Training people in Plastic Injection Moulding
Wednesday, 6 April 2022
With a focus on recruitment in both of our plastic injection facilities, Tex Plastics Group has entered into a strategic partnership to develop its own Training Academy
Plastic injection moulding tailored to in-house training In a strategic partnership with Sierra 57 Consult, Tex Plastics have developed several bespoke career pathway training programmes. This is because very few people consciously think about a career in plastic injection moulding. Although there are training programs available, in reality these have been too narrowly focused toward various tasks or abilities (i.e. that a person will need to perform certain functions required in his job). Neville Dudley and Richard Brown of Sierra 57 have been working closely with Richard Bromley & Justin Davies of Tex Plastics, conducting skills gap analyses to ascertain a long term foundation for “people investment, people retention”.
There are multiple roles here and it’s about recognising which areas suit the individual
Understanding the work environment, the role the individual plays within it, plus the wider opportunities within the business has been key. The most effective training for any technician, we have found, comes from the training they receive within the position they hold. To have strong technical knowledge, an individual must be exposed to nearly all departments within their working environment.
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By consistently exposing our people to the various skillsets within our facilities, over time we build weaknesses into strengths. Working with Sierra 57 we’ve developed a complex skill matrix that outlines the needs of our different teams. We use this matrix to plan a training approach specifically tailored to each individual joining the company. As the team matures and grows, we’ve seen the benefits in people wanting to develop within Tex Plastics, rather than feel they need to move jobs to achieve their life goals.
Within Tex Plastics Group there are many opportunities combined with accredited training:
- Logistics
- Trainee Mould Setters
- Mould Technicians
- Toolmakers
- Mechanical Fitters
- Maintenance engineers
- Post moulding operations
- Quality
- Management
- Commercial
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