Metalcasting Industry Roadmap Other Areas of Interest


a. Capture Institutional Knowledge (Processing Techniques, Organizational History, Past Experiences, etc.) ± This item was placed into the other category, but it should not be perceived as a minor issue. With the rapidly aging workforce within the foundry industry, there is concern about how to capture and retain the knowledge gained by employees over the past years / decades and to translate that information and experience into training for the next generation of employee.


Key Tasks


x Develop methodologies to help employers capture the knowledge gained by its existing workforce and translate this knowledge into training programs for future workers to ensure this practical operating and systems knowledge is not lost as existing employees begin to retire


Target Outcomes


x Practical systems that can be used by industry employers to document existing workforce knowledge and provide this knowledge base to future hires


b. New Hire Productivity Hurdle ± ConcHUQV ZHUH UDLVHG DERXW WKH ³ODJ´ time between a QHZ HPSOR\HH¶V KLUH GDWH DQG WKH GDWH DW ZKLFK WKDW HPSOR\HH FDQ EH SURGXFWLYH Typically there is a learning curve that employees must navigate before they can be productive. 'HYHORSPHQW RI D QHZ HPSOR\HH ³onboarding´ or baseline training program that new employees must successfully pass would shorten the time between hire and productivity.


Key Tasks x Develop new employee baseline training program for use by industry employers


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