Up Time Magazine - December 2008/January 2009 - (Page R14) Paper 05 Keith Mobley on Developing An Effective Workforce Join Maintenance Engineering Handbook Author and Reliability Excellence guru Keith Mobley for a no-hold’s barred discussion about what works and as important – what does not work when developing a maintenance team. Paper 10 Developing A Skilled Workforce: Shaw Industries’ START Program by Mr. Casey Wagner, Industrial Maintenance Training Manager, Shaw Industries Group and Mr. Eric Rodgers, General Physics This presentation focuses on the core strategies and tactical actions deployed in launching and sustaining a multidiscipline maintenance performance improvement training program. It also addresses the program from the initial planning stage, to designing and developing the maintenance training program, and ending with implementation and evaluation of the program. Furthermore, it begins with the business realization of labor shortages and lack of available skilled maintenance personnel. The resource limitation left Shaw with the task of internally developing those resources and creating a training process that maximizes the learner’s time and focus on critical knowledge and skill elements. Maintenance training requires substantial structured on-the-job training and hands-on application of the training practices; the presentation reviews the various hands-on applications that were crafted specifically for this program, ensuring site-specific learning. Concluding, this presentation outlines the core actions Shaw and GP undertook to architect a sustainable maintenance training program and the presentation discusses the challenges associated with such an undertaking as well as the benefits and rewards. Paper 15 Aging Workforce Exodus by Dave Abecunas, Signum Group There is a tremendous amount of experience and knowledge that will be leaving the workforce as Baby Boomers retire. Many companies have not either recognized the full impact, or made any concessions for dealing with this mass exodus of knowledge. This is due to the fact that they are not dealing with capital shortages as yet due to this event. This presentation outlines of steps that need to be taken to prevent negative consequences. Paper 20 Blended Training: Combining Live Training And e-Learning For Optimum Results by Jason Tranter, Director, Mobius Institute This paper will discuss the strengths and weakness of both live training, and e-learning methods. The paper will then discuss the benefits of the combined approach; using e-learning techniques to prepare the student before the live course, using software simulators during the live course, and again using elearning methods to provide refresher training after the course. The paper will also discuss the use of live Webinars to enhance distance learning. Paper 25 There’s More To Training Than Skills Development By Ken Bass, Field Manager, Management Resources Group, Inc. Have you considered what type of training leads to success? There’s more to training than skills development. It takes more than the traditional training on re-vamped processes and methods to ensure a program’s success. Training is vital so that the entire organization understands their new roles and responsibilities. It requires a more holistic approach to your Reliability Improvement training program. The presentation will address what happens when the employees see the reliability initiatives as only benefitting the company. It will address “What’s in it for me?” Also, it will review and bring to your attention, the other aspects involved in training that you may want to consider. Paper 30 Advanced Degree Programs For Maintenance And Reliability Panel Discussion by Wes Hines, University of Tennessee and Ray Beebe, Monash University, Australia The University of Tennessee’s Maintenance and Reliability Center partners with Monash University, Australia’s largest university and an accredited member of Australia’s “Big Eight”, to provide an application-oriented program of advanced education. This program is now in the 8th year in North America and has been in existence over twenty years in Australia. This web-enhanced self study program has proven very successful for working professionals who can not reside near campus. Join representatives from each program to discuss professional development for maintenance and reliability professionals. Paper 35 Craft Training Solutions For A Retiring Workforce by Chuck Kooistra, General Physics This presentation focuses on strategic and tactical methods to address aging and retiring skilled trades’ workforces in the future. The discussion starts with framing data associated with an aging workforce and the reality of a labor shortage that could potentially have crippling impacts. The presentation continues on to review real world solutions through actual case studies of successful skilled trades’ workforce solutions. Paper 40 Workforce Development by Ramesh Gulati, Asset Management and Reliability Planning Manager, ATA/Arnold Engineering Development Center It is all about people. They get things done. We may have great plans and the best processes but; if we don’t have the people available with right skills, these plans and processes can’t be implemented or carried out effectively. Developing people – the workforce and empowering them to give their best is key to defining the difference between just a company and a great organization. Of course, the processes must be in place to nurture and harness (utilize) the potential of human capital. The maintenance and reliability processes are no different than any other processes in any industrial set-up. Organizations that are considered to be the “Best of the Best” or “World Class” use many of the same key principles. RCM/EAM/MTrain Conferences | Reliability2.0™ | Join the Conversation
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