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Attracting Workers to the Metalforming Industry
ing events and committees are vital to our overall success in manufacturing in our local areas. The TMA Education Foundation, founded 25 years ago, con- nects businesses with high schools and colleges to promote manufacturing careers. We generate funding and create pathways to careers in manufacturing. The foundation also has contributed to our local training center, providing funding for manufacturing equipment including CNC machining centers and lathes.
I strongly encourage readers of this magazine to get involved in these types of organizations. If such organizations are not available in your area, help to form them.
Recruit—Recruiting is key to main- taining a healthy balance of employees within our businesses. Since we face a crisis in skilled-labor supply, it is impor- tant that we become more involved in recruiting through our local schools. I have donated to local scholarship funds for my alma mater, Northern Illinois
University, the TMA Education Foun- dation and Harper College to promote careers in manufacturing. Through
these programs, we can bring students in for internships so that they can gain hands-on experience and consider
PMA Launches Video-Training Program for New Hires and Temp Workers
The Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) has launched OnboardingME (Onboarding Metalforming Employees), a DVD video-training program for use by HR managers and others as a first-day-on-the-job orientation resource for new hires and temporary workers. The program presents a set of coordinated policies, practices and procedures that assist new employees in understanding and adjust- ing to their new jobs in terms of responsibility, compliance, expectations and social- ization. It provides a welcoming sense of belonging and highlights critical behaviors and practices that will maximize new-hire reten-
tion, provide safe access to the shop floor and
expedite the path to high productivity.
The 65-min. DVD contains eight chapters: • Industry History and Technology
• Personal Safety
• Safe Work Practices
• Emergency Response • Quality Systems
• Employment Law
• Code of Conduct
• Careers and Advancement
Contact PMA, 216/901-8800, www.pma.org/onboardingme, to purchase a copy.
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