The Future of Fastener Training
FEATURE
No business survived the Great Recession without a laser focus on reducing costs.
But some cuts are wiser than others. Case in point: workforce training.
When Fastener Training Institute director John Wachman promotes training, his pitch to potential clients is simple and direct.
“What does it cost you if one of your people makes a mistake?”
Turns out that pitch is also very effective.
Reached by phone at the office of his manufacturers’ rep firm, Desert Distribution, Wachman said between 700-800 students will participate this year — nearly double the students in 2012.
“It’s going to be a real busy year for us this year,” Wachman told FIN.
The Certified Fastener Specialist advanced technical training program was created in 1998.
To receive the CFS designation, students must complete seven full-day training programs and pass an exam. More than 800 students have participated in the program since its inception, and over 300 of them have graduated, according to FTI’s website.
But that program is only one component of training offered by the FTI, which operates as a division of Pacific-West Fastener Association. Click here for the full story.
For background on Pac-West’s Fastener Training Institute, explore FIN’s Fastener History section.
2007 FIN – Perspective: Training Complaint Yields 168 Titles and Counting
2002 FIN – LAFA Promotes Training by Testing Members
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