Workforce Development
Does Your Machine Shop Need a Human Resources Professional?
Straton Industries employs a full-time HR person as part of its staff of 78. The owner now realizes the shop could have benefited from this help even when the staff was much smaller. Companies overlook the value and importance of this role.
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3 Ways to Help New Engineers Understand Manufacturing
Priorities, processes and personnel are three things new engineers must understand about the shop floor.
Read MoreATEK Metal Technologies Donation Enables High School to Establish Technical Program
The firm will also help the school teach a foundry course next semester.
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Is Gen Z the Answer to the Skills Gap?
There are signs this generation could be. But it might take effort on your part presenting your shop’s capabilities and career opportunities in different ways.
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3 Major Trends in Manufacturing (And They All Begin with “A”)
Peter Zelinski sees three long-term trends that continue to reshape manufacturing.
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Ahaus Celebrates Apprenticeship Program's 40th Anniversary
Ahaus has invested in the training of nearly 100 apprentices in the past 40 years, with 43 of those apprentices graduating from the program with a post-secondary degree.
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Miller Electric's Insight Centerpoint Welding Software Enables Job Tracking
Centerpoint 10 is designed for greater ease of use, faster startup time and a shortened learning curve.
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How to Effectively Train CNC Machine Operators
A blended-learning approach uses external resources to teach the basics, saving in-house training for company-specific issues.
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NIMS Announces CAM Credentials
The new credentials are based on standards developed in partnership with and sponsored by Autodesk.
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News of Note: September 2019
A free workforce development event aims at young people and formerly incarcerated folks, NIMS launches new part inspection certification, and other industry news.
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