Upskill or Reskill Your Employees
GENEDGE has partnered with Tooling U – SME to offer new ways for upskilling your employees.
Training not only yields continuous improvement benefits, it helps retain skilled workers — a critical strategy for countering the manufacturing workforce crisis.
A properly trained workforce can dramatically improve your bottom line through:
- On-boarding and closing the skills gap faster
- Increasing quality output and reducing production time
- Boosting productivity by leveraging new skills and technologies
- Minimizing risk and creating a safer environment for workers
Workforce Development & Improvement Tools
GENEDGE now offers a premier online training solution through Tooling U – SME off-setting the cost of bringing high quality, customized, on-site training program for manufacturers.
More than 500 unique online classes provide a broad offering of manufacturing training topics.
Plus, every online course has been reviewed and validated by industry experts.
As a GENEDGE Alliance member you will receive a special discount, click here to sign up!
Contact Anthony Cerilli, Vice President, Programs and House Accounts at acerilli@genedge.org, for additional information on this online training program.
Anytime Online Training
On-Demand Courses – High quality course content that is accessible when it suits your schedule. Training that is ‘always on’ when you need it.
Customized Training Packages – Interested in customized training packages beyond what you see here?
Contact Anthony Cerilli, Vice President, Programs and House Accounts at acerilli@genedge.org, or
Contact Your RGM for additional information.
Here are just a few of the on-demand training programs available, starting as low as $430 per person for a 10-Pack:
Additive Manufacturing
Provides an overview of additive manufacturing (AM), including its history, advantages, basic steps, methods, and materials. After completing this course, users will have gained important foundational AM knowledge, including the different AM methods and processes, the uses of AM, and the potential for future AM industrial growth.
Certified Manufacturing Associate
The Certified Manufacturing Associate training program helps prepare dislocated workers, underemployed individuals, veterans, and more to start a new career in manufacturing. This training program prepares individuals for high-demand, entry-level careers including assemblers, manufacturing associates, and production
operators. It can also be used by manufacturers as an effective
onboarding program for new employees.
Engineering
Provides an overview of engineering fundamentals including lean manufacturing, additive manufacturing, and more. Become and engineering technician by learning about different metals, plastics, PLCs, product system design, and more.
Leadership
Encourage employees’ growth and career potential with this series of classes focused on building effective leadership and management skills. Participants will learn foundational leadership principles and skills, including how to gain respect and trust, and how to communicate effectively to build teamwork, manage conflict, and motivate others. Targeted for the manufacturing industry, this series also covers project planning, organizational design, theories of leadership and labor relations.
Maintenance
Provides a pathway where employees can choose their starting point based on their experience or the company’s goals. Learning begins at maintenance fundamentals, and becomes more advanced through electrical production, maintenance production, automation technician, electrical technician, and fluid systems technician training options.
Composites
Provides a comprehensive overview of composites processing fundamentals, including math fundamentals, trigonometry, intro to OSHA and PPE, compression molding, surface finishing, and more.
Lean Manufacturing
Lean is a smarter way of doing business that saves time, money, and resources while reducing waste and focusing on continuous improvement. This series of online classes will introduce participants to the lean principles, systems and tools that improve efficiency and drive results. When implemented as an overarching business philosophy, lean drives sustainable improvements that increase productivity, sales, and market share.
Industrial Safety
Keeping your workers safe begins with proper training in hazard identification, hazard prevention and hazard control. This series of online classes will demonstrate how to identify and prevent common causes of injuries and illness in the workplace, and stay current with OSHA and other compliance regulations.
Plastics Processing
Provides a pathway where employees can choose their starting point based on their experience or the company’s goals. Learning begins at plastics processing fundamentals, and becomes more advanced through mold extrusion operator and mold maker training programs.
Mechatronics
Provides a pathway where employees can choose their starting point based on their experience or the company’s goals. Learning begins at mechatronics fundamentals, and becomes more advanced through electrical production, mechatronics production, automation technician, electrical technician, and fluid systems technician training options.
Quality Technician
Provides an overview of quality technician principles including blueprint reading, major rules of GD&T, LEAN manufacturing overview, cutting processes, overview of machine tools, math, SDS and hazard communication, and more.
Smart Manufacturing
Technologies such as digital security, robotics, IIOT solutions, and 5G networks and infrastructure are changing the industry and the way manufacturers work, creating demand for workers who are skilled in these advanced technologies. Forward thinking manufacturers are investing in training programs to build the Industry 4.0 capabilities needed to remain competitive.
Welding
Provides a pathway where employees can choose their starting point based on their experience or the company’s goals. Learning begins at welding fundamentals and becomes more advanced through GMAW FCAW sub arc and fabrication and repair training options.