Wisconsin Technical College
Manufacturing Consortium

Training Needs Identification Tool

Welcome. The following Training Needs Assessment Tool was designed for the specific purpose of providing assistance to you in determining potential training needs among your manufacturing workforce. The instrument will guide you through a series of questions designed to focus on your current operations, employee work habits, and attitudes. Results would be used only for the purposes of providing assistance in prioritizing training needs and initiatives.

Company Demographics:

Name of Organization:
Company Zip Code:
Website address:
Number of employees:
Does your company have a union?
Is your company public?
Years in business:
Types of products or services:

Training Needs Identification Tool completed by:

Name of Contact Person:
Position:
Phone:
Email:

Method of Learning Preferred:
Check all that apply.

Ongoing Face to Face Classroom Training at Company.
Internet
Blended learning (combination of classroom and on-line learning)
Workshops offsite.

For each section below answer the question using the scale of 0-5 with 0 = "Not at all" and 5 = "Very Much"

Company Training Needs:

To what extent do your employees....

Not at all.....Very much
1. Understand why continuous learning is important for both personal and organizational success?
2. Understand basic lean principles and productivity measures along with the use of basic planning tools to support productivity and trustworthy team behaviors?
3. Evaluate and interpret verbal and written instructions and procedures to meet specifications to complete tasks?
4. Maintain a safe environment by identifying and correcting unsafe conditions, carrying out safety requirements and maintaining clutter free work areas?
5. Think critically by sorting out fact from fiction, questioning assumptions, maintaining an open mind and using systematic logical thinking to analyze a process?
6. Use quality tools and techniques to problem solve?
7. Apply math skills to solve industry problems?
8. Use quality tools?
9. Use measurement in dimensional drawings along with interpreting blueprints?
10. Work in teams to solve problems, participate in decision making or complete group projects?
11. Enhance communication within the organization by using appropriate language, writing and grammar, and in presenting information and giving directions?
12. Listen proactively?
13. Demonstrate integrity and instill trust?
14. Have a positive attitude?
15. Exhibit flexibility and ability to change?
16. Suggest process and procedures that support safety in the work environment?
17. Use Personal Protective Equipment properly, and support safe equipment usage?
18. Understand and properly use measurement technique, blueprints and dimensional drawings to inspect materials?
19. Are able to accurately evaluate process outcomes?
20. Use quality tools and techniques to analyze data and accurately assess outcomes?
21. Identify and solve problems and suggest improvement actions to restore or maintain quality?
22. Enhance communication through use of appropriate visual and verbal techniques?
23. Understand how to determine the materials, tools and equipment resources available for the production process, and coordinate work flow with team members and other work groups?
24. Incorporate active listening skills to effectively present production requirements and work within a high performance work team?
25. Effectively set up, perform and monitor production processes, and verify/document product and process compliance with customer requirements?
26. Understand importance of performing preventive maintenance and routine repairs and monitor equipment indicators to ensure efficient operation?
27. Improve operational use of data and measures to sustain profitable business outcomes?
28. Identify, achieve and sustain rigorous and systematic improvement?
29. Ensure consistent product quality to exceed customer expectations?
30. Identify and effectively use data streams to facilitate process improvement?
31. Reduce process variation?
32. Reduce scrap and rework and eliminate cause of poor quality?
33. Create meaningful process measures as a means to increase hard and soft savings?
34. Use appropriate statistical analysis tools to support problem solving and improvement efforts?
35. Improve operational flow and effectiveness, reduce lead times and improve responsiveness to changing customer needs?
36. Identify and eliminate causes of waste and poor quality?
37. Understand benefits of continual improvement to organization success in a global marketplace?
38. Work to inventory levels?
39. Identify and achieve system-wide improvement strategies, increasing productivity and improving organizational efficiency?
40. Improve service and delivery performance?
41. Proactively identify and address opportunities for improvement through a culture of learning, adaptability and team work?
42. Effectively set up production processes to allow efficient small batch production and reduced lead times?

Company Follow-Up:


Would you like to forward your Training Needs Identification Report to your region's technical college workforce training division?
Would you like someone from your region's technical college workforce training division to contact you?

Please describe any additional training needs and/or business issues, you see as essential in your organization or industry:

Additional Training:

Company Readiness:


Does your company have a Mission Statement?
        Mission Statement Communicated?
        Mission Statement Understood?
Does your company have a Vision Statement?
        Vision statement Communicated?
        Vision Statement Understood?
        Vision Statement Actualized?
Does your company have Value Statements?
        Value Statements Communicated?
        Value Statements Understood?
        Value Statements Actualized?
Does your company have a Strategic Plan?
        Strategic Plan Communicated?
        Strategic Plan Understood?
        Strategic Plan Followed?

Company Training:


If your business includes union represented workers, please complete both sections.


To what extent do your UNION employees participate in training that is:

Not at all.....Very much
Credit-granting
Non-credit
Compensation-related
Recognition-related
Voluntary
Involuntary
During work time
Outside of work time

To what extent do your NON-UNION employees participate in training that is:

Not at all.....Very much
Credit-granting
Non-credit
Compensation-related
Recognition-related
Voluntary
Involuntary
During work time
Outside of work time

Company Leadership:


To what extent does your EXECUTIVE / MANAGEMENT group:

Not at all.....Very much
Exhibit commitment to training
Exhibit desired behaviors as leaders
Use data to determine training needs
Have experience in leadership development

To what extent do your SUPERVISORS and LEADS:

Not at all.....Very much
Exhibit commitment to training
Exhibit desired behaviors as leaders
Use data to determine training needs
Have experience in leadership development

Return on Investment:


Not at all.....Very much
To what extent does your company measure a return on investment for training?

Learning Organization:


Not at all.....Very much
To what extent do you consider your company to be a learning organization where on-going development is a priority and training dollars are budgeted?

Company Feedback:


How did you find out about this Training Needs Identification Tool? Please check all that apply.

Technical College
Web Site
Colleague
News letter
Post Card
Events / Conference (Please list)
Email Blast
Newspaper
Radio
Direct Mailing
Other