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2026-04-20	NL GTM	3495	Subscribe here
2026-05-11	GTM NL	3495	Subscribe here

This includes designers, engineers, fabricators, technicians, and those working with prepreg  fiberglass  or carbon fiber, using LTM  tooling, curing at low temperatures
​Advised prerequisite for our EFC Course,  EASA /FAA approved PART 1  TECH-101 
If not, but not mandatory, a 2- to 5-year history of experience with advanced composite materials, layup, and repair is recommended for this course or an equivalent level.

If you are unsure about your level, please contact us to have your equivalent level of training assessed. This includes designers, engineers, fabricators, technicians, and those working with prepreg fiberglass cloth or carbon fiber cloth, using an LTM tooling prepreg

Personnel of technical departments, tool designers, tooling engineers, tool fabricators, composite repair technicians, and others who want to learn about tool design and building carbon and glass fiber moulds to achieve in-depth skills in Composite Tooling fabrication
Participants will use carbon fiber or glass fiber Low-Temperature Moulding (LTM) composite pre-preg materials, carbon fiber cloth with a tooling resin to cure at room temperature able to post-cure
 

Minimum required 2 and maximum 8 per course^*.

* Courses will be confirmed as running by EFC as soon as sufficient applications are received!

At the end of the course, the participant:

• Has a better knowledge of composite design and tool design, and fabrication of glass or carbon fiber LTM prepreg tooling
• Knows the carbon fiber pre-preg part tooling routes to follow and can interpret (CTE) Coefficient of Thermal Expansion rules 
• Knows and has the skills to apply  surface preparation of a master model
• Can read and understand Tooling Ply-Lay-Up drawings and tool design tolerances
• Can apply wax sheets
• Is familiar with the tool index and trim fixtures
• Knows how to apply mould release agents on carbon fiber materials
• Can incorporate Leak frames with  LTM prepreg fiber material
• Can fabricate and apply Tool backup structure stiffeners, fences, return flanges, egg crate, or omega stiffeners design
• Knows how to use and  wax sheets for  offsets and wax radius curves
• Can apply vacuum bags for tooling with pleats
• Will have advanced knowledge and skills to apply to Low-Temperature Moulding (LTM) Carbon  Prepreg materials
• Knows about LTM Curing and Post-Curing glass carbon fiber 2x2 Twill materials made for composite tools/moulds.
• Will be able to perform some composite  trimming of carbon fiber edges with an air router
• Knows how to perform tool maintenance on glass or carbon fiber and repairs on the tool surface.

 

(Level 2,3) is familiar with and knows about:

• Health and Safety (SMDS)
• Pre-preg part tooling routes and family
• Tool codes/acronyms and designations
• Tool polyurethane foam block
• Toolmaking from existing parts
• Tooling backup structure fabricated by infusion.
• The tool support the structure and integrated stiffener design
• Tool index features
• Mould tool joggle lay-up
• Attachment of wet Lay-up cleats
• Inserting permanent vacuum points and air transportation venting lines
• Familiar with the coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE)
• Tool spring back correction on positive and negative master models, and adjustable spring back correction
• Use of pre-cured tool inserts
• Application of de-bulks
• Application of tool leak prevention frames in edges/flanges
• Cure cycle temperatures versus Tool life cycle
• One-off tooling and prototyping
• Application of Quick Repair Tooling
• Tooling vacuum bag systems
• Tooling materials and low and high-temperature cure cycles, and out-of-life-time
• Tool exothermic reactions
• Reusable vacuum bags for tooling
• Tool surface pinhole filling
• Laminate wrinkling and bridging
• Application of tool sealers and release agents
• Tool Fault Finding Checklist
• Tool dry run finding hot and cold zones by TC placement
• Tool numbering and  placards, and Tooling logbook information
• Tool maintenance and tooling repair

(Level 2,3)

The participant will be able to:

• To apply the Surface Preparation of master models
• Cut square tiles of the required size with Aluminium templates.
• Extending the existing glass or carbon fibre flanges of a model 
• Apply Fences for return flanges  
• Apply wax sheets and wax radii
• Keep a record of tooling prepreg Out-time on out-time sheets and layup travellers
• Apply tool index features
• Apply support structure, Omega-shaped stiffeners, and or egg crate design
• Apply leak prevention frames
• Apply glass fibre strands in each ply
• Fabricate fibreglass or carbon LTM tooling material
• Apply debulks
• Apply vacuum material without bridging of applied vacuum materials
• Apply  vacuum materials for Autoclave  and  Non-autoclave cures and pleats for vacuum ports
• Fabricate a tool trim fixture with foam core material and dry fibres by wet lay-up
• Be able to program and monitor oven parameters during curing to prevent exothermic reactions.
• Perform a heat serve before curing the actual cure
• After the post-cure, they have to perform a leak Check using the water infusion method and apply leak prevention methods when necessary 

• EFC as Training Providers will be required to monitor the student/participant's performance throughout the program. 
• Students will be administered a practical certification assessment following laboratory classes. It is recommended to use a checklist to evaluate the functional certification assessment.
• The written certification examination and practical certification assessment will cover the principles of the applicable curriculum and consist of:
• The written examination for certification shall contain approximately. Eight (8) multiple-choice questions per course day with a maximum of fifty (50)* per exam.
• * The number depends on the use of three or four alternative answers per question
• The examination shall contain questions from each of the Topics listed in the outline for each Part.
• The examination will be a closed-book examination.
• Successful completion is 75% correct answers.
• Reexamination: If the student fails the written examination, they may request to retake the written test. 
• ​The written examination must not contain more than 20% of the questions that were on the failed examination.

• A repair training program, the required exams, and assessments based on this AIR curriculum, and conducted by a training provider, follow the AIR guidance.
• OR successful completion of the required exams and assessments based on this AIR curriculum without completion of a training program. Attempting the exam and assessment without prior training is not recommended for personnel without experience in composite repair.

This course can also be held at our facility in Leipzig Germany at the facilities of our partner HEICO. If you have a need for this, please contact our purchasing manager Rolf Hovener via his page. For your company to benefit, this course can be held 'On-Site' at your facility under certain conditions.
Click on this link to the Onsite information webpage!

Courses as noted on our course schedule page can be run on request to meet your required start and end date. All listed course prices are Excl VAT. (Dutch VAT is 21%). EFC complies with Dutch tax laws. On request, companies can be sent an invoice instead of paying direct On-line with PayPal, IDEAL or credit card.

Payment is securely arranged via Mollie.nl . More information can be found on the website of Mollie.