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Educated plant maintenance
Joel Leonard says career and technical education can fill the gap in American school systems.
Post Date: 11/07/2011
Author: Joel Leonard, contributing editor

Keep maintenance staff informed with break room training
Plant personnel receive training on plant assets during their free time.
Post Date: 07/27/2011
Author: Martin Tauber and Jim Lowe, Barber Foods

Gaming environments simulate plant maintenance
Mike Bacidore, chief editor, says gaming interfaces are finding their way to the plant floor.
Post Date: 05/09/2011
Author: Mike Bacidore, chief editor

The Big Picture: Grainger works to revitalize the supply of skilled tradespeople in the U.S.
<i>Grainger CEO Jim Ryan discusses what his company is doing about the shortage of skilled tradespeople.</i>
Post Date: 04/07/2011
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Use education and training to elimate the skilled labor shortage
Joel Leonard, contributing editor, says community colleges and associations are joining the maintenance recruitment campaign.
Post Date: 03/10/2011
Author: Joel Leonard, contributing editor

American workforce needs to retool its skill set
NBC's Tom Brokaw reports on the shift away from old-line manufacturing by the American worker towards information, science, and technology. How can the American worker acquire this new skill set for the next generation of quality jobs?
Post Date: 03/03/2011
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U.S. educational system can learn from Finland
Joel Leonard, contributing editor, says schools in Finland can teach something to U.S. schools.
Post Date: 02/14/2011
Author: Joel Leonard, contributing editor

Study shows lack of compressed-air-system training
Compressed training: U.S. Department of Energy study reveals shortfall in understanding air-compressor efficiency benefits.
Post Date: 01/13/2011
Author: Ron Marshall, Compressed Air Challenge

Unions tout the benefits of safety training for members
Job-site safety is everyone's business: Mechanical contractors bring safe practices to the job.
Post Date: 01/10/2011
Author: Stephen Lamb, Executive Vice President of the MCA of Chicago

Spread the word about the maintenance and reliability career
Joel Leonard, contributing editor, says correct the ignorance of the reliability profession.
Post Date: 12/09/2010
Author: Joel Leonard, contributing editor

Skill TV: Aligning workers with in-demand skills
John P. Metcalf, senior partner with Strategic Community Planning, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce, explores how sector strategies can help build talent pipelines into the demand industries.
Post Date: 11/08/2010
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Skill TV: Tracking assets, equipment and resources
Paul Bennett, managing director of Relegen, explains how asset DNA allows users to track assets throughout their lifecycle.
Post Date: 11/08/2010
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Skill TV: Focusing on organizational change
Author Steve Thomas explores why task-based change fails in organizations, concentrating on strategic aspects of change and the organizational culture.
Post Date: 11/08/2010
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Skill TV: Training through the screen
Will Hall and Anthony Knotts from VP Marketing explain how video-based technology can help disseminate educational information and fight the skilled labor shortage.
Post Date: 11/08/2010
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Skill TV: Innovations in education
Walter Dalton, lieutenant governor of North Carolina, explains how the Innovative Education Initiatives Act and customized education help students prepare for a 21st century economy.
Post Date: 09/13/2010
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Skill TV: Advancing education with technology
Walter Dalton, lieutenant governor of North Carolina, and Paul Dordal, executive director of the BRAC Regional Task Force, explore how enhanced classrooms and tools can aid in the education process.
Post Date: 09/13/2010
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Skill TV: Game-changing tools and strategies
Shon Isenhour from ABB and Bobby Edwards from Enterprise Asset Solutions are utilizing technologies and empowering workers to ensure success.
Post Date: 08/09/2010
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Skill TV: Investing in certification
Barb Dunlavey and Butch DiMezzo from SMRP explain how partnerships and networking opportunities are uniting maintenance professionals around the world.
Post Date: 08/09/2010
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Skill TV: Advancing the profession of maintenance and reliability
Barb Dunlavey and Butch DiMezzo from SMRP speak about the Body of Knowledge, an aggregate of all that is known and understood in the field of maintenance and reliability.
Post Date: 08/09/2010
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Everyone can help improve safety training
Improved training programs can contribute to better safety performance, communication and camaraderie.
Post Date: 07/26/2010
Author: J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc.