SPECIAL NOTICE TO OHIO EMPLOYERS The Ohio Incumbent Worker Training Voucher Program Round 5 Application Window has Open! Submission Deadline October 14th! by Proactive Technologies, Inc Staff. There is still an opportunity for those employers who have not yet conceived…

Extreme “Bumping” – A Powerful Lesson Supporting the Value of Cross-Training From a Union Shop by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. A challenge for union shops in this age of “higher-than-normal” labor turnover – through voluntary and encouraged retirements,…

Developing the Multi-Craft and Specialty Maintenance Technicians You Need; To Specification,With Minimal Investment Dr. Dave Just, MPACT Maintenance and Reliability Solutions In the March, 2016 Proactive Technologies Report article, “Grow Your Own Multi-Craft Maintenance Technicians – Using a ‘Systems Approach’…

“Full Job Mastery” means “Maximum Worker Capacity” – A Verifiable Model for Measuring and Improving Worker Value While Transferring Valuable Expertise  By Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. It is no secret that with the traditional model of “vocational” education, the burden of the…

Eroding Organizational Capacity: The “Unstructured, Haphazard and Ad Hoc Task Training Effect” by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. If you work long enough for a variety of employers, there is one theme that seems to run common to all –…

Appreciating the Value of Labor by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. For expanding and improving businesses that have the capital for the investment in new equipment or processes, attempting to become or remain competitive, the level of investment…

Is an Apprenticeship Without Structured On-The-Job Training an Apprenticeship? by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. Career and vocation-focused training is a pivotal point in every current and future worker’s life. This world is overwhelmed by forces that make the…

Grow Your Own Multi-Craft Maintenance Technicians – Using a “Systems Approach” to Training Dr. Dave Just, MPACT Since partnering with Proactive Technologies, Inc. in 1994, together we have advocated the use of a “systems approach” to training that includes a combination…

Recurring Training Cost vs. Decreasing Training Cost by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. There is no way to avoid the recurring costs of classroom or online-delivered training. Historically, classroom training has been priced on a “per seat” or…

Special Offer to South Carolina Manufacturers – REMINDER – Deadline Approaching! Proactive Technologies, Inc. announced in November, 2015 a special opportunity for South Carolina manufacturers who, prior to the “Economic Crash of 2008-2011,” participated in a structured on-the-job training program…