NASF Online Course: Electroplating & Surface Finishing

NASF/AESF has announced a two-part web-based Electroplating & Surface Finishing Parts course. The course will run throughout September and November on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at Noon – 2 p.m. EST. 

Webinar Dates: 

• Part-1: September 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29
• Part-2: November 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24

The course will cover:

• Chemistry
• Electricity
• Electrochemistry
• Metallic Corrosion
• Part Fabrication
• Barrel, Rack, and Other Plating Methods
• Hull Cell and Other Test Cells
• Rising
• Filtration & Purification of Surface Finishing Solutions
• Preparing Metals for Plating
• Testing of Plated Deposits
• Zinc Plating
• Chromates, Phosphates & Black Oxide
• Copper Plating
• Nickel Plating
• Chromium Plating
• Precious Metals Part-1: Silver, Palladium, Ruthenium
• Precious Metals Part-2: Gold, Platinum, Rhodium
• Alloy Plating
• Electroless Nickel Plating
• Anodizing

NASF says the web-based training program is beneficial for operators and supervisors of job shop and captive shops applying a broad range of surface finishes on a variety of substrates. The course is also beneficial to sales personnel serving the metal finishing industry.

The Electroplating & Surface Finishing Parts course presents a broad range of information related to the fundamentals of electroplating, and methods of preparing parts for various surface finishing processes. NASF/AESF says that at the conclusion of the course, students should be prepared to take the Certified Electro-Finisher (CEF) exam. If the student receives a 70% or higher on the exam, they will receive one credit towards the Master Surface Finisher (MSF) designation and will be awarded the CEF designation — the world’s most respected and most widely recognized designation for finishing professionals.

Learn more about the course here.

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This update is courtesy of the National Association for Surface Finishing (NASF). For more information or to become a member, visit nasf.org.