CAD course is online hit

New College Lanarkshire’s awardwinning CAD team has continued to deliver training to industry during lockdown.

Lecturers in Computer Aided Design disciplines have transitioned to online delivery for employees of Babcock International Group and Keppie Design.

The college provides staff development programmes for a wide range of businesses and organisations through its commercial contracts.

Babcock is a leading provider of critical, complex engineering services for the defence, emergency services and civil nuclear markets.

In early-2019, Babcock asked NCL to deliver training for participants in the company’s Trainee Designer Programme.

Following a series of competitive application processes, employees have been selected to work towards a PDA in Computer Aided

Draughting and Design (CADD), with units taught being tailored to the company’s training needs.

Since training began in April 2019, more than 30 employees across three cohorts have undertaken the training programme.

Engineering & CADD lecturer Fraser Hainey said:“Both NCL and Babcock initiated working from home around the same time in March, with Babcock providing the trainees with computers.

“Using a combination of Whatsapp, Zoom, Moodle and Screencast, which is screen recording from Autodesk, as well as other software, the course has continued very effectively.”

New College Lanarkshire’s courses in Computer Aided Design are now open for applications.

To find out more, please visit www. nclanarkshire.ac.uk/ courses/cad