Leland, We're a small contract manufacturer in western PA and have been around for 13 years. We only have 30 employees, however we take training to heart. Everyone (including the company President) attends an ESD Awareness class every 2 years. The class is about 1.5 hours long using a PowerPoint presentation and watching the IPC movie the Seven Sins of ESD. This is followed by a 25 question multiple choice quiz requiring 70% or better to pass. This presentation has evolved over the past 5 years and I add new things as they become available to the program does not become stale. All of the manufacturing people (23) attend an IPC-A-610 class every 2 years. Recently some have challenged the test (and passed) which says that they are absorbing the material and using it. All of the people that actually do soldering (10) also attend the IPC-J-STD-001 class every 2 years. 3 people that inspect bare boards as they come in are also trained on IPC-A-600. Being in an old steel town, there aren't any electronic companies we can get experienced people from, so our tact was to ensure we provide adequate training and re-training to keep our edge. So far it has worked out pretty good. Our retention rate is terrific, and people just like working here. Nice to be able to say that. Hope this helps you out. Tom Parkinson - Quality System Manager - CIT WinTronics, Inc. Ph: 724-981-5770 Ext. 235 Fax: 724-981-1772 -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Leland Woodall Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 8:32 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] In-House Training Programs TechNetters, I'd like to solicit your commentary on In-House Training Programs. More specifically, what types of programs have you seen that truly worked? That could have been classified as exemplary? What did they consist of? How was production able to handle rotating folks in and out? Classroom only, production floor, or a combination? Session length, etc., etc., etc. Any suggestions you can provide would be sincerely appreciated. If you've had experiences a program that turned sour, I'd be interested in hearing about that too. For those of you who like to write long paragraphs, this is your chance! Many thanks, Leland Woodall Quality Coordinator Keihin Carolina System Technology, Inc. --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------