SCAA

The Surface Coatings Association Australia (SCAA) is an established provider of technical education to the Surface Coatings industry. Nearly a decade ago, SCAA decided to provide an eLearning alternative to match the existing classroom course. The online advanced course is available globally for a wide variety of devices and platforms.

Advanced Course

The Advanced Course consists of 51 eLearning modules, structured into 6 units. While SCAA courses are traditionally aimed at graduate chemists, there has been a lack of courses relating to more basic or introductory technical education for other members of the industry. New lessons on Environmental Sustainability and Environmental Certification & Regulation have been added to the Technical Management unit.

Introductory course

SCAA now provides a Introductory Course in Surface Coatings. This course is aimed at providing an introduction to the technology, production methods and application processes used in the wider surface coatings industry. The course is intended to provide sufficient information for an interested participant with no formal chemistry or other technical training to gain a working knowledge of the technical aspects of products used in the industry.

Aimed at:

The Introductory course targets a wide range of employees in the surface coatings industry: Factory operators, purchasing staff, laboratory technicians, customer service personnel, retail paint staff, office and administration staff, paint and coating specifiers, paint applicators, architects and draftspersons, printers, sales staff, logistics staff and ·commercial builders.

Course length

The Introductory course consists of 12 eLearning modules. The estimated course completion time is 12 hours. The Advanced course is 51 eLearning modules. Estimated completion time is 40-50 hours.

SCAA eLearning

The Surface Coatings Association Australia (SCAA) has long been a provider of technical education to the Surface Coatings industry.

The Advanced Course in Surface Coatings Technology is intended for technical staff, such as laboratory chemists and technicians and is utilised by paint or ink manufacturers, raw material suppliers or manufacturers who are users of coatings.

The Introduction to Surface Coatings course is aimed at providing an introduction to the technology, production methods and application processes used in the wider surface coatings industry for interested participants who have no formal chemistry or other technical training.

You will need to visit scaa.asn.au to enrol and pay for a course, before you can create an account and begin the training. You may try the Example eLearning module without registration and download a course description and pro forma invoice here.

Course Examples Videos

Examples of Architectural Coatings, Colour Theory & Measurement, Heavy Duty and Marine Coatings and Environmental Sustainability can be seen here

eLearning Examples

A short example from Module 3.1 Colour Theory and Measurement. The modules feature synchronized voice-over, interactions, and questions.

You may also view a presentation on SCAA eLearning courses.

The modules run in any modern browser that supports Flash or HTML 5.

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Advanced course in Surface Coatings Technology

The course consists of 49 lessons, structured into 6 units. Early units cover the materials used in coating manufacture: polymers, pigments, solvents and additives. The later units cover the formulation and applications of surface coating products.

The recommended pre-requisites are a degree or diploma in chemistry, or relevant industry experience. The eLearning course is self-paced and should take around 60+ hours to complete.

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Introduction to Surface Coatings course

The course is aimed at providing an introduction to the technology, production methods and application processes used in the wider surface coatings industry.

The course is intended to provide sufficient information for an interested participant with no formal chemistry or other technical training to gain a working knowledge of the technical aspects of products used in the industry.

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