Skills and education issues in the development of additive manufacturing capacity

The promotion of additive manufacturing (AM) as a set of enabling technologies has been a prominent feature to revolutionising the industrial landscape. Due to AM technologies, differences from traditional manufacturing technologies have removed many of the manufacturing restrictions that may previously have compromised a designer’s ability to make the product desirability of consumer products because. Interest in additive manufacturing (AM) continues to grow in many industries aside from requirement of a distinct set of human and capital resources. The high demand for jobs in AM design, engineering and production has overtaken the supply of workers, particularly for engineers with AM experience. In order to meet the challenges of a digital and connected industry (Industry 4.0) where additive manufacturing (AM / 3DP) plays a significant role, the education and training issues identified to enable the effective deployment of AM technologies in the short to long-term. Stating with the AM industry needs to understand what skills are demanded by the industry, and what sort of talent is required to enable the industry growth and accelerate innovation to support businesses in various industries including engineering, manufacturing. On the other hand the digital transformation journey and industrial adoption of AM as a new digital manufacturing for the industry and small and medium-sized enterprises involves making large changes at the organizational level and re-skilling employees, which is generally demand a high to cover the IT and machinery expenses.