WorldSkills Standards Specification

CNC Milling
Manufacturing and Engineering Technology

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 THE WORLDSKILLS STANDARDS
SPECIFICATION (WSSS)

GENERAL NOTES ON THE WSSS

The WSSS specifies the knowledge, understanding and specific skills that underpin international best
practice in technical and vocational performance. It should reflect a shared global understanding of
what the associated work role(s) or occupation(s) represent for industry and business
(www.worldskills.org/WSSS).
The skill competition is intended to reflect international best practice as described by the WSSS, and to
the extent that it is able to. The Standards Specification is therefore a guide to the required training
and preparation for the skill competition.
In the skill competition the assessment of knowledge and understanding will take place through the
assessment of performance. There will only be separate tests of knowledge and understanding where
there is an overwhelming reason for these.
The Standards Specification is divided into distinct sections with headings and reference numbers
added.
Each section is assigned a percentage of the total marks to indicate its relative importance within the
Standards Specification. This is often referred to as the “weighting”. The sum of all the percentage
marks is 100.
The Marking Scheme and Test Project will assess only those skills that are set out in the Standards
Specification. They will reflect the Standards Specification as comprehensively as possible within the
constraints of the skill competition.
The Marking Scheme and Test Project will follow the allocation of marks within the Standards
Specification to the extent practically possible. A variation of five percent is allowed, provided that this
does not distort the weightings assigned by the Standards Specification.

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 WORLDSKILLS STANDARDS SPECIFICATION
SECTION RELATIVE
IMPORTANCE
(%)
1 Work organization and management 10
The individual needs to know and understand:
• The extent and impact of CNC-milling on modern life and industry
• Quality standards for materials and quality of metals
• Standards for the environment, safety, hygiene, and prevention of
accidents at work
• Computer operating systems
• Mathematics, especially accurate and detailed calculations, and
trigonometry
• Properties and behaviours of materials, especially steel and aluminium
• Principles of technical design and process planning
• CNC equipment technology (Vertical and Horizontal Machining
Centre) – programming and operating
• Programming by hand or CAM system software
• Cutting technology according to the cutting parameters, the
material, and the equipment and cutting tools
• Health and safety regulations, legislation, and best practice
• The importance of adhering to manufacturer’s operating instructions
• Ensure the maintenance of sophisticated milling machines to
promote efficient and reliable working
• The importance of effective communications and team-work
• The importance of effective working methods with other
professionals related to the CNC-milling process

The individual shall be able to:

• Use computer related professional software effectively
• Interpret and apply quality standards and regulations
• Promote and apply health and safety regulations and best practice
• Effectively use IT and related professional software
• Consistently apply mathematical and geometrical principles
accurately for the preparation and programming processes for CNC-
milling
• Develop creative solutions to complex design or technology
challenges

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 2 Interpret engineering drawings and follow the specification 10
The individual needs to know and understand:
• ISO 1 and/or ISO 3 (European and American) drawing
representation
• Technical terms and symbols used in drawings and plans
• Standards, standards symbol and tables
• Drawing legend

The individual shall be able to:

• Interpret and apply engineering drawings and follow the
specification
• Locate and identify main dimensions and secondary dimensions
• Locate and identify ISO standards for surface finish
• Locate and identify ISO standards for geometrical form and
positional tolerances

3 Process planning 15
The individual needs to know and understand:
• The importance of good planning for the successful execution of
Programming and operation/machining
• How to plan, based on the type of operation and the sequence
(machining strategy) of the data that must be specified
• Types of machining tools used in CNC technology including lathes,
multi-axis spindles, wire electrical discharge machines, and milling
machines
• Methods of work holding according to the shape of the base
material

The individual shall be able to:

• Identify and set the different machining features
• Correctly identify the most efficient work holding solution to clamp
the base material into the machine that best suits the operational
requirements
• Correctly select the cutting tools for machining the required
material and operation
• Define the cutting parameters as a function of the operation
sequence, material type, and type of operation

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 4 Programming 20
The individual needs to know and understand:
• Programming as the creation of a logical process plan
• Different methods and techniques to generate a programme
(CAM/CAD or manual)
• CAM system programming
• Skill related software

The individual shall be able to:

• Select the best methods according to the production type and part
specification
• Effectively use skill specific software and related hardware
• Generate a programme using a CAD/CAM system taking into
account the format of the initial data
• Start with a drawing in paper format – creation of the geometry in
wireframe and/or surface and/or solid

5 Metrology 10
The individual needs to know and understand:
• Range of tools and gauging instruments and their applications
• The main measuring techniques

The individual shall be able to:

• Select appropriate measuring tools or gauging instruments and use
them correctly
• Make measurements on threaded elements

6 Operating 15
The individual needs to know and understand:
• The different steps that lead to the setup of the machine
• The different modes of machine operation

The individual shall be able to:

• Prepare, make measurements and record cutting tools
• Identify and designate the functional parameters for operation on
the CNC milling machine

7 Machining 20
The individual needs to know and understand:
• The different types of machine features
• The machining sequence

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 The individual shall be able to:
• Identify and designate the different machining processes on a CNC-
milling machine
• Optimize the machining strategy
• Define and adjust the cutting parameters as a function of the
operation sequence, material type, type of operation, and CNC
machine tool
• Start the cutting process form
• Solid block
• Perform the following machining operations:
• Facing
• Roughing and finishing
• External contours
• Island milling
• Milling channels
• Pocket (figurative)
• Pocket (circular and rectangular)
• Taper ribs
• Thread milling
• Internal
• External
• Canned cycles
• Through hole boring
• Blind hole boring
• Reaming
• Tapping
• Drilling
• 3D machining operations
• Roughing
• Finishing
• Tapping
• Drilling
• 3D machining operations
• Roughing
• Finishing

Total 100

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 REFERENCES FOR INDUSTRY CONSULTATION
WorldSkills is committed to ensuring that the WorldSkills Standards Specifications fully reflect the
dynamism of internationally recognized best practice in industry and business. To do this WorldSkills
approaches a number of organizations across the world that can offer feedback on the draft
Description of the Associated Role and WorldSkills Standards Specification on a two-yearly cycle.
In parallel to this, WSI consults three international occupational classifications and databases:
• ISCO-08: (http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/isco/isco08/)
• ESCO: (https://ec.europa.eu/esco/portal/home)
• O*NET OnLine (www.onetonline.org/)
The WSSS in Section 2 appears most closely to relate to: Milling and Planing Machine Setters,
Operators and Tenders: https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/51-4035.00
or Milling Machine Operator: http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a1c9f8b7-c4ce-4b15-ac3c-
3378c300d8f2
These links also enable a review of adjacent occupations.

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