At the end of the course, learners will:

• Appreciate why it is important to measure and control the surfaces of manufactured objects and understand why the use of standard surface texture parameters increases confidence in measurement.
• Understand how surfaces can be represented mathematically as a surface topography, and how that topography can be filtered for the relevant length scales and summarised using surface texture parameters.
• Be aware that surface topography can be measured using different kinds of measuring instruments, and that metrological characteristics are used to quantify important strengths and weaknesses of these instruments.
• Understand the general concept of calibration and adjustment, as relevant to surface topography measurement.
• Be more familiar with the terminology and the standardisation framework surrounding the metrology of surfaces.