4TUNHub Academy · Cohort 0
CSWA Bootcamp. Cohort 0.
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Eight live evenings to get you ready for the Certified SolidWorks Associate exam. Free for the 20 people we select — and everyone who finishes leaves with a free exam voucher.
Applications closed on 11 October and Cohort 0 is under way. Cohort 1 opens in January: leave your address and you hear first.
Tell me when Cohort 1 opens- Price
- Free
- Seats
- 20, by application
- Dates
- 21 Oct – 13 Nov 2026
- Schedule
- Wed & Fri, 19:30–20:30
- Where
- Online, link sent to you
- Language
- English
What you leave with
Ready to sit the CSWA.
By the last Friday you will have modelled exam-style parts, built an assembly, answered mass-property questions in the format the exam checks, and passed two timed mock exams. Between sessions, one exercise a week in a small WhatsApp group. Finish the cohort and you also leave with a free CSWA exam voucher.
The best part
The exam, paid for.
Sitting the CSWA costs $99, and that single number is why most of the engineers who could pass it never take it. Everyone who finishes Cohort 0 receives a voucher for it, free, at the end of the four weeks.
Whether and when you sit the exam is still your choice — the voucher is yours either way.
The programme
Four weeks, mapped to what the exam tests.
Week 1
21–23 Oct
Wednesday
Sketching, relations and fully defined sketches
Friday
Extrude, revolve and cut: a first exam-style part
Exercise
Two parts from drawings
Week 2
28–30 Oct
Wednesday
Fillets, patterns, shells and ribs
Friday
Materials and mass properties, in the answer format the CSWA checks
Exercise
Three mass-property parts
Week 3
4–6 Nov
Wednesday
Assemblies and mates
Friday
Coordinate systems and the centre of mass of an assembly
Exercise
One assembly, three questions
Week 4
11–13 Nov
Wednesday
Drawings, then exam strategy and timing
Friday
A timed mock exam, reviewed live
Exercise
Mock exam 2, at home
The deal
Free, not casual.
A seat is free because we want the first results to be real. In return, we ask for three things.
Be there
Attend at least 6 of the 8 sessions.
Do the work
Hand in the weekly exercise.
Share the result
Sit the final mock exam, share your score, and record a short video — half a minute, your own words, on what you can do now that you could not do in October.
Miss the commitment and the seat goes to the next person on the waiting list.
Under way
The dates.
Key dates
Sun 11 Oct
Applications close
Fri 16 Oct
Every applicant gets a reply
Wed 21 Oct
First session
Fri 13 Nov
Timed mock exam
Who teaches Cohort 0.
Twenty engineers, eight evenings, two instructors. The results are published in the week of 16 November, and Cohort 1 opens in January.
Who teaches
Donfack Fortune
Mechanical engineer and state-accredited educator: CSWP-certified and a CSWE candidate. He has taught more than 300 students.
Read his story
Co-instructor · MKV Academy
Joseph Celestine Donald, CSWE
Certified SOLIDWORKS Expert and co-founder of MKV Academy, which publishes technical e-books and courses for engineers. He shares the teaching of Cohort 0 and the guidance on its practical work.
Visit MKV AcademyApplications closed on 11 October and Cohort 0 is under way. Cohort 1 opens in January: leave your address and you hear first.
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