how it works

REGISTER

Registrants may sign up for the Robotics Course by visiting the NWACC website, or by clicking here. Week-long courses are now being scheduled through March 2020.

LEARN

The Robotics Training Course lasts one week - 35 hours. The Course involves fast-paced, hands-on robotics education, and concludes with a written exam.

LEAD

Graduates will have attained a demonstrable, in-demand skillset and will have taken the first step in preparing to help develop the workforce.

About the COURSE

The course covers the tasks that an operator, technician, engineer or programmer who needs to setup, record and/or troubleshoot programs on a FANUC Robotics HandlingTool Software Package.

Course Objectives: Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Power up and jog the robot
• Teach Frames
• Recover from common program and robot faults
• Execute production operations
• Create, modify and execute a material handling program
• Create and execute MACROs
• Monitor, force and simulate input and output signals
• Backup and restore individual programs and files​

Recommended safety procedures are integrated into all training exercises.
The course consists of lectures, chapter reviews, demonstrations and a series of lab exercises designed to reinforce what the student has learned. In addition to lab exercises, a pre-test and a post-test are used to measure mastery of objectives.

Josh watson
​DIRECTOR OF NWA REGIONAL ROBOTICS TRAINING CENTER

Josh Watson works on behalf of the Fayetteville Chamber and NWACC to oversee the Robotics Center and teach the course. With an extensive background in both computer information systems and education (including working for the University of Arkansas and the Northwest Technical Institute) and holding both CompTIA and Cisco Certifications, Josh is passionate about teaching Robotics Technologies to students from all backgrounds and various levels of Robotics experience.