I recently heard this statement… Potential Customer We save money by just using shadowing to train our employees. My Response Personally, I believe that shadowing alone has shown to be the most costly for any company to rely on for many reasons. First, the best you can hope for is that the employee learns the minimal […]
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Plastics Training
Shadowing vs. On-The-Job Training…
I would like to relay a common misconception I hear on training and clarify two forms of ‘training’ often used my plastics companies… Joe We currently train our people using on-the-job training, we have a new employee follow another employee around for a couple days. My Concern Most people equate ‘shadowing’ with ‘on-the-job’, or OJT. According to Merriam […]
Employees Don’t Like Wearing Safety Glasses…
I was asked this question the other day… Joe We are trying to get everyone to wear safety glasses, but no one likes to wear them, especially management. My Response Basically, this is not a safety issue, this is a management issue. If management believes in an initiative, they need to support it. Managers, engineers, and administrators […]
Significant Figures…
I often see the topic of this question as a source of heated contention for technicians, quality, and engineers… KL Recently, I am having some heated discussion about significant figures, and the internet is not much help in resolving the issue. I am told that if we have five of something, only one significant figure […]
Understanding Torque…
I received this interesting question over the weekend… Bob How do I best explain torque to my operators? My Response Tell them that torque is a measure of rotational force. In other words, the force being applied to rotate something is considered torque. The way torque is calculated is by multiplying the force being applied times the distance it is […]