School of Manufacturing and Automation
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The School of Manufacturing and Automation is providing applied learning in action through our trades and technology programs.
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Gene Haas Foundation labs
SAIT received a $1 million (US) contribution from the Gene Haas Foundation in support of applied education in Alberta to create the labs. Funding further strengthens SAIT and the Foundation's shared goal of training excellence in manufacturing and automation now and into the future.
As part of the School Manufacturing and Automation, these new project-based labs contain our state-of-the-art, industry-standard, computer-numerical-control (CNC) machining equipment that will aid Machinists apprentices and technicians in learning skills for this challenging and rewarding trade, including machining, machine set-up, blueprint reading, process planning, design validation, precision measurement, metallurgy and heat treatment.
Crane and Ironworker facility
SAIT received a $5.35 million operating grant over five years from Alberta Advanced Education to build a customized training facility that houses SAIT's world-class applied learning labs for Crane and Hoisting Equipment Operator - Boom Truck, Crane and Hoisting Equipment Operator - Mobile Crane and Ironworker Apprentice programs.
This impressive new 2,812-square-metre facility houses the largest array of crane simulators in North America, includes a fully functioning crane and maintenance shop and a laydown yard equipped with boom trucks and mobile cranes, and houses classrooms, meeting and study spaces and instructor workspaces.
Onsite, apprentices operate the hoist and swing equipment used to move machinery, materials and other large objects. Mobile crane operators service and operate booms that are mounted on crawlers or wheeled frames as well as travelling, fixed or climbing type hoisting equipment with a vertical mast or tower and a jib. They may also drive the crane to the job site, rig the machine up and set up the machine for the lift using blocking and levelling materials.