Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute’s (PMMI) highly regarded Certified Trainer program will now grant certification status to employees at consumer and industrial goods companies who successfully complete the two-day program required for certification.
The PMMI Certified Trainer program is a train-the-trainer program that instructs professionals in the packaging industry necessary skills to provide quality instruction to improve equipment reliability, employee safety and line efficiency. PMMI Certified Trainers create valuable documentation and content and a purpose driven training curriculum that emphasizes practical learning and problem-solving.
"PMMI’s Certified Training program will develop a strong, knowledge-based workforce that will ultimately ensure that the capital equipment a company purchases runs as efficiently as possible," said Charles D. Yuska, president & CEO of PMMI. "We want the entire packaging community working together to increase productivity and this program supports those efforts in a direct manner."
The Certified Training program was developed based on input from the consumer and industrial goods companies looking for improved training, documentation and a cohesive set of standards. Reducing the total cost of ownership of machinery by creating a knowledge-based workforce is the ultimate goal of its design.
The PMMI Certified Training program is built around a core set of training best practices, including:
Performance: Goals for training must be clearly outlined. Performance benchmarks and methods must be in place for individual evaluation of students receiving the training. Measuring the success of individuals in a training program can help to access the impact that a formalized training program has on the organization as a whole.
Focus: All training programs must be tailored to the specific audience, allowing the customer’s personnel to continue internal training as needed.
Documentation: The materials used during training must be thorough, user friendly and readily available, even after the training session has been completed.
Competence: Effective instructors are vital to the competence of the staff they train. An effective instructor is familiar with the materials and able to adapt to cultural and generational learning styles to train their staff in the most efficient way possible.
To date, over 400 packaging professionals have received certification through PMMI.
For information on the program, visit www.pmmi.org/certified
SOURCE Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute
Nicole Camiola
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