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Show 78 WEBER COLLEGE - OGDEN, UTAH On-the-job Training (Off-campus) The On-the-job Training Program (off-campus) includes: (1) An initial application submitted by an interested firm or company to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, requesting his approval of the company as a training agency, in accordance with the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, 1944; (2) The formulation between the company and the College of a company training plan, including the name and description of the occupation to be learned, the number to be trained, the length of training period, the instructor personnel, a schedule of processes and operations (what the worker does), a list of units or topical outlines of related information (what the worker must know), a company wage schedule, and a physical inspection of the company and its facilities; and (3) a follow-up service including help for the instructor staff, course of study outlines, progress charts, etc. Related On-the-job Training (On-campus) The Related On-the-job Training Program (on-campus) is planned to give the related instruction called for in the original training plans of the company in such subjects as: mathematics, English, psychology, supervisory training, machine shop, and refrigeration. Classes in these subjects are planned, as near as possible, to meet the needs of the individual trainee. The teaching staff is drawn from the College Faculty and highly trained individuals in the community. It is expected that each veteran enrolled in an On-the-job Training Program will complete 144 hours of related training for each year of on-the-job training completed. WEBER COLLEGE - OGDEN, UTAH 79 Department of Supervisory Personnel Development Staff Supervisory Personnel Development The Supervisory Personnel Development curricula comprise courses of approximately 50 hours' length in (1) Problems of Handling People, (2) The Supervisor as an Instructor, (3) Improvement in Job Methods, (4) Organization and Management of Production, and (5) The Supervisor's Part in Safety. These courses have been given to over 2,000 supervisors in this area and have met with great favor. The purpose of this program is to, assist management in training its supervisors more efficiently to discharge their responsibilities in handling personnel problems, in instructing new and old workers in their departments, in establishing better job procedures, in organizing their departments, and in understanding and following a safety program in connection with their work. 51. Problems of Handling People. A course including such units as problems of inducting new workers, reprimanding, building confidence, handling grievances, preventing grievances, training workers for responsibility, adjusting women to production, and getting cooperation from the management and the workers. One hour terminal credit. Staff 53. The Supervisor as an Instructor. A course including units on teaching methods, learning difficulties, practice in demonstration teaching, making job breakdowns, and in teaching the job. One hour terminal credit. Staff 55. Improvement in Job Methods. A course including instruction and practice in analyzing present job procedures for the purpose of finding and putting into practice improvements which will increase production. One hour terminal credit. Staff 57. Organization and Management of Production. A course designed to give instruction in the functions of management such as, planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling. One hour terminal credit. Staff 59. The Supervisor's Part in Safety. A course designed to give instruction in a method of taking an inventory of a department on safety, in investigating all interruptions to production and making plans to eliminate those courses of interruption, in planning a safety program, in delegating duties and responsibilities, in selling the plan to the department personnel, and following-up to see that the safety program is followed. One hour terminal credit. Staff Each of the conferences in these courses has been tried out and re-planned so that the material covered is refined and concentrated. Charts and film strips add much interest to the instruction. |