7.2 Education, Training & Development

Multi-skilling refers to one's ability to seamlessly transfer knowledge and skills from one area of application to another. This session will offer some insight into this by first identifying generally known barriers to multi-skilling training (time constraints, lack of in-depth theoretical knowledge amongst the candidates, complexity of equipment, and existing social views). Participants will discuss possible solutions, and six previously published papers dealing with related subjects will be reviewed. Participants will learn that cognitive models used in multi-skilling are well within the human capacity. This session will also discuss the results of a major multi-skilling training project in industry. The analysis of results strongly indicated that transfer routinely occurs in between different domains of acquired knowledge and skill, making multi-skilling an important human resource development tool in the skilled trades. 

PEMAC Lunch and Learns webcast series featuring a presentation by Mike Crowell, Facility and Maintenance Manager, Irving Paper in Saint John, NB.Mike speaks about the benefits and implementation strategy for MMP at Irving Paper.The webcast originally aired on April 1, 2014.