Operator & Quality Training

Metal Detection Made Simple.

Fewer unnecessary holds. Fewer false rejects. More confidence at the detector.

Give your operators and quality team the practical knowledge to understand why the detector is rejecting, what affects sensitivity, and what to check before good product ends up on hold.

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About an hour, interactive English & Spanish Certificate included
Fortress Stealth metal detector with a green status lamp on a running production line
Line running · Operators trained
  1. 1Understand itWhat the detector is actually seeing
  2. 2Test it correctlyRight piece, right place, right interval
  3. 3Troubleshoot it confidentlyReal problem, or normal product?
  4. 4Document it for the auditA record an auditor can follow
The problem

When the metal detector acts up, the whole line feels it.

A failed test. Repeated false rejects. Product piling up. QA puts everything on hold while someone tries to figure out whether there is actually a problem.

And too often, the first response is:

"Turn the sensitivity down."

The problem isn't always the detector. Operators are expected to run, test and troubleshoot a critical control point without ever being taught what the detector is actually seeing.

That's what this course changes.

Looking through the aperture of a metal detector on a production line
The headache

"Why does it keep rejecting?"

What the course changes

Understand product effect, interference and the common causes of false rejects.

The headache

"It passed yesterday. Why won't it pass today?"

What the course changes

Understand sensitivity, aperture, product conditions and why performance changes.

The headache

"Now what do we do with all this product?"

What the course changes

Know what a failed test means, what to check, when to stop and when to escalate.

Wavesure Inspection Solutions hard hat
Where it comes from

Built from real service calls — not a textbook.

We see what happens when a metal detector becomes the most frustrating machine on the line. This course teaches the same fundamentals our technicians explain in the field, using simple visuals, interactive examples and real-world situations your operators will recognize.

No engineering degree required.

Written by factory-certified technicians
Plain language, one narrator, no jargon
Your site procedure stays the reference
Not a video. A course they operate.

Every module has something to play with — and Continue stays locked until they have done it.

Watching a slide about product effect is one thing. Pushing a wet product to eighty percent and getting a clean pass yourself is another. Each module ends with three questions, and the course only moves forward when the task is done.

Hands-on slide from Module 2: choose a contaminant and move the product phase and product effect sliders
Module 2, hands-on. Pick a metal, move the product from dry to wet, and watch the reading leave — or fail to leave — the product cloud. The task counter unlocks Continue.
  1. M1

    Run a pack through

    Get the signal bar into the red, then change the metal, the aperture and where the sphere sits — and watch what it does to the lamp.

  2. M2

    Beat the product effect

    Take a wet product to eighty percent, then get one clean pass: test piece heard, product not tripping the reject.

  3. M3

    Find the smallest sphere

    Pick a metal and a product and find the smallest sphere that still gets detected — starting with stainless in wet product, the worst case you will ever have to defend.

  4. M4

    Put the test in order

    Sequence the whole test, from picking up the piece to writing the result down, the way an auditor expects to see it.

  5. M5

    Troubleshoot three symptoms

    Three symptoms, three decisions. Pick the right next step for each one before anyone reaches for the sensitivity.

The interactive graphics are teaching tools, not a model of any one detector. Your machine and your site procedure are always the reference — the course says so on slide one.

What they learn

Five short modules, in the order the problems show up.

Every slide is narrated by the same voice, with a hands-on simulation in each module and three questions at the end. Trainees can stop any time and pick up exactly where they left off.

1

How a metal detector works

Coils, the balanced field, sensitivity, and why the middle of the aperture is the weak spot.

2

Your product

Product effect, phase and amplitude, drift, foil and frozen product — and the rule that keeps a CCP honest.

3

Three metals, one test piece

Ferrous, non-ferrous and stainless; why test pieces are certified spheres; what a wire does at the line.

4

Running the test

Where the piece travels, how often, the paperwork, what a failed test means for the product behind it, and the shortcuts that fail audits.

5

When it rejects

The five causes of false rejects, in the order to check them, four things never to do, and when to escalate.

Ferrous test wand, 2.0 mm sphere Non-ferrous test wand, 3.0 mm sphere 316 stainless test wand, 5.0 mm sphere
Ferrous 2.0 mmNon-ferrous 3.0 mm316 stainless 5.0 mm
The three test pieces every operator learns to use. The sizes go up because stainless is the hardest metal to detect — one of the first things Module 3 explains, and one of the first things auditors ask.
Preview

Ninety seconds of Module 2.

Three beats, exactly as your operators will hear them — the same narrator, the same slides. Sound on.

The full course has 90 narrated slides, five hands-on simulations and a signature at the end.

How it works

Set up in a day. No accounts, no passwords, no IT ticket.

Trainees sign in with an 8-character code or a personal link, on any tablet or PC — even a shared tablet on the floor. Your training manager sees every trainee's progress, and the certificates are there when the auditor asks.

Trainee dashboard showing module progress
Step 1

Start with the Starter Package

Five seats plus setup. We create your company, your training manager's sign-in, and hand you a one-page guide. Add seats any time as the team grows.

Manager panel with trainees, codes and progress
Step 2

Add trainees, hand out codes

Name and language is all you need. Print a card with the code and a QR, or send the link. Progress, quiz results and sound-check flags show up as they go.

Certificate of completion
Step 3

Certificates and the register

Each trainee signs on screen and gets a numbered certificate. Export every certificate and a training register in one ZIP for the audit file.

Two operators in hairnets and gloves packing product at the end of a bakery line
Who it is for

The people standing at the detector when it starts rejecting.

Operators, line leads, QA technicians, new hires — and the people who trained them. Written in the words a technician uses on site. No engineering background needed.

HACCP and CCP verification training, with a record that names the person, the course, the date and the result.
Works for any make of metal detector — the physics is the same; the examples are the Fortress systems most of our customers run.
English and Spanish, same content, same certificate. Managers choose the language per trainee.
Runs in the browser on a tablet or PC. Nothing to install.
Questions

What quality managers ask us.

Will this actually cut false rejects and service calls?
That is what it is built for. Most false-reject calls trace to product effect, a setting someone changed, a test run in the wrong place, or metal that is really there — all things an operator can recognize once they understand what the detector reacts to. The course teaches those causes in the order to check them, and when to stop and call. You will still need service for real faults; you will make fewer calls for machines that are fine.
How long does it take?
About an hour — a little less in English, a little more in Spanish, where the narration is fuller. Trainees can stop at any slide and resume later from the same place, so it fits around a shift.
Do trainees need an email address?
No. Each trainee gets an 8-character code or a personal link. A shared tablet on the floor works: sign in, take a module, sign out. The course is built for a tablet or PC screen, not a phone.
What does the certificate show?
Trainee name, course, company, completion date, a unique certificate number and the trainee's signature.
How is it priced?
The Starter Package covers five seats plus setup of your company and training manager. Larger teams get per-seat volume pricing — request a quote below and we will send it the same day.
Is it only for Fortress detectors?
No. The course teaches how any balanced-coil metal detector sees metal and product. The screens and examples are Fortress because that is what most of our customers run and what our technicians service every day.
Can we see who rushed through it?
Yes. The manager's register shows each trainee's progress, quiz results, whether they confirmed they could hear the narration, and a flag if they moved on before the narration finished.
Does it work offline?
It needs an internet connection — Wi-Fi on the floor is enough. Progress is saved as you go, so a dropped connection never loses a slide.
Get started

Request the Starter Package.

Tell us who you are and how many people stand at your detectors. We reply the same business day with a quote and, once approved, your manager sign-in — usually within a day.

Starter Package

  • 5 trainee seats, English or Spanish per trainee
  • Company and training-manager setup
  • Certificates, training register and ZIP export
  • Add seats any time at volume pricing

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