Lensey King Partners with MST to Focus on Closing Workforce Skill Gaps

Multi-Skill Training Services Inc. is proud to announce that Lensey King will be working full-time as our MST Program Manager in Birmingham, Alabama. King’s experience as a highly accredited former Pinson Valley Industrial Maintenance E & I / CTE Instructor, Master Electrician, and Certified OSHA Instructor will continue to assist MST Services in attaining its […]

Food & Beverage Training: The Most Common Questions In The Food And Beverage Industry Today

How can food and beverage training become better and more efficient? Companies normally spend a lot of budget and focus on training their managerial and administrative employees, and often neglect the training needs of their frontline plant workers, including maintenance technicians and operators.  With today’s technology, blending learning solutions that allow a combination of remote […]

Online Food Manufacturer Entrance Exam

As President Trump orders meat processing plants to stay open during the COVID-19 crisis, the question is:   Where will the staffing come from to support these plants? Current challenges for the existing employees include personal illness, family illness, childcare, and an honest concern for their own health. This leaves the manufacturers with a need […]

Top 5 Things We Have Learned from Training Over 10k Maintenance Technicians, Maintenance Managers, Production Managers, and Production Operators

1. If you do not train employees on their specific job, they will establish their own behavior and standards. We always start with a Job Analysis to define the critical tasks of a job and then develop training to target the skills necessary to support those tasks. This step is important because it clarifies the […]

Equipment Operator Training

Imagine this: your manufacturing company anticipates and looks forward to the day when they can purchase a new piece of production equipment or even implement a new production line.  The excitement and anticipation build much like a child on Christmas morning who waits to open his gifts under the tree. Then that magical day finally […]

Importance of Integrity in the Workplace: Can Integrity Be Measured?

What does integrity “look like” in your workplace? In recruiting employees, what demonstrates integrity? Integrity in the workplace does not have to be an obscure and intangible concept. Behaviors that are indicative of integrity usually surface when we see a person’s ability to communicate openly with co-workers or when an employee does “the right thing” […]

Hiring Employees: Is your Process Valid? 7 questions that lead to an answer

Employment decisions can be beneficial or regretful. It is common knowledge that a plant is only as good as its employees who are stakeholders in daily operations. The following 7 questions can serve as guides to validate and improve your hiring/firing processes. Moreover, these questions are as critical to productivity as insurance is to liability […]

3 “NOT-SO-OBVIOUS” REASONS YOUR EMPLOYEES SHOULD KNOW THEIR ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Essential job functions are defined as those fundamental job duties and responsibilities an employee performs in order to be considered qualified for the position. Essential functions are usually those that are primary, crucial, integral, or indispensable. To fulfill qualification requirements, an employee must possess and implement skills that are deemed essential to support the operation. […]