about 51.8%) of employed metrologists in the USA received what they consider to be the largest amount of their metrology training from the US military.

s  The greatest percentage of the total (about 20.5%) of those persons who reported the location of their military metrology training, indicated that this took place at the now closed, Lowry Air Force base training facility near Denver, Colorado .

Breakdown of Military Metrology Education (This was the most frequently reported source of metrology education)

s  Military education programs were divided into three categories;

s  Training received from the now closed Lowry Air Force base training facility.

s  Training received from the Keesler Air Force Base training facility.

s  Other military training locations or not disclosed.

s  Sentiments exist that Lowry Air Force Base in Colorado, had more intensive and involved training, than the presently still operating Keesler Air Force Base training facility.

s  A greater number of metrology employees, currently in the work force, gained the majority of their metrology training at the Lowry AFB Facility, than persons that trained at Keesler AFB.

s  17 persons indicated their training came from Lowry, 4 from Keesler. The remaining 62 either provided no location, or indicated that they received their education at other locations.

s  Only two individuals, who stated their training was received through the military, indicated receiving this from a military outside North America.

#3 Quality Programs s  Six persons (3.2%) indicated that they have come into the

metrology field through a quality program of study or from a quality profession.

s  Three of these six persons who indicated that the main source of their metrology education came via either education or employment under quality (QA or QC) programs reside in the USA.

s  When using US residents only, this percentage decreases to 1.9%

s  The total percentage of persons coming into metrology through quality was 10.0% for persons from outside the USA.

Why Quality Programs (#3) was Listed Separate from #5 as an Outside

Discipline. s  Since, by many, metrology is considered to be

another aspect of quality assurance, knowing just how many persons transferred from the quality discipline to metrology was considered to be an interesting aspect of this study.

s  As reported on a previous slide; this has proven to be more common in countries outside the USA; 1.9% of respondents from the USA indicated they had moved into the metrology profession from a quality field, however 10.0% of those responding from outside the USA indicated this.

#4 Hands On, or On the Job Training

s  Second in number (47 or about 24.7%) indicated the majority of their metrology education came from on the job training/hands on.

s  40 of the 47 persons reporting this reside within the USA. When using only US residents this percentage is 25% (only a slight change).

#5: Entrance into the Metrology Field through Other Disciplines

s  17.9% of responses (34 persons) indicated that they gained their metrology training/education by coming into the field through other disciplines.

s  The most common fields from where this occurred were engineering fields such as Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, etc.

s  The term, “other disciplines,” for this study includes fields/courses of study such as electrical and mechanical engineering, electronics technology, physics and math.

s  Only 22 persons of this group reside within the USA. Percentages are reduced to 13.7% when considering only US residents.

#6 Other Training Methods s  11 persons, or 5.8% indicated they received their metrology

education from sources other than the previous 5 categories.

s  Some examples of what “other” sources are defined as are, employee training programs, courses offered by NMIs (National Metrology Institutes), courses offered by OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers), courses offered through certifying bodies such as A2LA and NVLAP.

s  Eight of the eleven persons indicating this as their primary source of metrology training were from outside the USA.

s  When using only US residents percentage of persons with this as a source of education is 1.9%

Persons Reporting Multiple Education Sources

s  Of the 190 respondents, 58 indicated more than one source for their metrology education and training (30.5%). The initial intent of this survey was only to identify the primary education source.

s  Some listed as many as 4 separate sources of metrology education.

s  Final conclusions of this study were as follows; the primary sources of education for each gained a weight of 1, secondary a weight of ½, third source had a weight of ¼, and fourth a weight of 1/8.

Respondents from Outside the USA

s  32 respondents to this survey indicated they were from outside the USA.

s  Of these, a summary of the training and education they received indicates that there were 12 persons who moved into metrology from other disciplines, 3 from Quality, 7 were hands on/on the job training, 8 from other sources, and 2 were military.

s  Though results here represent a very limited number of persons, it does suggests, unlike in the USA, that there is a strong inclination for metrology personnel to initially receive education, training and/or experience in other disciplines before assuming roles in metrology professions.

Some Examples of Respondents from outside

the USA

s  The following slides represent actual examples of persons from outside the USA that responded to this survey. These persons expressly provided permission to use their information, photographs, and the names of their employers.

Teresa Werner Project Manager at Metrodata GmbH

Nürnburg, Germany •  Basically (4), plus additional

training both on specific measurement topics by independent organizations ( e . g . m e a s u r e m e n t uncertainty) and training b y m a n u f a c t u r e r o r colleagues to handle the instruments

•  Plus a lot of independent self-‐study based on books, s c i e n t i fi c j o u r n a l s , standards and so on.

s  No photo available

Rod White Metrologist at Measurement Standards

Laboratory of New Zealand s As New Zealand’s NMI (National Measurement Institute) we have quite a bit to do with disseminating training material in NZ. s See http://msl.irl.cri.nz/ training and resources including s > One-‐day training courses on different metrology disciplines, s > Technical guides, which, are 2-‐10 page pdfs addressing some specific metrology related problem s > Measurement articles in trade magazines, some of which are reproduced on the web pages s > Books written by MSL staff http://www.msl.irl.cri.nz/products/books s Additionally, information is moved about during ISO17025 technical assessments, phone calls, and commercial consultancy. s MOST NMIs are involved in similar activities. s We get our information from colleagues -‐ research papers, conferences, technical meetings, our own research.

Angelo Mascaro Machine Vision And Metrology Engineer

Mannheim, Germany

•  Mos t l y 4 [Hands on t ra in ing] , then wh i le working I practiced, I studied by myself and I a t t e n d e d a d v a n c e d courses.

Emilio Prieto Head of Length Technical Area at the Spanish

Centre of Metrology Madrid, Spain

•  In my case I had the first contact with Metrology during my studies of Mechanical Engineering. But it was just after finishing my studies when applying for a job that I discovered the National Commission of Metrology (CNMM), a Body historically linked to the origins of the Metric System in Sèvres (France) where Spain had been one of the signatories of the Metre Convention in 1849.

•  And here we are, 32 years later, with CEM playing an important role within the international metrology community as signatory of the CIPM-‐MRA and having, along with other five Designated Institutes (DIs), successfully participated in nearly 200 Key and Supplementary Comparisons and offering nearly 500 high level calibration and measurement capabilities (CMC) as can be seen by visiting the BIPM key comparison database

Sally Jay Calibration Engineer at Trescal Stevenage, United Kingdom

At 16 I joined Marconi Instruments as an Apprentice with block release to the local college resulting in an HNC in Telecoms. As we went through the four year scheme, we spent time in different departments within the company, My preference was for the BCS lab (now UKAS) and the in-‐house calibration departments, and that is where I chose to stay when I completed my apprenticeship. Since then there has also been shed-‐loads of hands-‐on experience so I can now put my hand to most units that come in. I have also been on a couple of two-‐week residential courses run by NPL for DC & LF, and hopefully will be going on one for RF & uW.

Gianluca Rogora Technical Service Specialist

Varese, Italy •  I n 2 0 0 8 , a c o u r s e

concerning German DKD certification has become t h e e q u i v a l e n t o f ACCREDIA DAKKS [ISO/IEC 17025 calibration certificate for precision and industrial scales, crane scales with capacity greater than 5 kg and equal or less] today.

•  This was my encounter with metrology aspects.

Thomas Johnstrup Quality Technician at Hydratech Industries

Northern Denmark

•  For me it started with an education as Mechanical Engineer (5), then I got the hands on experience (4) in my work and a lot of Quality education (3).

Jojo Baffoe Certified Mobile Overhead & Tower Crane

Inspector Ghana, West Africa

•  My experience comes from 5 -‐ V ia another another discipline (i.e. Electrical Engineering)

•  I have a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering. That gave me the chance to work with the NMI (National Metrology Institute) of my country.

•  I had several career trainings with different Metrology institute like the PTB, Dakks etc.

James Dobie QA Manager & Senior Software Engineer International Metrology Systems Ltd.

Loanhead, Midlothean, United Kingdom •  (3) Hands on experience only.

•  I have an HND in Engineering, HNC in management and a Hons Degree in IT Computing where Metrology was ment ioned br iefly in the HND Engineering I have never received any training courses in Metrology and most of it self taught when the need arises.

•  My first exposure to Metrology was as a Quality engineer where hands on experience and peer training played a significant role. It is one of those disciplines that few people understand outside your peer group.

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provided. s  “I am a mechanical engineer. I started working in my

country’s NMI, and I trained in several national metrology institutes (CENAM-‐Mexico, PTB-‐Germany, INMETRO-‐Brazil-‐Chile CESMEC, CEM-‐Spain, among others). However, I think the experience of laboratory work is very important. # 4 and # 5.”

Example Respondents from within the USA

s  The following slides are examples of persons from within the United States. Each person included has provided permission to use their comments, locations, photographs and the names of their employers.

Steven Seipp Metrology Engineer -‐ AME at GLOBALFOUNDRIES

New York City, USA

•  ( 4 ) H a n d s o n experience only. Self t augh t s t a t i s t i c s , G D & T , p h y s i c s , Spectral analysis, and of course the math that goes with this field. Probably why after 30 years I'm still enjoying it.

David Hicks Metrology Coordinator at FirstEnergy

Cleveland, Ohio, USA •  My in i t i a l met ro logy

training was as a U.S. Army Calibration Specialist at Lowry AFB in '83-‐'83. (2) I went back to Lowry AFB again in '87 for the Army Advanced Ca l ib ra t ion Course. I've had lots of OJT and hands-‐on training (4) over the years, along with more formalized training from various vendors and organizations (Fluke, ASQ, NCSL, etc.). (6)

Mike Courtney

•  I received my Metrology training via the military (2). I went through the US Air Force calibration training at Lowry AFB, Colorado.

•  Lowry in 1976, then two years in Germany on mobile calibration teams.

Instrument Technician II A & P Calibrations, Inc.

San Francisco, USA

Jeff Stevens Sales Engineer at Southern Marketing

Associates Tampa/St. Pete Florida, USA

•  USN Avionics (electronics) and var ious EMC and COMM/NAV schools 3 years (2), OJT in metrology lab (3 years), Tektronix for 3 years, ran other Labs for the next 15 (4). Now I sell F l u k e C a l i b r a t i o n equipment (16 years and counting).

David Michael Johnston Calibration Technician Lead for SIMCO

Electronics. Seattle, Washington, USA

•  For me it started with an education as Mechanical Engineer (5), then I got the hands on experience in my work and a lot of Quality education (4).

Cory Peters Chief Metrologist at Exelon Power Labs

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

s For myself, 2 -‐ Military education programs -‐ USAF TMDE School at Lowry AFB. s Mike, if you want, I can survey all my technicians and give you a separate list for them as well (maybe for tracking on the utility side). s Here is the basic data from my technicians (52 total). I had most of the information already captured in a previous report for something similar, I just needed to add the recent additions. s 28 Military trained (14 Air Force, 8 Marines, 5 Army and 2 Navy) s 1 with a Metrology degree (Central Georgia Tech) s 1 with a Quality Program background s 7 with Hands On (trained in house) s 14 with other associates degrees (mechanical engineering, electronic technology, etc.) s 1 Other (this person was in a specific training plan from another company). s I hope this helps with your statistical analysis. You can post this data on the group if you think others will benefit from it. s Thanks. s Cory

Melissa Keeran Quality Engineer at International Automotive

Components, Toledo, Ohio, USA

s  Hands on experience and Hexagon (PC DMIS) training courses.

Chris Robbins Calibration Specialist at Wyle Laboratories

Melbourne, Florida, USA

s  Photo not Available s  Military

Tedd III Trucal International Inc. at Conner Winfield

Chicago, Illinois, USA

s  Photo not available •  3) I was thrown into the world of Metrology about 20 years ago. It has been a lot of reading any source I can find and t a l k i ng w i th engineering staff. This last year I have start training w i t h M i l i t a r y t r a i n ed calibration techs and it has made a world of difference.

David Minesinger Senior Calibration Tech at Trescal

Dallas/Ft. Worth Texas, USA

s  Military – Lowry AFB 1975-‐1976

Mike Bair Corporate Metrologist at Fluke Precision

Measurement Phoenix, Arizona, USA

For me it all started with the Navy. 'A' school had some calibration in it in Great Lakes and I went on to Lowry for physD only and Oxygen cleaning and cal. Have associates degree in Metrology from Butler County Community College. I have attended some trade schools since but not many. I've learned a great deal from colleagues over the years and simply desire to learn more about the trade.

Matt Daniels Applications and Technical Support Engineer

at Fluke Precision Measurement Phoenix, Arizona, USA

My metrology education has come predominately from On The Job Training through a combination of t r a i n i n g c o u r s e s f r om D H Instruments and hands on learning. I guess this would fall mostly within category 3. My training has been supplemented by my mechanical engineering studies.

Mike Cadenhead Quality Manager, Bionetics Corp.

Columbus, Ohio, USA

•  #2 primarily with later, additional training via #5 -‐ attending training via OEMs, NCSLI, and MSC.

•  #2 was at Lowry...

•  Long, long ago, in a state far away.

•  Obviously there was a lot of OJT along the way as well.

Graeme Payne GK Systems, Inc., ASQ -‐ American Society for Quality

(ISO/IEC 17025, ISO 9001, AS 9100, ANSI/NCSL Z540.3)

Atlanta, Georgia, USA •  ISO/IEC 17025, ISO 9001, AS 9100, ANSI/NCSL

Z540.3 -‐ assessments, audits (including internal audits), more

•  (2) Military education programs:

•  USAF electronics training at Keesler AFB, 1979

•  Calibration apprenticeship at a now-‐closed Naval Shipyard, 1981 -‐ 1984

•  Portions of the PMEL school at Lowry AFB, 1984.

•  Continuing self-‐education since then. Participated in development of the ASQ Certified Calibration Technician exams.

Paul Jasko DOD Metrology/Calibration, Research,

Technical Writing Peyton, Colorado USA

•  As a child, my father was a tool and die maker. When not at work we did government contract work from home for what now called NASA. Needless to say his home tool box consisted of micrometers and all the test fixtures. He had gauge blocks wrapped in brown waxed paper. He showed me in the basement how to adjust for accuracy (calibrate) micrometers, calipers, pressure gauges, voltmeters, ammeters. He also showed me how to take pictures with a shoebox and build a crystal radio. In the service I spent 20 years chasing electrons and radio frequencies and eventually fell into a calibration lab, then a Depot military lab. After the service I was involved in almost every fa-‐sit of calibration as a Government Contractor supporting the Navy. So I'd say #2, #3, [#4], and #5.

Chris Elkins Global Contract Manager; TestWorld Inc.

Rocklin, California, USA

s  I was trained in the US Marine Corps. At Keesler Air Force Base in 2003. I worked in the fleet for 5 years total and then 5 more years managing a 3rd party commercial calibration lab.

s  I hope this helps.

Vickie Roe Calibration Analyst

The Timken Company Canton, Ohio, USA

I was h i red in to a (4) year apprenticeship program based on high test scores in science and math. During the 4 years, there was a great deal of hands on training, in house classes led by mentors in the field (many with military backgrounds), and specified classes in both M e c h a n i c a l a n d I n d u s t r i a l Engineering at a two year college, though to get the degree one would need to attend and fill in with the classes required but not specified through the company program. I did continue and obtained the Associate Degree. #1, #3, and #5.

Toby Cook Quality Assurance Engineer at Ameridrives International

Waterford, Pennsylvania, USA •  3) Several years of hands on experience;

with personal time and tutelage from a few very talented individuals.

•  Also the other 3) Training from various (mostly sales group) programs and courses in CMM programming and GD&T methodology.

•  Nothing beats a personal desire to learn and develop your professional skills. I have, however, been very lucky in my career to have met and learned from some unique and knowledgeable individuals.

Kevin Akin Mahr Federal Inc. Product Manager

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

• #4 -‐ EET degree and followed opportunities into this arena.

Trey Hamiter ASQ-‐CCT R&D Instrumentation Technician at Bell

Helicopter Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas, USA

•  (2) Mil itary education programs. USAF PMEL training at Lowry TTC Lowry AFB CO. (1986)

•  Also Physical Measurement training at Lowry TTC Lowry AFB CO. (1989)

Myrle Knickerbocker Co-‐Owner -‐ Director of Quality at Geometric

Design and Technology, Inc. Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA

•  For me it started out with college at BC3 -‐ community college with a specialized "metrology" program. While that gave me a good base to start with, it ultimately came down to hands on experience and a drive to figure it out.

•  Now being self employed h a v i n g a d i m e n s i o n a l metrology lab, most of my employees come from a background of hands on experience.

Tara Bittle ISO Coordinator & Quality Inspector at

Philadelphia Mixing Solutions, Ltd Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

My experience comes mainly from hands on training. I have a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. I fell into a job in a Quality department as an admin and, after a few months, was offered a job running the CMM equipment. I had never seen a drawing or CAD or anything, but my mom is a Geometry teacher, so I understand the basics. I took the training classes for the various CMM software that we've had (the FARO software, Polyworks 3-‐D scanning software, and Zeiss Calypso software). We've also had some people come on-‐site for GD&T training and other more in-‐depth training. I work closely with our design engineering group to understand drawing & measurement requirements and I have built up and torn down our gearboxes to understand how the parts I measure fit together with everything else. I am currently in an associate's program for Mechanical Engineering Technology, where I've taken a basic machine shop class and statics and such, and many of the classes touch on GD&T and Metrology, basically just WHAT they are, but don't go in to any depth.

Tyler Johnson Regional Sales Manager at Dewetron

Detroit, Michigan, USA

•  2-‐ Military Metrology Training (Lowry).

Mike Mello ATSS (Maintain and certify communications, navigational aids and other facilities of the national aerospace system within southeastern New

Mexico and western Texas. ) at FAA New Mexico, USA

#2 for me, Lowry, 1980. After that it was all "7-‐level" courses @ Lowry and much hands-‐on. I retired from the USAF in 1999 and left the field, but still look back with fond memories.

Mike Yakowenko Quality Manager at United Paradyne Corp

Santa Barbara, California, USA

•  ( 2 ) M i l i t a r y Education...

Rick McKenzie Senior Metrologist at Trane Lacrosse, Wisconsin, USA

s  No photo available

Rick, in addition to his own information, has also graciously provided information about nine of his metrology employees. This information is included below •  #2 – One (me so you don’t double

count) – Lowry AFB ’86. •  #5 – One Master’s degree in Mechanical

Engineering. •  #4 – Eight OJT trained technicians.

Barbara Wells Technician at Pall Corporation Tampa/St. Pete Florida, USA

s  Photo not available

L o w r y 1 9 9 0 t h e n assigned to Ft Eustis, VA PMEL Lab in 1991.

Bob Dodds Senior Calibration Technician at Tektronix

Cleveland, Ohio, USA I fell into the field of Metrology after learning about the program at Butler County Community College in Butler, Pennsylvania. There they have an accredited Associate's Degree program in Metrology (actual degree is an Associate's Degree of an Applied Science of Metrology). The curriculum included courses in physics, electronics, chemistry, physical Metrology, electrical Metrology, Spectroscopy, optics, computer course, statistics, and the typical freshman courses (English, psych, phys ed, etc.). At the time (2006), it was the only place in the country to get a degree in Metrology.

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s  “In my case was: Mathematics background from college that includes Algebra, Calculus, Analytic Geometry, Trigonometry, Mathematical Logic, Statistics.

s  That gave me the chance to get into a Metrology lab in a German automobile Company and there is where I was trained in Quality, I think that my background gave me what I needed to understand and think as a Quality guy, with that knowledge I am able to think spatially I've been in the Quality field for more than 31 years and a CMM programmer for about 20 years.”



s  “For myself, 2 -‐ Military education programs -‐ USAF TMDE School at Lowry AFB.”



s  “1) College: Master of Engineering in Management and Systems; Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (Minor in Mechanical).

s  2) Military: US Navy -‐ GCAMS at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, MS & Aviation Electronics (Intermediate level) at NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.”



s  “My experience is split into two categories, 2 & 5. 2 being allot of hands on and 5 is talking to guys with allot of grey whiskers.”



s  “Mine is also 2” [military].

Note: The following and below refers to 6 employees:

s  “This is [also] the case for 4 of the 6 tech in my lab.”

s  One of my other two is from Devry and the other is Illinois Institute of Technology. I ALWAYS prefer military training as it brings so many other things along with it but there is no real substitute for OJT...



s  “In my case were: Hands on experience, Quality courses of study and College or university study in a specific discipline metrology (Specialization in Metrology and Quality).”



s  “(2) Military education programs 1983.

s  I received my Metrology training via the military. I went through the US Air Force calibration training at Lowry AFB, Colorado.”



s  “BS in Applied Mathematics.

s  On the job training with some extra college.

s  Training courses in specific CMM languages.”



s  “#2 primarily with later, additional training via # 4 -‐ AAS Electronics Engineering Technology and #5 -‐ attending training via NCSLI, ASQ, A2LA, and OEMs.”



s  “#2 primarily with some backup training from #1. Took some courses through Devry and Central Texas College.”



s  “Mostly #2 with a series of training courses on the journey.”



s  “Mainly #2 -‐ at Lowry. with a lot of #3 and #5 company paid manufacturer's courses, MSC & NCSLI conferences and seminars.”



s  “Mainly the second (3) hands on experience with a lot of self-‐study in the other (3). I also had a great deal of help from other disciplines versed in various calibrations. Mil Std 120 was the Bible for me back in the day.”



s  “First I have BS in industrial engineering then I joined metrology field after that its all about.

s  3. Hands on experience (on Job training) with some trainings from PTB Germany.”



s  “(4) Three employers had formal quality programs and one provided training classes to go with it.

s  (3) Hands on experience and peer training have played a significant role.

s  (5) My physics degrees taught me the basics of understanding, calculating and reducing measurement error.

s  (6) Reading -‐ there is a lot written on the subject and I find much of it interesting.”


Information not Provided s  “So I am a ceramist. I arrived in Metrology area due to

Budget reorganization.

s  (3) Hands on experience only.

s  Completed by training given in my lab for external people

s  I was 24 years old and in 2014 I am 60 (Sob poor old man)

s  And by joining scientific society for Metrology and American Ceramic society I keep this need for material. (SRM or not)

s  In fact there is a very small number of education paths for metrology.”



s  “I was also a ceramist, in dentistry!

s  My business was failing due to government cuts and a friend offered me a chance to re-‐train, I finally bought the business.

s  All hands on, with Training at Moore Special Tools laboratory in USA and others, including NPL.”


Information not Provided s  “(2) USAF PMEL military trained

s  Started at 19 years old. I am now 52 years old.

s  Commercial metrology experience with AT&T Capital

s  Sypris Test & Measurement

s  The Boeing Company

s  Old & new school Hewlett Packard, Tektronix, and Fluke specialist.

s  Work other manufacturers, but these are the ones I love!”

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s  “#2 at Keesler AFB (Navy/2001) with continued #3 (hands on/OJT) along the way.”



s  “#2 @ Redstone Arsenal (U.S. Army Tmde Program) 2001-‐2002.”



s  “Initial education through Air Force PMEL and the rest has been civilian laboratories and personal education.”



s  “The source of my metrology education is via Electrical engineering and hands on experience and I have as well done Business information and communication technology.... I'm eager and hopeful to learn a lot from this platform.”



s  “My experience is the study and application work in calibration equipment.”



s  “My experience has been all hands on, no formal training outside the job. I have learned on the job (30+ years), through Quality and Test functions. The same goes for my calibration experience.”



s  “(1) College study in a mechanical specific 1,2 & 3

s  (2) Quality course of study

s  (3) Hands on experience on 3D Machine and CMM basic programming (what help me is the Diploma in IT software)

s  (4) Hands on experience equipment calibration.

s  (5) APQP.

s  (6) Quality experience for 15 years”



s  “TMDE Lowery AFB 1976.

s  Associate in science awarded 5/1985.”



s  “TMDE, North Island Naval Air Base, 1975.”



s  “PMEL -‐ USN, NCSLI workshops, self study.”


Information not Provided s  Attended first 10 weeks (electrical, electronic, and microwave

sections) at Lowry in late '70's.

s  Military assignments for 21 years were all IMA's (after 'A' and 'C' school) except two years as Electronics Tech (radios and radar) for small boat squadron and three years instructor. Six years were at SIMAs. The remaining eight were shipboard cal labs (three as RADIAC tech and two in the AIMD lab on a carrier).

s  Last job was 10 year civilian position in level 4 cal lab. Performed admin duties, supervised 5 techs, and calibrated/verified electrical, electronic, and mechanical equipment in-‐house and on-‐site.

s  Currently unemployed over 5 years but not retired.

Final Results s  The survey results indicate that the largest percentage of persons gained

their metrology education through military training programs.

s  85 of 190 respondents (about 47.5%) indicated the military as their major source of metrology education.

s  Second in number (47 or about 25% each) indicated the majority of their metrology education came from on the job training/hands on.

s  Third was entry into the field via other disciplines (37 or 18%) such as engineering, mathematics or physics.

s  Six persons (3.2%) have come into the metrology field through a quality program of study or from a quality profession.

s  Five persons (2.6%) indicated their primary metrology education source was something other than the five primary items listed.

s  Only 3 persons (1.5%) indicated their primary source of education came from a college metrology program.

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

One Two Three Four Five

Numbers of Education Sources Reported per Person

Reported Sources of Metrology

Education for all Survey Respondants

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Military Hands On Other Discipline Quality Education or transfer from

Quality

Other Source Specific College Metrology Program

Sources of Metrology Education for Persons

Responding from Outside the USA.

0

5

10

15

20

25

Military Hands On Other Discipline Quality Education or transfer from Quality

Discipline


Persons Residing in US vs. Other Nations

in this Survey

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

USA Other Nations

Specific Military Schools Where Training

Occurred within the USA

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Lowry Keesler Not stated

Sources of Metrology Education

for Persons Within the USA.

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

Military Hands On Other Discipline Quality Education of transfer from

Quality
