
Welcome to Iain Macleod Associates
Iain Macleod Associates Ltd has been providing training and consultancy services for industry since 1991.
We are the UK’s leading provider of training in Geometrical Tolerancing, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), ISO Geometrical Product Specification (ISO GPS), BS 8888 and mechanical specification. We provide training courses on-site for a wide variety of clients, spread across a broad range of industries.
Our courses are certified by the Institution of Engineering Designers, and are available as accredited courses through the National Physical Laboratory training framework.
We are an approved supplier to BAE Systems.
We provide training throughout the UK and Ireland, and also run courses in Europe, the Far East and South Africa. We run several public courses each year which you can book individual places on.
For more information regarding our courses please visit our courses page.
All courses are available for online as well as on-site delivery. Online training has many benefits:
- Free of geographical restrictions – delegates can participate from diverse geographical locations
- Resource-light – delegates can participate from home, from their desks at work, or even from a beach! No special training facilities are required.
- Low carbon footprint – no travel required for trainer or trainees
- Lower cost – we charge less for online training
Opportunity
We are looking for someone to join our training delivery team on a part-time basis. Training can be provided. Please contact us with details if you are interested. Requirements:
- UK-based
- Willing to travel
- Suitable engineering degree or apprenticeship
- Relevant experience in design, manufacture or metrology
- Good presentation skills
Iain Macleod is the chair of ISO Technical Committee 213, which is responsible for international standards for Geometrical Tolerancing and Geometrical Product Specification. This is an active technical committee, comprising around 15 working and advisory groups, with the participation of around a hundred experts from over 20 different countries. Within TC213 he acts as convenor on Working Group 17, is the UK principle expert on Working Group 18, and also chairs Advisory Group 1 for strategic planning.
He is also chair of the BSI Technical Committee TPR/1, which is responsible for British Standards in the area of Technical Product Realization, and subcommittee TPR/1/8, which is responsible for the development and maintenance of BS 8888.

Iain Macleod - Managing Director