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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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Air Compressor and Pneumatic Tool Safety

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

Air compressors are used in a wide variety of fields, from manufacturing and industrial plants to commercial businesses and households. Among their many functions, air compressors are used to power pneumatic tools. These air tools utilize tough flexible hosing to connect to an air compressor that channels 60-120 pounds of air per square inch. The compressed air moves pistons back and forth that in turn power the pneumatic tools. While air compressors and pneumatic tools offer your business the opportunity to complete large jobs quicker and more efficiently, like all industrial equipment, they can potentially harm your employees and your project. An advanced skill set achieved through proper training will decrease the chances of injury on the job and allow your employees to use pneumatic tools safely and successfully. ITC offers extensive training courseware that will further educate you and your staff on the essential skills to operate industrial equipment properly. Below are just a few tips for air compressor and pneumatic tool safety.

Air Compressors

  • Drain the tank every 4 hours to reduce the chances of rust building up.
  • Never set air pressure greater than an attachment’s rating.
  • If you are using a compressor powered by an engine, check the oil level before each use.
  • Let the engine cool completely before you refuel.
  • Clean the air filter often to prevent dust and debris from reaching the pump.
  • Follow the maintenance schedule regularly to ensure your compressor performs safely and effectively.

Pneumatic Tools

  • Always read the manufacturer’s instruction manual before operating a tool, no matter what your skill set, you should be fully educated on each specific tool before using it.
  • Blow excess air out of the line before connecting any tool.
  • Double check to ensure the tool is properly and securely attached to the hose.
  • Wear safety goggles, gloves and hearing protection when operating an air compressor and pneumatic tools.
  • Do not use compressed air for cleaning purposes unless you utilize an attachment that will reduce the air pressure at the nozzle to 30 psi or less.

Industrial equipment and tools such as air compressors and pneumatic tools should always be operated by a capable and trained professional. To guarantee your staff is adequately trained, utilize the ITC industrial training courseware to educate them on safe practices.

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Pneumatic Mechanical Training

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

An incredible amount of manufacturing systems use the force and power of air to run their machinery, which is why pneumatic mechanical training is so important. In pneumatic training, employees are taught to understand the system operation as a whole to determine how the different components affect the system. Because all pneumatic systems have a common basic function, our curriculum teaches employees the skills to deal with any pneumatic equipment. It’s important for employees to know that pneumatic systems receive energy from the prime mover and transfer that energy as air pressure and flow which then uses the energy to produce mechanical motion.

Understanding the operations of pneumatic instruments, the importance of filters in a pneumatic system, and how temperature and pressure affects the dew point are just few of the other topics that will be addressed in our pneumatic training course.  Our training curriculum will ensure that your employees will understand the fundamentals of air pressure, which does the work faster and more efficiently than when it is done by hand.  Plus, our course will ensure that your employees have the ability to troubleshoot problems on any pneumatic system. Your employees will also learn that the first step in the troubleshooting process is to determine the operating characteristics of the operating system as a whole. Participants of the pneumatic training program will be exposed to both basic and complex pneumatic systems. At ITC Learning, we know that it will benefit your company to take the time to ensure that pneumatic operators are fully trained, certified and are able to perform their jobs properly.

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