Feature Item Training Within Industry
Promotion to supervisor is often a reward to a good worker. That is a very appropriate act but sometimes it results in the loss of a good worker and the acquiring of a bad supervisor. The skills needed for these jobs are very different. Often lack of supervisory skills is masked by the leader doing too much of the work and covering for the rest of the team. That happens because he/she has the job skills, not the skills to lead the team. This results in a suboptimum performance. Read the Article...
MVATC uses the Training Within Industry Program (TWI) to develop supervisors and managers. To help industry cope with the flood of new and unskilled workers during World War II, the Training Within Industry (TWI) Service was established. Working with social scientists, TWI researchers developed innovative methods of industrial training combining scientific management with a strong human relation's approach. The programs were an unqualified success. Since that time the program has been expanded and enhanced to meet the needs of the modern workplace.
TWI consists of three standardized programs covering essential skills needed by all supervisors and team leaders, regardless of their industry: Skill in Instruction, Skill in Improving Methods, and Skill in Leading.
Each TWI program follows a proven four-step process:
Preparation, Presentation, Application and Testing. Supervisors are given the opportunity
to learn and practice the process in a confidential, low-stress, and highly supportive
environment. Each program is simple, straightforward and easy to implement.
Participants attend class for 2 hours per day for 5 days. Each day, after the session, trainees return to the workplace to use the techniques learned and choose real life examples to discuss and practice in class.
Small class sizes keep everyone involved and maximize success. Certified trainers assure training is delivered to quality standards and that proven TWI methodology is followed.
3 TWI Programs:
- Job Methods Training (JM) Teaches supervisors how to improve the way jobs are done
- Job Instruction Training (JI) Teaches supervisors how to quickly train employees to do the job correctly, safely, and conscientiously.
- Job Relations Training (JR) Teaches supervisors how to build positive employee relations, increase cooperation and motivation, and effectively resolve conflicts.