Training Within Industry

Recently in the lean community, two different methodologies related to standard work have been receiving focus. One is the Training Within Industry (TWI) and the other is manager standard work. TWFs three programs, job relations, job instruction, and job methods, work together to help supervisors... 

Great care must be used iu haudliug HCN. The lack of reported iucideuts, coupled with the widespread commercial use of volatile aud highly toxic HCN, points to the respect and care with which it is treated within industry. In a laboratory, HCN should be used only in small quantities in a well-ventilated fume hood. Vapors may be scrubbed or small samples (up to a few milliliters) may be disposed of by treatment with an equimolar mixture of caustic (NaOH) and hypochlorite bleach (NaOCl). Larger samples or vapor streams should be burned. The use of a buddy system and first response training is essential when using HCN. ... 

The TLVs are heavily based on workplace exposures and conditions occurring within the United States. Their application, which requires training in industrial hygiene, is therefore limited to similar exposures and conditions. 

One method of identifying employee populations at high levels of occupational risk (and thus in greater need of safety and health training) is to pinpoint hazardous occupations. Even within industries that are hazardous in general, there are some employees who operate at greater risk than others. In other cases, the hazardousness of an occupation is influenced by the conditions under which it is performed, such as noise, heat, cold, safety, or health hazards in the surrounding area. In these situations, employees should be trained not only on how to perform their job safely, but also on how to operate within a hazardous environment. 

Although there are various criteria that can be applied for the determination of effect zones beyond the plant boundary there is no concensus within industry on which criteria to apply. This same problem exists for local, state, and federal regulatory bodies as well. Because such wide variation exists, judgment of trained toxicologists should be utilized. 

Abstract. This SIG will facilitate a debate concerning how best to support tbe development of indigenous HCI in developing countries, both as part of education and training systems and within industrial practice. 

The orientation of the study profile outlined here, prepares students both for activities within industry and for the achievement of further scientific university qualifications. The aim is to provide education and training with a scientific basis and with a strong practice-oriented slant, which ensures a high level of professional skill from the outset. 

For several years, the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) has developed modelling tools for ultrasonic NDT configurations. Implemented within the CIVA software for multiple technique NDT data acquisition and processing [1,2], these models are not only devoted to laboratory uses but also dedicated to ultrasonic operators without special training in simulation techniques. This approach has led us to develop approximate models carrying out the compromise between as accurate as possible quantitative predictions and simplicity, speed and intensive use in an industrial context. 

In practical terms, we can usually develop satisfactory calibrations with training set concentrations, as determined by some referee method, that are accurate to 5% mean relative error. Fortunately, when working with typical industrial applications and within a reasonable budget, it is usually possible to achieve at least this level of accuracy. But there is no need to stop there. We will usually realize significant benefits such as improved analytical accuracy, robustness, and ease of calibration if we can reduce the errors in the training set concentrations to 2% or 3%. The benefits are such that it is usually worthwhile to shoot for this level of accuracy whenever it can be reasonably achieved. 

These increases in efficiency pose a threat to the workers in the industry. As a result, they may strike, and the final settlement may result in a nullification of many economic benefits. This happened when the railroads converted from steam locomotives to diesels. At that time the union forced the management to keep a fireman on every train whether he was needed or not. Similarly, the settlement of a recent East Coast dock strike provided a setback to the use of containerized units. It stated that all containerized units that entered New York ports could be unpacked and repacked at the union s request and the shipper s expense, if the final destination was less than 50 miles from the dock, or if the container had more than one product within it.8... 

The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science Technology (NIAIST) began operations on April 1, 2001. The NIAIST included the Weights and Measures Training Institute in addition to the 15 other institutions already existing within AIST. The NIAIST is Japan s largest public research organization. 

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