Manufacturing Skills for Success

When new hires arrive without manufacturing fundamentals, the cost lands on your floor as slower ramp-up, rework, and safety risk. Manufacturing Skills for Success gives new and incumbent workers a shared baseline of technical and workplace skills, so people become productive faster and meet one consistent standard.

The full program is eighty hours of training delivered across ten days, on-site at your facility. Every participant receives a University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services certificate of completion and an OSHA 10-Hour General Industry card.

Print Reading for Manufacturing

Read and interpret the engineering prints used in manufacturing.

Measurement for Manufacturing

Use common measurement tools, including calipers, gauge blocks, and comparators.

Math for Manufacturing

Learn or refresh the basic math skills used on the manufacturing floor.

Quality Tools & Techniques

Understand what quality is, why it matters, and the basic tools used to monitor and improve it.

Problem-Solving & Root Cause Analysis

Apply the Plan-Do-Check-Act method to a simulated manufacturing problem.

5S System

Transform a cluttered area into a clean, orderly, efficient workplace using 5S.

Principles of Lean Manufacturing

Learn lean basics and see the impact through a fast-paced, hands-on simulation.

Workplace Skills

Be a valued employee and work effectively with others.

OSHA 10-Hour General Industry

Learn how to stay safe in a manufacturing environment and earn your OSHA 10 card.

Effective Communication & Critical Thinking

Send and receive messages clearly, and practice critical thinking on real workplace situations.