Roundtable on Industry Training
October 1, 2009Comments
If you manage or implement training at your company, this is your once-a-year opportunity to meet face-to-face with peers who have the same responsibilities and face the same challenges you encounter. PMA’s 15th Annual Trainers Roundtable will be held October 21-22 at PMA headquarters in Cleveland, OH.
The program begins with a networking dinner and agenda-building session on the evening of October 21. Attendees then will be treated to two presentations, one at the evening session and one to kick off the morning on October 22.
Reyna Dickensheets, employee education manager at Pridgeon & Clay, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI, will describe its internally developed and implemented training program for all existing and new automatic press operators. Then, Dan Keller, assembly quality specialist at Minster Machine Co., Minster, OH, will describe the company’s Future Workforce Development Initiative. This program targets engineering through trainee engineering programs (part-time high school), intern opportunities (early college summer work terms) and co-op opportunities (advanced college work terms) and OEM assembly through a 30-month apprenticeship program.
Among discussion items at past roundtables: training for skilled trades/ apprenticeships/pay-for-skills, computer-based training/e-learning, training assessment/needs analysis, measuring ROI for training, and funding sources. Contact Amy Thacker at 216/901-8800, athacker@pma.org, to learn more.
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