Many of you first heard about in February at SolidWorks World 2009.  Some of you may have read about it in an article on my blog. Well, it is now official; Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. (DS SolidWorks) has activated the SolidWorks Engineering Stimulus Package™ program to give displaced employees a chance to learn valuable new career skills in 3D Modeling and creating documentation from those models.

Any US or Canadian resident is eligible for the SolidWorks Engineering Stimulus Package, which includes: 

• SolidWorks Student Design Kit software which provides you with a 90-day license of the software for non-commercial use.  This kit also includes tutorials and documentation for learning the software, plus the SolidWorks eDrawings®, an email-enabled file sharing tool;
• Hands-on test drives and other training from participating SolidWorks value-added resellers (VARs) throughout the United States and Canada.
• Access to the SolidWorks Customer Portal for support, networking, and discussion.
• Free certification testing where you have a chance to become a Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA), a credential that documents a level of competence in using the SolidWorks software, and distinguishes job candidates for selective employers.

DS SolidWorks will also expand this program to other geographical regions in coming months.
To participate in or learn more about the SolidWorks Engineering Stimulus Package, visit www.solidworks.com/ESP.

Good Luck!

Comments

[Paul Lemke]

Does anyone think this is going to flood the market with beginners and make it harder to get a job? The CSWA is not an advanced extra training to help manufacturing people who have lost a job it is to help new people who do not know of cad software and help them move into a manufacturing job. Isn't it? where is the help for the loyal talented lot that need to say learn a different set of manufacturing skills? Like the product designer that now needs to be a machine designer and doesn't know the first thing about GD&T machine design etc.