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10/17/2011
11:30 to 12:50 p.m.
Session 304 Apprenticeships: Learning from New Zealand
Home to one of the most successful and widely respected marine-industry apprenticeship programs in the world, New Zealand has more than 600 apprentices and 185 sponsoring companies. In this session, we’ll answer the key question: “How’d they do that?” We’ll share how the apprenticeship program works, starting with an explanation of how New Zealand defines, recruits, and trains apprentices. Next, we’ll describe how companies support and benefit from the program, and we’ll tell you how the New Zealand Marine Industry Training Organisation keeps it all moving forward in a thoroughly sustainable fashion. Finally, we’ll welcome your questions and observations about apprenticeship programs in the U.S. and in other countries.
Speakers:
Susan Swanton (Maine Marine Trades Association)
Chris van der Hor (New Zealand Marine Industries Training Organisation)
4:00 to 5:20 p.m.
Session 604 Lifelong Learning: The Importance of Personal Development
To be truly effective, your training program should include a mix of targeted job skills, personal effectiveness tools, and academic competencies. For example, for your employees to learn time management, organization, and communication, they first need to know basic workplace skills. If you want your production team to be more efficient, you might need to teach them better communication skills so they can work together effectively and eventually contribute innovative and constructive ideas on the job. In this session, we’ll explain how you can motivate your employees by teaching them new skills and by helping them improve their existing abilities. Not only will they be more satisfied at the end of their workday, they’ll experience greater self-worth as they continue their professional development. We’ll show you how establishing an attitude of continual learning can lead to a culture of continuous improvement in your workplace.
Speakers:
Rich Difede (Gold Coast Yachts)
Steve Kitchin (New England Institute of Technology)
Pam Lendzion (Legendary Marina Management)
10/18/2011
11:30 to 12:50 p.m.
Session 904 Professional Development
Not sure why professional development for your employees—and yourself—is important? Think about it: Are the latest trends in global competition, new technology implementation, product development, production techniques, and the always-present threat of government rules and regulations on your horizon? Are you retaining or losing your key personnel? Join us to discuss how effectively training and developing your employees is critical to your firm’s economic survival. We’ll help you build and implement a successful professional development plan at your organization.
Speakers:
Steve Kitchin (New England Institute of Technology)
Pam Lendzion (Legendary Marina Management)
Bill Yeargin (Correct Craft Inc.)
4:00 to 5:20 p.m.
Session 1204 Finding Public Funds for Workforce Training
Your business plan should include your strategy for worker development, including how you plan to fund that program. If you are letting your training program slide because you feel it puts too much strain on your budget, perhaps you are missing out on funds and services that could relieve that pressure. In this session, we’ll describe a number of federal, state, and local funding sources that can mitigate your worker-development expenses. You’ll leave this session with a good understanding of how to identify and target these valuable resources and how to integrate them into your training and employee-development plan—and your budget. These resources were developed with your firm in mind, so join us to learn how to utilize them and make yourself a workforce development leader.
Speakers:
Shirley Adams (Correct Craft Inc.)
Rich Difede (Gold Coast Yachts)
Steve Kitchin (New England Institute of Technology)
Susan Swanton (Maine Marine Trades Association)
10/19/2011
11:30 to 12:50 p.m.
Session 1504 Train the Trainer
As your business moves into the new economy, you are probably already investigating how to provide much needed training for your workers, while also reducing cost and downtime. Increasingly, marine businesses are adopting in-house methods where key staff members provide the training for new and incumbent workers. But is this the best method to maximize your team’s learning potential? While many workers and supervisors are top-notch at their own jobs, you might need to provide them with some new teaching skills before they can become effective instructors. During this session, we’ll offer some insight into what goes into a productive in-house training program and how you can create one for your shop. We’ll also share some real-world case studies and initiatives that illustrate how training your trainers can pay off for your company.
Speakers:
Shirley Adams (Correct Craft Inc.)
Steve Kitchin (New England Institute of Technology)
Ken Rusinek (The Landing School)
Ed Sherman (American Boat & Yacht Council)
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MITEC (Marine Industry Training & Education Council)
1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. ($35)
PC3 Innovation Technology for Trainers
Not that long ago, the marine industry was just starting to explore the universe of the Internet. Now, we all have websites, and many of us have blogs, Facebook pages, and even Twitter accounts. Our new generation of workers expects communication and information to be instant. Tools such as podcasts, webinars, social networking, smart phones, netbooks, iPads, and more may be your key to training new workers in the 21st century. In this half-day workshop, you’ll learn how to employ new technology effectively—and economically—in your training program, whether in a classroom or in the shop.
Agenda
1:00 – Welcome / Intros – Steve Kitchen
1:15 – Emerging Technology for Trainers (overview) – BJW
1:30 – Case Study: ABYC’s Adoption of New Training Technologies – Ed Sherman
2:00 – The Shift to Mobile Learning (Smart phones, Blackberries, iPads, and more) – BJW
2:15 – Beyond Blogging (WordPress 3.0, Moodle, Wikis, and other eLearning tools) – BJW
3:00 – Break
3:15 – Audio (Internet Radio and Pod Casting) – Ann Avary
3:30 – Effective Online/Offline Presentations (PowerPoint, VoiceThread, Prezi) – BJW
3:45 – Video Made Simple (YouTube, Vimeo, Animoto, TokBox, EyeJot, and other tools) – BJW
4:00 – OPEN DISCUSSION – David Veech — What barriers do you see for using some of these new technologies? What are your most pressing concerns are where the rubber meets the road? HOw do you manage to serve your clientele, and what are your clientele asking for that you are not able to deliver. How can MITEC help you fight those battles?
5:00 – Conclusion
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The MITEC
Marine Skills Analysis can be used by a variety of marine industry professionals and individuals interested in becoming a part of our industry’s workforce. The analysis represents several years of research and information gathering from a variety of extremely credible sources.
Some examples of who might use this analysis are employers who may want to evaluate their employee’s skill sets to establish training needs. Curriculum designers and teachers of marine trades programs can use the information to gain insight into what skill sets need to be developed in various topic areas for specific jobs within the industry.
Career changers who need to evaluate their own life skill sets to see what skills or knowledge they may need to acquire in order to perform in the marine industry with confidence will find this information useful. Employers and individuals will find this information useful in building career ladders as the steps are clearly identified. Parents of students considering a marine industry career will be able to use this analysis to assist them in evaluating prospective marine training programs.
The information sources include data provided by all of the major marine engine manufacturers such as Mercury Marine, Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki Motors, Yanmar and Volvo Penta. Additionally, data was provided by the American Boat & Yacht Council, American Boat Builder’s and Repairers Association, the Australian Boat Building trades analysis, United States Coast Guard, Skills USA and the US Department of Labor. Additional information was provided by the Canadian boat building associations in Nova Scotia, Canada, New Brunswick, Canada and British Columbia, Canada. Further information was also provided by the Marine Industry Association of South Florida and the Yacht Broker’s Association of America.
It’s important to note that 36 job titles were identified as part of this research and they are specifically targeted towards the marine service and boat building trades, which is the focus of MITEC. The research identified 74 skill areas and matched these skills to the job titles. The skill set requirements identify general knowledge areas as well as technology specific skills.
We hope you find this information useful, and as always the MITEC considers these documents dynamic. Suggestions for improvement or additions that are relevant are always welcome.
To download the complete file of career definitions, click here. We appreciate your comments on this product. Please use the comments section below to tell us what you think of this project, how you are using the information, and what more information you might need.
Hello to all….. And thank you for allowing me to join this networking community. I, like many other technicians in this industry have found myself in a dilemma. Since 2001 I have been a certified Volvo Penta technician. I have worked on all aspects of marine propulsion and I believe in the Volvo Penta product. I believe in everything the company stands for, from its commitment to quality….. To safety….to the customer….. And to the environment. I just love the product and could talk all day about it, but unfortunately, I found once I left the Volvo Penta servicing dealer, I also left behind my ability to effectively service my new customers. Even though I find myself at a marina ten times as big as the last one I was at, and with the ability to meet and exceed any customer’s expectations in the care and commitment they receive, there is a territory issue. understandingly so…….and I admire the way they shot me down a half dozen times or so just trying to get my foot in the door as a servicing dealer. It didn’t matter to them how much money this new marina would spend or the training and time they would invest in learning the new product…….. but what about me as an individual…… what about the time I spent learning the product, reading the service bulletins…. what about the time Volvo Penta invested in me and all my training, it’s just not right. We as technicians should be treated like the product and included in the organizations core values, not just be thrown out when we leave a servicing dealer……….and what about when the customer isn’t satisfied with having to bring it to a servicing dealer???? Maybe they don’t want to be “just another work order for some warranty work”. People out there…. the boaters that keep us in business….. Refer to us as “my mechanic”…… I feel a very personal connection to these customers. We treat them with respect and they develop a certain “trust” level where they respect and value our opinion. We need to develop a way to keep the technicians informed and up to date with the ever changing marine industry. A tool like Volvo Pentas “partner network” is invaluable to the technicians in the industry….. And should be at our hands when we need it. Not taken away when we leave the dealership. It should come as a benefit to having completed training and staying current. I would be more than happy to put my own hard earned green backs on the table to continue learning the product and staying up to date. Let’s face it……. if I can keep my customers satisfied with the Volvo Penta product….. They just might buy another one……. why wouldn’t the organization want to keep us helping them sell product???? The least the orginazition could do is offer a program where we could stay up to date on our own through e learning or the ability to attend classes at our own expense. Please , if anyone out there is listening…… dont let us as, the technicians, long time supporters and devoted followers of the industry leaders go to waste. some of us out here have already made this a life long career choice. lets help build a better future for those to come. Anyone else out there feel my pain???
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