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Training Details: 8am - 5pm | January 6th, 2025

Introduction:

Lean Principles provide a transformative approach for organizations seeking to optimize their operations and deliver greater value to customers. This foundational training focuses on streamlining processes, enhancing cross-functional collaboration, and creating a culture of continuous improvement. Lean is not just a strategy—it’s a mindset that empowers every employee to contribute to organizational success by reducing waste and maximizing efficiency.

Learning Objectives:

• Master the Core Concepts of Lean Thinking: Understand the principles and practices that drive organizational efficiency and foster a customer-centric focus.
• Apply Lean to Real-World Snarios: Learn how to map value streams, identify waste, and implement improvements that benefit your team and customers.

Why this matters for your Organization: 

• Boost Operational Efficiency: Lean principles help organizations reduce waste, improve workflows, and achieve higher productivity across all departments.
• Drive Organizational Transformation: Empower employees at every level to adopt a mindset of continuous improvement, fostering innovation and long-term success.

Ready to Register? Don’t wait to transform your organization with Lean Principles! Click below to register and take the first step toward building a more efficient, value-driven workplace. 

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Training Details: 8am - 5pm | January 6th, 7th, 16th & 17th, 2025

Training will be delivered by a certified Amatrol Systems Advanced Manufacturing instructor designed to provide a balance of theory and practical application applying to a broad range of industries. Training includes but not limited to:

• Mechanical systems survey
• Mechanical drives applications
• Power transmission systems
• Belts, chains and gears
• Fastener application
• Mechanical drive troubleshooting methods

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Training Details: 8am - 5pm | January 17th, 2025

Customers, employees and suppliers can tell a well-run organization without a narrated tour. The visual clues are everywhere. Establishing simple visual controls is one of the most important elements of becoming a Lean and Green Enterprise. 7S reduces the opportunities to make errors and help highlight, at an early stage, potential delays and disruptions and drives an organization to becoming green at the grassroot level.  7S is much more than “a place for everything and everything in its place.” 7S consists of seven principles to make people highly efficient, effective and greener in performing their work. This one-day session will provide the participants with the principles of 7S.

This training is designed to:

Provide participants with an overview of 7S, how it can benefit an organization’s performance, an explanation of each category, how to get started, things to avoid, and tips for leadership.

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Training Details: 8am - 5pm | January 24th, 31st & February 7, 2025

Before your training: Please come up with a potential work project which may be used as your class project.  The project should be between 3 to 12-month time horizon.

There will be a group assignment

Course Introduction:

This 24-hour comprehensive course is designed for both Project Management Professionals and non-Project Management Professionals, providing the fundamental principles needed to effectively manage projects from start to finish. Whether you are new to project management or seeking to refine your skills, this course will equip you with the tools and knowledge to successfully navigate the complexities of project management. Participants will learn to identify project resources, create schedules, and develop critical path planning reports, all reinforced through a hands-on course project.

Learning Objectives: By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify and Schedule Project Resources: Learn how to effectively determine and allocate the necessary resources for successful project completion.
• Create and Manage Project Schedules: Develop and maintain project timelines to ensure all tasks are completed on time and within scope.
• Produce Critical Path Planning and Evaluation Reports: Understand how to create detailed reports to identify critical tasks and manage project timelines effectively.

Why This Matters for Your Organization:

• Increase Project Efficiency: Equipping employees with project management fundamentals ensures that projects are completed efficiently, on time, and within budget, leading to more predictable and successful outcomes.
• Enhance Team Collaboration: With strong project management skills, employees will better coordinate their efforts, improving communication and collaboration across departments, which boosts overall productivity.

Ready to Transform Your Management Skills? Now is the time to take your project management skills to the next level. Join us for this immersive course and walk away with the knowledge and tools you need to drive successful projects and elevate your leadership abilities.

Trainer Bio: Jes Vargas brings over 25 years of experience in engineering, project management, quality, and executive leadership roles. He has worked at organizations like GCS Inc., Bombardier, and Siemens. With a Mechanical Engineering degree, an MBA in Operations, and certifications in Total Quality Management and Lean Manufacturing, Jes specializes in driving organizational change and improving performance through practical project management and continuous improvement strategies​.

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Training Details: 8am - 5pm | January 27th & February 10th, 2025

Business Process Mapping is one of the most important tools in identifying process improvement and green opportunity. In this 2- day interactive workshop, participants will explore various process mapping tools and discuss the pros and cons of each. Participants gain hands-on experience with each mapping tool and will understand when to apply the tool. This hands-on workshop provides participants with the knowledge and experience necessary to start implementing mapping in an organization.

This training is designed to:

Enable participants to define, map and analyze work processes from the customers' perspective; identifying waste, inefficiency and impact on the customers.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the importance of business processes.
• Understand the definition of a Process Map.
• Understand why a Process Map is necessary.
• Identify the steps and practices for breaking down a process.
• Be familiar with different types of process maps.
• Create a System and Relationship Process Map.
• Perform a gap analysis to identify areas for improvement.
• Create a Current and Future State Process Map.

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Training Details: 8am - 5pm | February 7th, 10th, 21st & 24th, 2025

Training will be delivered by a certified Amatrol Systems Advanced Manufacturing instructor designed to provide a balance of theory and practical application applying to a broad range of industries. 

• Fluid/Pneumatic Systems Theory
• Fluid/Pneumatic Systems
• Fluid/Pneumatic Troubleshooting
• Fluid/Pneumatic Maintenance

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Training Details: 8am - 4:30pm | March 3rd, 2025

In this training, trainees will be introduced to fundamental electrical safety (OSHA-10 based), Alternating Current (AC) and Direct Current (DC) in fundamentals and their applications. Concepts of circuits. Use of measurement devices such as digital volt-ohm-ampere meters, continuity and polarity devices will be introduced and used in hands-on application. Concepts of inductance and capacitance will be described and applied. Electrical schematics and pictorial-based plans for industrial use will be introduced. A combination of online learning reinforced with hands-on application activities will be used.

Electrical Safety Introduction (OSHA-10 based)

• Identify major electrical hazards.
• Describe types of electrical hazards.
• Describe electrical protection methods.
• Recognize employer requirements to protect workers from electrical hazards.

Module 1:   BasicElectricalCircuits

• Segment 1:  FundamentalsofElectricity
• Segment 2:  ElectricalCircuitComponents
• Segment 3: ManualInputDevices
• Segment 4:OutputDevices

Module 2: ElectricalMeasurements

• Segment 1:VoltageMeasurement
• Segment 2:  Introduction to Series andParallel Circuits
• Segment 3:CurrentMeasurement
• Segment 4:ResistanceMeasurement

Module 3: CircuitAnalysis

• Segment 1:  Power inSeriesCircuits
• Segment 2:  Power inParallelCircuits
• Segment 3: CircuitProtection Devices

Digital Multimeter (DMM) Usage

• Understand symbols used in selecting DMM measurements
• Measure AC Volts, DC Volts
• Measure Amperes
• Measure Continuity
• Measure Resistance

Electrical Schematics and Diagrams

• Identify symbols used electrical schematics and diagrams
• Identify the connections of symbols and lines to form circuits
• Observe the difference between electrical schematics, diagrams and pictorial imagery

Upon completion of this course trainees will be able to:

1. Understand the inherit dangers of electricity and how to work safely with electricity
2. Define basic electrical circuits including those using AC and DC electricity
3. Identify electrical measurement devices and their uses
4. Demonstrate the use of electrical measurement devices in AC and DC applications including voltage, resistance, current and continuity.
5. View the basic structure of a given electrical diagram with symbols and lines as a circuit.

Course Length: 8 hours combined online and hands-on application*

*Course length may vary based on number of trainees, online content completion and comprehension.

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Training Details: 8am - 4:30pm | March 14th, 2025

MiniSkills Industrial Blueprint Reading and Shop Math Applications

In this training, trainees will be introduced to fundamental blueprint reading concepts. Basic projections, the importance of title blocks, general and local notes, dimensioning and specialty drawings will be covered. Concepts including perimeter, area and volume will be covered along with time-based calculations and rates calculations. A combination of online learning reinforced with hands-on application activities will be used.

Module 1: Projection and Visualization

Terms and View Construction

Module 2: Title Blocks and Parts Lists

Segment 1 – Drawing sheets, formats and zoning

Segment 2 – Title Block information and identification

Segment 3 – Parts lists identification

Module 3: Dimensioning Methods and Units of Measure

Segment 1 – Dimensioning Rules

Segment 2 – Symbols, Acronyms and Vocabulary

Segment 3 – Dimension Standards

Module 4: Drawing Notes Meaning

Segment 1 – Notes Meaning

Segment 2 – Specifications and Callouts

Module 5: Electrical Schematics, Pneumatic Schematics and Plumbing and Instrumentation Drawings (P&ID)

Segment 1 – Component Symbols Identification

Segment 2 – Circuit Diagrams

Segment 3 – Measurements and Readings

Module 6: Shop Calculations

Segment 1 – Calculate Perimeter

Segment 2 – Calculate Area

Segment 3 – Calculate Volume

Module 7: Time-based Calculations

Segment 1 – Time conversions

Segment 2 – Time-based calculations in hours, minutes and seconds

Module 8: Basic Rates Calculations

Segment 1 – Flow Rates Calculations

Segment 2 – Speed Rates Calculations

Upon completion of this course trainees will be able to:

1. Understand how blueprints are used to accurately depict equipment and machines.
2. Understand how dimensions, notes and title blocks are used to correctly identify a blueprint and apply it.
3. Review practical shop math formulas like perimeter, area and volume, time-based calculations and flow rate, speed/feed rate calculations.

Hands-on application with practical activities. NOTE: Calculator REQUIRED for math.

*Course length may vary based on number of trainees, online content completion and comprehension.

NOTE:  This training is different from our Construction Print Reading training.