Mass customization and mass personalization are becoming increasingly sought after in today’s market. With so many companies embracing the trend, there are plenty of opportunities available for students, providing they can demonstrate they have the necessary and desired employability skills.
In the UK, universities are under increasing pressure to equip students with these skills and real life experience. Industry professionals and educational facilities need to work together to bridge the gap and facilitate learning.
With this in mind, DriveWorks have created a new training and certification program to help engineering students gain a competitive advantage by learning beyond their degree and gaining the skills they need.
Made in the UK
Headquartered in Cheshire, UK, DriveWorks software is used to automate and configure designs that are the same but different.
DriveWorks have three SOLIDWORKS Gold Partner Product products, one of them is DriveWorksXpress. The company is a Gold Microsoft Application Development Partner and has an Investors in People Award. The company recently celebrated gaining their 1,000th customer, that’s 1000 companies already reaping the benefits of automation, needing graduates with the skills to use the software!
Supporting Students and Academia
DriveWorks invest a lot of time supporting students. They offer several placement programs, graduate schemes and regularly attend university careers fairs. They’re now working in partnership with SOLIDWORKS to help students improve their SOLIDWORKS skills and make their resumes stand out from the crowd.
The DriveWorksXpress Training and Certification is completely free for all engineering and design students who have access to either an educational or commercial licence of SOLIDWORKS. All you need to do to get involved is activate DriveWorksXpress – the free, entry level design automation tool included in every licence of SOLIDWORKS.
The certification consists of just 3 easy steps and can be completed in 3 hours. It enables students to go beyond the theory discussed in the classroom and gain new skills that are sought after in the industry. Upon completion, students will receive a certificate confirming they’re a Certified DriveWorksXpress Associate and they’ll join a global community of DriveWorks and SOLIDWORKS engineers.
The program was recently trialled and tested at both the University of Huddersfield and Liverpool John Moores University. It was very well received by the students and one Certified DriveWorksXpress Associate gained a position within a few weeks thanks to his new skill!
To find out more about the program, or to complete the certification visit: www.driveworksxpresscertification.com.