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South Korea’s Samsung Group to Create Thousands of Industrial Jobs

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

On Tuesday the Samsung Group, an electronics firm headquartered in South Korea, announced they will invest upwards of 47.8 trillion won, which translates to approximately 41.56 billion U.S. dollars, in expansion. They plan to spend this year which will prompt them to hire nearly 26,000 new employees. The electronics conglomerate has proposed to largely invest funds in their new business segment. The group is made up of 66 affiliates which range from electronics to insurance and even finance. In South Korea, the top 30 business groups vowed to invest a collective 151.4 trillion won in 2012 and hire nearly 123,000 new workers.

With new plants come new responsibilities and in many cases new hires as well. All plant developers, owners and managers want their new beginning to run smoothly and profitably. So, in an effort to meet that goal, employing a properly trained workforce can help. Over the years technology has greatly affected process monitoring, control and industrial automation which has in turn helped improve productivity. This is precisely why control training and process training are critical when it comes to educating a new staff. Same goes for hydraulic training, pump training and boiler training.

Since all aspects of the manufacturing industry are constantly changing, we recommend keeping your employees up to date on the newest industrial advances and procedures. Online training courseware, like ITC Learning’s, can make training new employees and re-training your existing staff simple and affordable. Our online courseware was built following the SCORM standards so that we could provide our clients with the most user friendly industrial courseware that could be accessed from anywhere. Not only has SCORM allowed us to offer easily accessible online courseware but it also permits us to deliver courses that are easy to track and update, so you can see the progression of your trainees. Contact ITC Learning today to learn more.

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Industrial Training Tips

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

When it comes to training industrial employees, creating a program that is tailored to your organizations specific needs is key. If your training initiatives are not planned with your employees in mind, there’s a good chance you will not achieve your desired outcome. As a manager your priority is to make sure the implemented training program is effective and maximizes your return on investment. Here are a few tips to ensure your goals are met:

Training should be relevant to your organizational needs

The training program that you put in place must relate to the day to day tasks of your employees and should make a distinct connection with the workplace or even your employee’s specific workstation. If this connection is not made, training becomes unrelated and employees are likely to get bored and pay little attention.

Incorporate hands on training

Online courseware, like ITC Leaning’s, is a great way to allow industrial employees to expand their knowledge on their own time and in a comfortable setting. But while reading and doing practice assignments can be helpful, nothing is more beneficial than hands on training. Integrate real life situations into your training program to ensure employee will know what to do when they are no longer reading words but are actually working with industrial equipment. Describing how a process should be done is very different than actually being able to perform the task in a real life scenario, once training is completed.

Spell it out

Your trainees should know exactly what is expected from their training. Explain to your learners how their newly acquired industrial skills will apply to their day to day work. Let them know the basic knowledge they’ll need to have in order to perform well in the training courses and what they are expected to learn from the program as a whole.

Track progress

The only way to know if your industrial training was effective is to follow up. Assess skill sets before and after training to determine if your program was successful. Let your learners know that they will be evaluated on their applied skills once training is over, this may help engage them from the start.

Industrial training is a pertinent aspect of operating an efficient and proficient industrial organization. If not done properly, a lot of time and resources can be wasted. Make sure your goals are well defined and your selected courseware is accurate and up to date. ITC Learning strives to provide superior online courseware for your employees in an effort to improve industrial skills and help your business succeed.

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Basic Hydraulic Training Skills

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

Hydraulic systems are a vital aspect to an array of industries today, among them, manufacturing, construction, and agriculture. Hydraulic systems are used to conduct power through the use of pressurized fluids. Dealing with hydraulic machinery can be extremely dangerous and the fluids can be incredibly toxic. With the proper hydraulic training employees are less likely to injure themselves and others on the job. ITC offers basic and in depth industrial training courseware that will benefit your business and strengthen the knowledge of your industrial employees.

Proper servicing of hydraulic equipment is crucial to maintain optimal performance. Before examining any hydraulic system, all precautionary measures should be taken. First, the system must be shut off. Next, pressure must be alleviated from all lines. Fluid can remain trapped in hoses even when the system is off and may be pressurized at over 2,000 psi. To relieve pressure effectively, move the hydraulic control lever back and forth multiple times. It is important to always refer to the instructions listed in the operator’s manual to ensure all procedures are properly performed.

When attaching hydraulic hoses, each connection must be as tight as possible before pressure is distributed. Employees must also stay away from areas that may expel fluids under high pressure. Workers handling hydraulic systems should ensure all hoses are connected to the appropriate couplings to avoid injuries. If an industrial worker comes in contact with hydraulic fluids, they must seek medical attention immediately.

Allowing your staff to operate these systems without basic hydraulic training skills can not only be potentially hazardous to your employees but also to your business. ITC can help effectively train or re-train your staff in the comfort of their home or office. With interactive and user-friendly software, ITC is a leader in the industrial skills training industry.

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Manufacturing Outlook Improves? What does this means for Training?

Friday, May 20th, 2011

Recently the economic outlook in the manufacturing sector has begun to improve. In fact, Navistar re-hired 150 employees and plans to hired another 100 by 2014. Even Caterpillar has seen a record improvement in profits and has announced expansion projects in its U.S., China and Brazil plants. With this improvement, it’s very likely that there will be an increase in hiring in the manufacturing sector.

When it comes to hiring new employees having a hydraulic training, process training or subject appropriate training program in place is essential in educating your employees about the tasks and equipment they will be using to perform their jobs.  If you produce custom products or use custom equipment, there is no excuse not to have a training program in place, since training companies such as ITC Learning can design custom training programs for your employees.

For instance, if you need to familiarize your new employees with the topic of process training a course on Industrial Process Control techniques, then having them take a training course geared to this topic would be important. New employees will need to know how to manipulate controls to produce an end product with minimum raw materials and energy wasted. Small changes or errors in a process can have a significant impact on the end result.

In the past training was seen as an overhead cost, but at ITC Learning we know that there are actually great benefits to implementing a training program. Training actually increases moral and decreases downtime thus increasing productivity and the bottom line.

Making your training program count is the best return on your investment you can have. Plus, it’s an excellent way to continue to grow your company.

By implementing ITC Learning’s hydraulic training or process training program, we will positively impact how your employees do their jobs, efficiency and product quality.

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Why Hydraulic Training?

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Hydraulics provide the motion, power and the control required to achieve much of what we take for granted in modern life. Without it, we wouldn’t have attractions such as the London Eye or steel to produce skyscrapers. Manufacturing plants that use hydraulic system should be aware of the importance of keeping the equipment clean. In fact, hydraulic systems should be checked for potential oxidation problems and thermal degradation of additives in the hydraulic fluids. This problem is especially common if it is a hydraulic system with a small fluid reservoir.

With hydraulic training, your employees will understand that thermal degradation of the additives in the fluid will cause varnish build up and lead to hydraulic-system valves sticking and operating erratically. If this is not fixed immediately, it can cause bigger problems. In fact, purchasing a new value can cost around $3,000, while cleaning and refurbishing a valve can cost about $2,000.

At ITC Learning, we understand that the economical approach to fixing this problem is to encourage hydraulic training to upper management. Implementing a hydraulic training program is one of the best ways to decrease downtime, maintenance cost and increase profitability. The continued profitability of any manufacturing company depends upon having trained employees that are knowledgeable about hydraulic systems, skilled at troubleshooting problems and maintaining the industrial equipment.

ITC Learning’s hydraulic training program is excellent for the training of mechanics, electricians, and operators that need to learn how to identify system components, read schematics, understand the conditions necessary for proper operation and maintenance of hydraulic systems.

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What is SCORM?

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

SCORM compliant modular training

What does SCORM compliant mean?

SCORM stands for Sharable Courseware Object Reference Model (SCORM), which is a set of specifications that, when applied to course content, produces small, reusable e-Learning objects. A result of the Department of Defense’s Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) initiative, SCORM-compliant courseware elements are easily merged with other compliant elements to produce a highly modular repository of training materials.

SCORM in layman’s terms

Basically, in a general sense, SCORM compliance means that videos and e-Learning tools ensure that it can be played across multiple platforms. Think of it in the context of a DVD release. Say, MGM launches a DVD, but it can only be played on MGM DVD players. Well when you want to watch a Warner Bros. DVD, you have to purchase a Warner Bros. DVD player. You don’t want 10 different DVD players to watch 10 different movies. That’s what SCORM compliance is. You and your business aren’t interested in downloading 10 different video platforms for e-Learning content. SCORM uses a universal code so companies across the board can use the same material. The benefits, along with streamlining the process, allow for a universal adoption of training standards as well. So when a company hires workers that are certified or trained in a particular area, they are hiring an employee with universal training.

E-Learning online courses

The goal is to streamline and simplify the e-Learning experience. Not only do we meet SCORM compliance standards with our instructionally sound and easy-to-use training videos, we minimize bandwidth and security concerns.

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Hydraulic System Training

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

All industrial companies need excellent maintenance personnel to ensure that their hydraulic systems are running in perfect condition. A comprehensive mechanical training program about hydraulic systems is needed to ensure that your employees understand the proper maintenance techniques to use. ITC Learning offers these classes to educate your employees about the basics of hydraulic systems, pressure controls, troubleshooting techniques, and many other subjects.  Your employees will need to know how to drain and replace the hydraulic fluid when required as well as provide proper maintenance. They will also learn about hydraulic filters, fluids, and reservoirs, which are an important part of keeping the machines running properly.

ITC Learning’s mechanical training course will help your employees to eliminate hydraulic failure rather than to simply prepare for failure.  Most companies don’t plan or have good procedures, and “allow” the hydraulic system to control the maintenance on them, which makes it more costly to fix. But when you have a trained mechanic monitoring the hydraulic system, problems can be predicted and fixed before they develop into major issues. Our comprehensive mechanical training is the ideal way to prepare your employees to perform their jobs properly. Don’t let the lack of maintenance to hydraulic systems cause component and system failure because your personnel don’t understand the proper maintenance techniques.  ITC Learning can effectively train your employees in everything hydraulic.

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