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Industrial Skills Training for Small Companies

People are human, we make mistakes. However, in a small or mid-sized industrial plant mistakes can be extremely costly. These errors are usually committed because of omissions or lack of knowledge on your employees’ part. A good strategy to reduce errors is to provide industrial skills training to your employees. Many small and mid-sized companies can benefit from addressing their employee needs and finding out what subjects they need to be taught....

Maintenance Training Equals Plant Safety

We don’t always react the right way or the way we’re expected to in life. But in a plant setting reacting without thinking can be a dangerous thing. For instance, when a machine begins to perform erratically, the operator might become frustrated and reach in to remove the obstructing material. But, this reaction may cause the operator to physically injury himself. By not adequately training your maintenance employees and technicians you’re only...

Mechanical Training

Since the industrial revolution, our society has becomes more and more dependent upon the use of machinery to power and operate our plants and factories. Today, there is an even greater dependency upon those individuals that are skilled at keeping those machines running smoothly. It’s the mechanics, hydraulics technicians, electricians, and operators who are the unsung heroes that keep everything from the power plant machines to electrical systems running smoothly. What would...

What’s Determines Your Maintenance Strategy?

When you become sick and have to visit the doctor, the first thing he or she wants to know is what your symptoms are. It’s necessary for a doctor to know this so they can make an accurate diagnosis. In predictive maintenance, equipment operators do the same thing except they have a more hands on approach. They observe and note the indicators that may signal that there might be a problem. From...

How to Identify your Industrial Training Needs

You know when to walk your dog, change your eye contact solution and take your car to the mechanic. These things come naturally to us………… or the directions tell us when it’s time. But do you know when your employees need training? You can identify whether an industrial training program is need by asking yourself: • How well are we doing? • How productive are our employees? • If there is already...

What’s the Cost of Doing Nothing?

Many people fear change, but sometimes the cost of maintaining the status quo is too high. Often, we would rather do nothing than upset the balance. It’s even become a default solution. But in a manufacturing plant, doing nothing can be detrimental to both the equipment and the facility as a whole. Yet in many plants, you can often see the cost of doing nothing many times throughout the day. For instance,...

Visual Aids in Training

Humans are visual creatures. Most people prefer to see a picture than have to read the story, that’s why for years Google and Yahoo! have included images in search results of a search. With that said, you can see why visual aids are an important tool in teaching people in any field, even those in manufacturing environments, about a specific topic. ITC Learning has incorporated this teaching principle into its online, CD-ROM,...

What Makes a Quality Boiler Control Maintenance Training Program?

Most people wouldn’t mind substituting their Mazda for a BMW or a studio apartment for a house, but there are some things you wouldn’t want a substitute for. We all know there is no substitute for an effective training program, especially a manufacturing training program that offers interactive and accessible courses developed and taught by experienced instructors. For instance, if your program is about boiler control then the course will emphasize all...

How To Begin An Industrial Training Program

If you needed to get to work but you don’t know how to drive, would you get into a car with someone with good intentions but no license and driving experience? Would you hire an account with no experience to do your taxes or one who has done taxes his entire life? The answer to these two questions is, of course, a definite no. It would prove detrimental to you and your...

Control Valve Training

Choosing the right control valve is as important as training your manufacturing employees to properly operate them. With appropriate manufacturing training, you can reduce valve failure and keep your employees and the work environment safe. After completing ITC Learning’s manufacturing training class, your employees will realize that control valves is more than just the turning on and shutting off of fluids. They will gain the skills and knowledge to: • Understand how...

Is Your Maintenance Training Program Working?

There are many reasons why a maintenance training program is not working as it should. If you currently have a maintenance training program in place, but you’ve found that your employees haven’t learned the skills needed to do their jobs properly, it’s time to re-evaluate your training program. Does your maintenance training program cater to the needs of each employee? Is your maintenance training program too lengthy, not giving your employees enough...

Maintenance for Air Compressors

The lung is the original air compressor, and like this essential organ air compressors are vital to the smooth operation of many manufacturing facilities. Since air compressors supply and power a variety of equipment, such as pneumatic tools, they are one of the most important components in a manufacturing plant. Air compressors are used in plants that require air to be decreased in volume or increased in force. Just like in the...

Safety Training for your Manufacturing Employees

The first safety class you attended was probably in kindergarten where you learned it’s not safe to talk to strangers, play with fire, and cross the street alone. As we got older, safety classes evolved from what not to do to CPR and first aid classes. So employees have the right to expect their company to offer manufacturing safety training courses, especially if the organization requires them to use and work around...

What’s your excuse for not having an Industrial Training Program?

Most people know what’s good for them. We know it’s better to slow down at the yellow light than to speed right through. We know it’s better to pay attention to the road than to text or talk on the phone while driving. Yet we still multitask while operating a vehicle going 45 miles per hour or more although we know it’s not safe. We like to think we know what’s best...