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Gain new skills, empower employees, and keep your company competitive. Our flexible, multi-formatted training programs let you learn the way you like.

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John Axelberg

FMA training materials have been a great resource for the curriculum we've built for new hires.

— John Axelberg, President, General Stamping & Metalworks, South Bend, Ind.

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In honor of FMA's 50th anniversary, we've gifted $50,000 to our members toward training programs and conferences through 2024!

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Training Types

Conferences

Conferences

In-person conferences provide the opportunity to network and learn from peers, subject matter experts, and other industry professionals. You'll find the subjects you need to boost your personal development and your company's productivity.

Conferences
On-Site Training

On-site Training

Train your employees in your plant, on your equipment, according to your schedule. Training from FMA's experts can help increase productivity, improve quality, and reduce scrap / rework.

On-site Training
FabCasts

Webinars

FabCast webinars provide affordable, convenient instruction on a variety of professional topics. Recorded versions are available through the FMA store.

Webinars
e-Fab

e-Learning

e-Fab online courses are interactive, self-paced, online versions of FMA's popular seminars.

e-Learning

FMA Certificate Programs

Certificate Programs

FMA offers technical training courses and certificate exams that are focused on a specific machine or process. These programs help employers verify the knowledge their employees have developed through training. Employees can earn an industry-recognized certificate to validate skills gained with on-the-job experience.

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Hands-On Workshop

Hands-on Workshop: Metal Fabrication Fundamentals

Hands-on Workshop: Metal Fabrication Fundamentals

Attend this hands-on metal fab instruction for educators, engineers, and related professionals. Learn by doing! In this three-day workshop, you'll have the opportunity to improve your knowledge and functional skill of sheet metal fabrication concepts, equipment, and technology. Gain insight from topnotch college instructors and industry speakers in a safe environment.

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Bookstore Find Products

Metal Fabrication: A Practical Guide - Fourth Ed.

Price: $85.00

Member Price: $68.00

The new fourth edition includes updated and expanded information on press brakes by Steven D. Benson and is ideal for use in classroom and on-the-job training...

Bending Basics Digital Version

Price: $105.00

Member Price: $84.00

Digital Version:Bending Basics is an A-Z comprehensive reference on the art of press brakes.  It is ideal for individual use or in classroom and on-the-job training programs.

2023 Financial Ratios and Operational Benchmarking Survey

Price: $419.00

Member Price: $199.00

Access comprehensive business performance data collected each year that includes measures of liquidity, profitability, asset management, operational benchmarking, value proposition, and marketing...

2023 Salary/Wage and Benefits Survey

Price: $419.00

Member Price: $199.00

This tool provides crucial intel for company owners and human resource managers in the metal forming, fabricating, and processing industry. The survey results detail employment practices, benefit...

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