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They are talking about this topic: Needs & Challenges in Continuing Education

 

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Several employers indicate a need for more continuing educational opportunities in various specialized areas, such as welding, new emissions policies for the commercial trucking industry and the effects of social media and quality customer service.

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"There's two that did come from different certifications who couldn't handle it, being away that long, because you're gone for a week, sometimes maybe two to four weeks or even longer. So that's something that's hard for us to explain to an entry-level driver. You're going to be gone for a week. You might have family or friends or things to do, but this is part of it. So that's another struggle, too." Central
"Q: So what kind of training would that involve [for emissions training for commercial drivers] through a course to learn?
A: I guess it depends on what the new emissions...everything going forward with that. I continue to see that across the board so I think there may be some training opportunities there."		 Central
"Then, with social media, if [MnSCU] had two or three night classes to teach some of the older guys how to work some of the social media, or some of the basic things. They don't have to be big, huge, deep month-long degrees, but just a basic class on some basic things." Metro
"If [MnSCU] had just a two or three night class of welding [for incumbent workers] and put that out to the industry that they offer these types of things?maybe they do and we're missing that." Metro
"You try to run the business, but training is a huge expense. But if you're going to want to keep the people that you have with you, it's a requirement." Northwest
"The problem is our location. It's hard to get anyone to fly to Fargo. You can get them to fly to Minneapolis to do a training. We go to Minneapolis a lot to do the training. We can drive, and they drive from seven states to Minneapolis when we go there. But it's certainly a doable thing. How much easier does it get, if you can get someone to fly to Fargo and talk to you? It has to be training on fixing, not training on what's coming out today that you're not going to see for five years." Northwest
"I got the school to train for a multiple-day thing...that's very valuable. That's where your real growth comes in for your technicians. And so maybe through the schools...maybe we can bring some of those aftermarket specialists in to teach little seminars within the units to help get these way specialized types of training...and net worth to the employee. In aftermarket repair there's all kinds of conventions. Whether it's in the transmission business, which is [a training institute], and they have an under-car show through [another training institute], all these people have training that is just phenomenal. It puts tools into these people's [hands]...and the students and the young techs...[things] that they can't get anywhere else, and gives them ideas to make them move forward." Northwest
"New hires are pretty close to being set to start out with...but there's still further training that goes on. And if the state can offer some sort of way at their colleges or whatever, that'd be great." Northwest
"Well, I guess, the term is, it's hard to teach an old dog new tricks. A lot of them don't want to absorb that new knowledge. They don't have that motivational drive to learn the new technology. And those are the ones that just kind of?when you're in the industry for a long time and you're successful at it, you get worn out quick." Northwest
"You're always shorthanded, because somebody's always training someplace." Northwest
"Q: [With] hazardous waste management and ergonomics...you're finding training for those type of things...is that something that they take advantage of?
A: It's something we probably could take advantage of. I mean, we teach them a lot of the ergonomics?"		 Southwest