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I agree with matt on start up costs. even doing it as a home hobby its quite expensive if you want to do the full range of parts for your own car.
Id say a course is up to you but you may well save the cost of the course in mistakes from learning. Even with fibreglass and general laminating experience, there are a few things with infusion that can be difficult to get right without either practice or the right guidance to put you right.
Id suggest watching the videos in the training area first as they show the correct techniques and shows how the good technique will yeild good results almost every time.
From a business perspective, especially as you are a small starter in a field you havent got loads of experience in, having done a course on resin infusion might help you build credibility with your potential customers. Not sure if the EC courses will have a certificate, but if they do stick it on the wall in your office where you bring customers etc and maybe mention in your "about me" section on your website how youve branched out and had training etc. EC is a respected company in the field now so having done a course with them should hold some credibility.
The composites industry is a bit strange as theres no formal "accreditation" with most of the skills, you cant go and sign up at technical colleges to do carbon composites courses. Where you do courses including composites it is generally a wider course such as manufacturing engineering, or materials engineering, or process engineering based courses with a composites module. So in effect if you want specific training you need to do courses from a respectable company.
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