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Product category: Electronics Manufacturing Services
News Release from: BI Electronics
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 04 December 2002

Training takes contract staff to new
levels

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All operatives at the Welwyn Garden City plant of contract electronics manufacturer BI Electronics are currently being trained to a level usually the reserve of multinational manufacturers.

All operatives at the Welwyn Garden City plant of contract electronics manufacturer BI Electronics are currently being trained to meet the internationally recognised IPC-A-610 (acceptability of electronic assemblies) criteria, a level of instruction usually the reserve of multinational manufacturers The training is being undertaken internally by Geraldine Herbert and Jennifer Bozier, who recently completed the comprehensive IPC class A instructor training course run by Advanced Rework Technology (ART)

The ART course is designed and certified by the IPC (Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits) and is structured to help electronics manufacturers achieve the highest quality, productivity and cost-effective production.

Operatives at BI Electronics are being trained in all aspects of production and covers terms and definitions, handling of electronic and electromechanical assemblies, component recognition and installation, box build, soldering, cleanliness, marking, coatings, laminate conditions and discrete wiring and surface-mount assemblies.

Frank Dawson, BI Electronics' Quality Assurance Manager said: "To win and then keep business in this highly competitive industry means being a supplier of excellence in all respects.

Through the training programme, Geraldine and Jennifer are making sure our standards of product and service are maintained at the highest level possible".

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