by Ken Bannister, MEch (UK), CMRP, MLE, Editor | Apr 3, 2022 | Newsletter Column, Training & Qualification
Among the business-related impacts of COVID-19 has been a dramatic reduction in the need for and delivery methods of industrial training. Operational cut-backs, social distancing, and the awkwardness of Zoom-type sessions have helped drive people toward online...
by Bob Williamson, CMRP, CPMM, MIAM, Editor | Aug 23, 2021 | Training & Qualification, Workforce Issues
Imagine that you’re 15 years old. You like new technology. You’re a whiz at strategy games. You built your own computer and set up a wireless network in your home. You’re yearning for your first car. You have fleeting thoughts about you might want to do when you grow...
by Bob Williamson, CMRP, CPMM, MIAM, Editor | Aug 9, 2021 | Training & Qualification, Workforce Issues
According to Monster’s “The Future of Work 2021: Global Hiring Outlook” report, the skills gap is widening. The top hurdle that hiring managers expect to face in 2021 remains the skills gap and its impact on finding qualified candidates. A third of U.S. employers say...
by Heinz Bloch, P.E., Editor | Jul 25, 2021 | The Bloch Files, Training & Qualification
In virtually every modern process plant, we will always find operating, maintenance, and reliability/technical job functions. The most profitable of these facilities have managed to train their personnel. They also will have implemented organizational and other...
by Bob Williamson, CMRP, CPMM, MIAM, Editor | Jun 4, 2021 | Training & Qualification, Workforce Issues
Permit me to do some recapping here: In my May 31, 2021, newsletter column for The RAM Review (see link below), I brought up a report issued by the MIT Sloan School of Management’s Task Force on Work of the Future in the fall of 2020. It discussed the...
by Bob Williamson, CMRP, CPMM, MIAM, Editor | May 23, 2021 | Training & Qualification, Workforce Issues
My recent series of discussions in The RAM Review (see links below) have focused on the topic of workforce-development strategies and planning. As I’ve mentioned before, workforce development is not merely training. In this article, I discuss how competency building...
by Bob Williamson, CMRP, CPMM, MIAM, Editor | May 15, 2021 | Training & Qualification, Workforce Issues
This article is the third in a series of discussions (see links below) on workforce development in the post-pandemic era. Some key points from the previous two installments include the fact that, going forward, industrial operations will need to include a focus on the...
by Bob Williamson, CMRP, CPMM, MIAM, Editor | May 8, 2021 | Training & Qualification, Workforce Issues
This article is the second piece in a series of discussions on workforce development in the post-pandemic era. To re-cap the first installment: Since workforce issues have plagued many industry sectors for years, some for decades, our “new normal” must...
by Bob Williamson, CMRP, CPMM, MIAM, Editor | May 2, 2021 | Newsletter Column, Plant Operations, Training & Qualification, Workforce Issues
This column kicks off a new series of discussions in The RAM Review on workforce development in the post-pandemic era. Because workforce issues have plagued many industry sectors for years, some for decades, the “new normal” we’re in must include a...
by Bob Williamson, CMRP, CPMM, MIAM, Editor | Apr 22, 2021 | Training & Qualification, Workforce Issues
On-job training (OJT) is the most common approach to skills development in the industrial workplace. Unfortunately, OJT is often treated as a “follow me around and you’ll pick it up” method, also known as “helper” training. This form of unstructured OJT frequently...
