Introduction to Ant Training Academy (Maintenance Training Guide)

I. What is Ant Training Academy (ATA)?

Bitmain has been keeping eyes on the dissemination of its product knowledge and the inheritance of technological capabilities since the establishment in 2013. Bitmain has been committed to enhancing the integral standard of the related personnel and promoting ecologically sustainable development in this field with its initial internal training and the ‘VIP Customers Maintenance Training’ launched in 2017.

‘Ant Training Academy’ is a training service upgrading project (hereinafter referred to as ‘Ant Academy’ or ‘Academy’) launched by Bitmain based on years of knowledge dissemination and technology inheritance and accumulation. It is the sole training institution and certification authority officially certified by Antminer. Currently, the core course of our academy is maintenance training, with its purpose of allowing more participants to further develop the skills needed in maintaining Antminers and later more training courses will be launched in accordance with various needs.

II. When does ATA begin?

ATA begins when the number of registered participants reaches 16 for each quarter of the year (Successful registrants will be set in accordance with payment order). The duration of each training period is two weeks.

Company Add: Building No.7, Pengcheng Logistics Park, Shajing Subdistrict，Bao'an District, Shenzhen, China

Training Site: Maintenance Training Room on the Fourth Floor, Shenzhen Century Cloud Core Technologies Ltd.

III. What will you learn in ATA?

At present, Ant Training Academy provides the level-1 maintenance training course and the level-2 maintenance training course. The specific contents are as follows:

* No welding training and basic mining machine model maintenance training will be provided for the level-2 course, so the trainees must have welding foundation and mining machine maintenance experience. Trainees are required to choose the corresponding courses according to their abilities. Otherwise, the academy will have the right to refuse your application and will not be responsible for the final training effect.

IV. What will you receive after successfully completing the ATA course?

Successful participants will receive a “Certificate of Accomplishment” corresponding to their skill level. ATA certificates will be used as the global standards in classifying an individual’s maintenance ability to repair Antminers. The certificate shall also be used in reference to set an individual’s maintenance fee price. In addition, extra awards have also been prepared for excellent participants of each period!

The information below is achievements levels and further accomplishments

V. How much is the fee?

In order to ensure the training quality and provide a better service to participants, Antminer Training Academy will charge appropriate fees.

1. Charges Notes:

Note: Maintenance training tools include Hashboard tester, Heat gun, Soldering iron, Multimeter, USB adapter, Bevel cutter, Tweezers, Blade, Solder Tip.

Once the application is approved, the system status will switch to "Approved", please fulfill the payment in "My Service Order".

(Please follow the steps to complete the payment: shop.bitmain.com >> Log into your account >> User Center >> After-sales Service >> My Service Order >> Pay)

*Training arrangement will be set according to the participant’s payment order, and the paid tuition is nonrefundable.

2. The fee shall be deducted or waived in such cases：

① For those who complete new course registration and payment between January to April 2021 will receive:

• $50 off coupon on course material purchase;
• A chance to win a $300 registration discount;

② Providing the individual who will attend the training possesses a diploma in electronics or relevant national certified maintenance technician certificate, there will be a $30 discount for the order.

③ Retaking the training for free (No service will be offered including food, accommodation and tools, etc.)

Note: The trainee who failed the final assessment can reapply the training for free within 30 days after the complement of the current training (No service will be offered including food, accommodation and tools, etc.). The personnel participating in the training is forbidden to change. Each training order only has one chance to reapply. Besides, the trainee shall not participate in the selection of the “Best Student”.

④ Meeting other preferential policies.

Coupons shall not be used in combination, the coupon with the highest value shall prevail.

VI. Preparations before Training

1. Essential Preparation

Each participant needs to bring 1 computer, 1 USB disk (16G), 4 microSD cards(8G),1 adapter(for tester) and 1 card reader.

2. Optional Preparation 

For the individual who has chosen Package C and Package D in the application of the Level-2 Maintenance Course, please note that you shall purchase the tools shown below by yourself and take the tools to the training site:

*There is no need for the trainee to purchase the hashboard tester since it will be provided when training; it is forbidden to take it away after the training ends.

VII. How to apply to join ATA?

Apply online through the official website：https://shop.bitmain.com/support/apply/create

Contact Antminer sales for more help now!

China：haiyun.zou@bitmain.com

Europe, Middle East&CIS：yucheng.ji@bitmain.com

Asia-Pacific & North, Central, and South America：ziyang.he@bitmain.com

OR Apply Online here>>

Ⅷ. Matters needing attention during the stay at Ant Academy

1. The trainee's information is consistent with the registration form, specifically for checking the ID card into the factory area;

2. No luggage is allowed to be brought into the factory area;

3. Smoking and photography are prohibited in the factory and once found, the assessment qualification will be canceled;

4. Training time: 8:30-18:00, being late and leaving early for 3 times will result in disqualification;

5. Smoking is not allowed in the park during the training period (no more than 10 minutes of smoking outside in the morning and afternoon); during the training, it is not allowed to eat or sleep in the workplace, and it is not allowed to hang out in other parts of the company;

6. Toolboxes are not allowed to be placed under the table, and the workplaces must be neat and tidy;

7. Examine theoretical knowledge and manual work. Each group exchanges the engineer for assessment, and no maintenance machine will be issued if they fail to pass;

8. It is strictly forbidden to modify the miner configuration of the teaching mining machines without permission and obtain the illegal profits; once found, he/she may not be qualified to take the assessment;

9. Cheating and substitution are strictly prohibited in the exam. If any violation of discipline is found in the exam, the exam qualification will be canceled and the results will be invalidated;

10. Tools, machines and scrap boards need to be signed for collection, and if they are lost, compensation shall be made at the same price;

11. If man-made damage leads to scrap, compensation shall be made at the same price.

Warm Prompt:

*Training arrangement will be set according to the participant’s payment order, and the paid tuition is nonrefundable.

*Once the participant confirms the training schedule and decides to change the date, the participant MUST apply for rescheduling at least 10 days before the commencement date of the current training. If the participant is unable to attend the training due to personal reasons, he/she will be deemed to have given up the current training, The expenses paid shall not be extended or refunded. Please report to the designated location on time in accordance with the notification time. The after-sales service center will assume that the training qualification is waived if you fail to arrive at the training site on the specified date.

*Once the participant confirms the training schedule and decides to change the participant, the participant MUST apply for the replacement at least 10 days before the commencement date of the current training. If the participant is unable to attend the training due to personal reasons, he/she will be deemed to have given up the current training, The expenses paid shall not be extended or refunded. The participant must present a valid certificate such as the ID card for entry admission. If there is no name on the entry form, admission shall be denied.

 The final interpretation right of the above terms belongs to Ant Training Academy.

Please contact us at training@bitmain.com for additional issues, we will reply within 3 working days. 

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