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The National Fluid Power Centre is recognised by the British Fluid Power Association and approved by international companies to provide training on their behalf. They support and resource the Centre and provide mentorship to its staff, thereby providing...more

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Cranfield's MSc in Manufacturing Consultancy has been developed in response to demand for multi-skilled professionals with the knowledge of implementing change across an organisation.

It covers factory floor to management.

The course is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS).

It comprises eight assessed modules, a group project and an individual research project.

Modules: Consultancy Skills; Enterprise Systems; General Management; Manufacturing Strategy; Manufacturing Systems; Engineering Operations; Analysis Operations Management; Supply Chain Management.

The industrial group involves working in teams to fulfil demanding objectives within a tight time schedule, and applying technologies and approaches.

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Keithley Instruments, a provider of advanced electrical test instruments and systems, will broadcast a free, web-based seminar, entitled 'New Methods for Testing Flash Memory' on 20 May 2010.

This one-hour presentation will examine new developments, such as multi-level cell (MLC), that are aimed at achieving increased density.

The webinar will also explore advancements in measurement techniques and capabilities, from characterising a single transistor for development purposes to integrated and automated solutions for Flash production.

During the webinar, the fundamentals of Flash technology testing will be reviewed and there will be a discussion about Fowler-Nordheim (FN) and Hot Electron Injection (HEI) programming and erasing.

Different aspects of testing applicable to single Flash transistors and Flash array testing will be considered, including standard transistor characterisation, endurance and disturb testing.

The pulse fidelity requirement for MLC testing will also be discussed.

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http://www.engineeringmaintenance.info/images/drying_en.jpgBEKO Technologies is further extending its product range by launching their first e-learning course - “The Basics of Compressed Air Technology”. This innovative course is now available to all customers and partners, giving them the chance to share and benefit from BEKO’s vast experience in compressed air.

The course “Basics of Compressed Air Technology” gives an insight into compressed air from the end users point of view.

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Maintenance Engineer As someone involved in the maintenance of a company’s assets, which may include   plant machinery, vehicles, long term hire equipment, stock and spares; you will be aware of the bewildering amount of  guidance on the subject. You may well be new to the subject having just been delegated to look at your company’s asset portfolio, or given this task in addition to other  operations work.

  But what ever the situation this short check guide from MCP will help you look at the macro questions which effect correct maintenance activity and asset management.

  1. Are all the assets your computerised maintenance management system identified registered, and recorded, and how many are not being used?

  2. Do you know which assets present the greatest risk to your business in terms of:

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Dr Eric ParrThe East Lancashire Institute of Higher Education at Blackburn College (ELIHE) specialises in providing tailored Higher Education solutions. It offers qualifications at levels ranging from Higher National to Masters in a range of subjects including engineering, computing, construction, business and public sector studies. It can also develop programmes rapidly to meet specific sector or industry needs.

The institute is also market leader in delivering qualifications by a combination of accreditation of existing employer courses, on-site delivery, distance learning and/or short intensive courses. It has a long track record of delivering such

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enhancing the performance of your people, your plant and your processes

venue:   Warrington
date:   20th February 2008

Wednesday 20 February 2008
The seminar will consist of 3 different workshops.  Delegates can select the workshop they wish to attend.  Each Workshop will be approx 3 hours.

09.00 -  Introduction to MCP Consulting and Training 

09.30-12.30 Workshop 1 - Reducing Costs through effective asset management in a manufacturing environment
Cost reduction is no longer just about reducing staff numbers, the focus has to be how to get more with the same.  Equipment efficiency in many organisations is still very low with utilisation levels of 50-60%. 
Equipment performance is not just the responsibility of the engineer, all production staff have a role to play.  In this workshop we will consider how equipment performance can be improved, costs reduced and inefficiencies eliminated.
Workshop topics will include:

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StudentsBy David Larner CEng. Technical Training Solutions

With the accountants having the loudest voices in the board room these days, engineering training managers often find it very difficult to be heard because it is hard to put a value on training. In this article Technical Training Solutions (TTS), the Kent based Skills Company makes a case for short, practical courses that concentrate on competence.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) such as Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is something accountants understand.   TTS has an extensive client list that includes companies such as Northern Foods, Glaxo Smith Kline, Rivita and Rolls Royce. They all agree that a well trained asset care team will always make a positive impact on OEE - that does improve the bottom line operating costs.

The fundamental problem all training managers face is what form of training is needed. Training is expensive, fact. But the cost of ignorance is much higher, so no one should even begin to consider what the cost of the wrong training might be.

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Sira CertificationSira is a world leader in the conformity assessment solutions field, specialising in explosion protection of equipment used in potentially explosive atmospheres (Hazardous Areas).

Already the UK

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Six Sigma green belt and black belt certification.
University of Michigan Engineering Center for Professional Development

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In addition to comprehensive class offerings, service options are available to meet diverse customer needs. ABB University Training Services can deliver the training you need at our world-class training centers, locally at your plant site, or via the Internet.
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Fundamentals and principals of infrared thermography. Different levels available (informational, beginner, experienced and advanced). 30 minutes to 2 hours.
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ImageBecause modern industry requires managers who are fluent in technology and also engineers who understand business, Engineering Management schools train students in both areas. Core studies in engineering and business subjects can be applied to many different types of employment and create opportunities to work in a number of different businesses.

Many Engineering Managers work in manufacturing. You can also train to work in areas as diverse as Environmental Engineering, participating in projects to improve water and air quality, or Plant Engineering, with responsibility for the installation of equipment in industrial settings.

Engineering Management Duties
Graduates of Engineering Management schools normally expect to work in a supervisory capacity. Your duties would include managing people with differing types of expertise, and coordinating their input to bring engineering projects to a successful conclusion. You would use your good communication skills to ensure that your team worked well together, and your trained business abilities to manage projects within timescales and budgets.

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KCTS completes another successful TPM Instructor Course with all 32 delegates passing

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A blog about the world of TPM, Lean and World Class Manufacturing


Below are the answers for the Engineering Analysis Problem we posted last week. Stress Fracture caused by bending and rotation (Beach Marks) Sheer failure caused by bending and torsion. Abrasive wear around the circumference caused by debris of failure 2. Tensile failure caused by [...]

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We have just released the May Issue of the KCTS Resource: This month we’ll be delving in to the benefits of implementing Focused Improvement into your factory. We’ll be taking a look at our M.I.C.K system, from its conception as an idea back in 2006, and how it has benefitted both KCTS and our clients by [...]

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We are currently running Instructor Course 13 with our client out in China. So we thought we would give you a bit of an insight into how a White Cap would spend a day on the course.

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We recently had a number of people sending in questions through our free ‘Ask Us a Question’ service, so this is a good opportunity to remind everyone of exactly what this is;

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A One Point Lesson is a 5 to 10 minutes learning tool, which normally take less than 15 minutes to write.

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Focused Improvement is the process of applying systematic problem solving methods to manufacturing.

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After successfully completing upgrading our MICK to MICK 2, the latest model has now been fully testing in a live factory environment. Matthew Treby (Technical Consultant) has been to a local factory and put MICK 2 through its paces to evaluate the system and ensure the quality of the product and picture was perfect.

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UK based specialist business improvement training company; Kaizen Consultancy & Training Services (KCTS) are currently delivering their flag-ship Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)

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Written By: Cordell Hensley – KCTS Consultant The Value of Information In a blog posted back in July we talked about why businesses should record data. “The main purpose of recording factory losses is to understand where we are losing time, speed, quality and ultimately money. This allows us to focus our (limited) resources by identifying the [...]

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If you were set the challenge to introduce dramatic improvements into your business today, where would you start? Do you have a clear goal for your business? Have you written down your vision of how the business will look or feel after the improvement? Can you describe that difference clearly to your colleagues?

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Written by: Cordell Hensley – KCTS Lean Consultant If you’ve ever tried to make a change at work or implement a new policy, programme or project you have surely run into one of these characters; the ones who say “we’ve tried that before”, “it won’t work here”, or “here comes another management fad or flavour of [...]

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Written By: Paul Steven – KCTS Lean Consultant Can Shine within 5 S bring a team together? As written in previous blogs, 5S forms a foundation for improving your environment. If you need to improve your reliability or reduce the costs of your processes or even increase the capacity within your work place, you should consider using [...]

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Written By: Cordell Hensley – KCTS Consultant I recently ran a half marathon, not fast and it was quite painful. This is partly because I didn’t seek out advice before I started running, as Nike would say, Just Do It! I did. In retrospect I should have checked with the experts, my doctor & a trainer [...]

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Written By: Paul Steven – KCTS Consultant To control the quality of your products it is necessary to have an excellent understanding of the processes within your business. How are you judging your process performance? Judging process performance of your systems can be measured externally and give you benefits, and it can be measured internally and give [...]

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 Written by Cordell Hensley, KCTS Consultant Gemba – is a Japanese term which means “the real place” – within Lean it is associated with the shop floor, in Japan it means so much more – a detective considers the crime scene the Gemba! Interestingly, as an interim engineering manager sometimes the shop floor is a crime scene [...]

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When working with a customer recently on 5S, they asked about taking the next steps after successfully completing 3S’s (Sort, Set-in-order & Shine) for the first time.

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Recently I participated in running a half marathon.  Before the half marathon I had been preparing, training regularly, eating the right food, drinking lots of water and generally trying to give myself the best opportunity to surpass my personal best target of 94 minutes, or 7 minutes and 10 seconds per mile.  To begin with [...]

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Frontline managers should focus on coaching their employees to constantly improve performance. Line managers direct as much as two-thirds of the workforce and are responsible for the part of the company that typically interacts with and defines the customer experience. In a majority of the companies I’ve encountered, the frontline managers’ role is in a capacity [...]

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Written By: Sean Cole – KCTS Consultant Engineering Workshops come in all shapes and sizes and varying degrees of tidiness and organisation, however, most are not fit for purpose. A workshop that always looks dirty clearly needs 5S, but what If you see rows of shiny red tool boxes and clean benches, surely this does not [...]

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Back in 2009, KCTS starting blogging about Total Productive Maintenance which has been a core system within KCTS since it started in 1998. Read it again below: TPM Principles & Application What is it? TPM means Total Productive Maintenance. TPM is about involving everyone in creating and sustaining the necessary standards in their own areas. The standards must [...]

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Clearspill Ltd have designed a spill training package with first responders in mind.

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Softinway is planning to hold a free webinar titled 'Axstream 3.0: Design of Multispool Axial Compressor from Specification to 3D Blade Design'.

In the course of the one-hour online presentation, the Softinway team will showcase the new features of Axstream 3.0 for multispool compressors.

These include, for example its ability to assess multiple criteria to choose the optimal flow-path design.

Axstream 3.0 also features flow-path geometry adjustment, according to the designer's goals, using manual and S1 adjustment and spline.

Simulation of flow path produces the required design, including ducts, heat exchanger and pressure valves.

It can also perform: one- and two-dimension calculation and optimisation of flow-path shape; profiling of blades; and FEA and CFD analysis of the desired flow-path parts.

The presentation will be followed by an open question-and-answer forum.

This will allow attendees to interact with turbomachinery design professionals from Softinway in real time.
The role of technical training and its impact within the food and drink sector - Results of research carried out by MCP Consulting and Training, October 2009
 
INTRODUCTION

In recent years the extremely competitive nature of food and drink manufacturing has increased the drive for higher productivity, improved equipment efficiency and lower operational costs.  Plant reliability is paramount to achieving these requirements along with a cross-skilled and high performing workforce.

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Bringing together training, hr, maintenance and engineering professionals from the key food and drink organisations has led to a determined commitment  to work together to find a united way of progressing skills and training to maximise plant efficiency.

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mobius
Welcome to Mobius, the international, independent vibration training company.  This is the home of the world-renowned iLearn products and the Mobius Institute vibration training and certification organization.
 

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Terex EquipmentShell U.K. Oil Products Limited (Shell) held another successful one-day seminar with the National Fluid Power Centre (NFPC) in Scotland in April with engineers and hydraulics specialists coming together at the event held at the Terex Centre of Excellence in Motherwell.

The seminar focused on keeping hydraulic systems healthy to minimise energy use and maximise performance, and was followed by an open debate by the attendees which included representatives of some of the UK

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The National Fluid Power Centre is recognised by the British Fluid Power Association and approved by international companies to provide training on their behalf......

Venue: Warrington Holiday Inn Date:   Wednesday 20th February from 9:00

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The latest editions of The Electricians Guides are now available from Technical Training Solutions.
The specialist knowledge of the staff at Technical Training Solutions is also available in a range of reference books. We produce and distribute two books which started life as course notes for our wiring regulations (C&G 2381) and inspection and testing (C&G 2391) courses. Pocket sized for ease of use, they cover the subject areas in an interesting and informative way, without unnecessary technical theory.

The books are written by experts in their fields in an easy to understand language and are complemented with drawings and illustrations.

THE ELECTRICIANS GUIDE TO GOOD ELECTRICAL PRACTICE
An indispensable reference book for help and guidance on the 16th edition of the IEE

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Spirax TrainingSpirax Sarco has solved a costly steam quality problem that persistently dogged the Centre for Life in Newcastle. The Centre

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Coryton Refinery offers four-year apprenticeships in maintenance trades (mechanical rotating, mechanical non-rotating, electrical or instrumentation) or in production, typically beginning in September. each year

The programme consists of a combination of on-job training at the refinery and external training and further education at Prospects College, Basildon & Thurrock College, Grays. Schemes vary with your choice of apprenticeship trade , but all offer you the chance to build your career in the dynamic working environment of one of the world's leading energy companies.

You'll be working with state of the art technology, alongside some of the most experienced and knowledgeable engineers in the industry, with the prospect of achieving professional qualifications and long-term job satisfaction.

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ImageA good food safety management system protects the health of consumers and protects food businesses from the risks associated with making its customers ill. There are strong moral and economic reasons for ensuring food businesses develop and operate a food safety management system, and it is a legal requirement. Major changes to UK food hygiene legislation on 11th January 2006 means that food business operators, managers, supervisors and food handlers need to be aware of a broad range of issues that might affect the long term viability of the business in which they work.

The CIEH has developed a range of new food hygiene training courses and WATA is pleased to be able to offer the new courses and qualifications.

The law requires that food handlers are trained commensurate with their work activities and in recognition of this WATA can provide the breadth of knowledge that food businesses need. This includes accredited foundation to advanced level courses for food handlers, supervisors, managers and food business operators.

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Short Interval Control is all about reducing the time it takes to react to problems that may occur on the shop floor and therefore holding people accountable to the actions they agree to

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As part of our problem solving training course we sometimes get asked to evaluate machinery and processes. This is to establish the root cause of the failure which sometimes involves some interesting investigational work. Take a look at this problem which we recently came across and see if you can establish some details about what happened [...]

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On Friday, Instructor Course 13 came to an end in Shanghai, but for the Delegates who attended the course it is by no means the end of their journey.

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We have recently sold one of our M.I.C.K kits to a client in Finland, and thought it would be a great opportunity to tell you a bit more about the Kit and how it could help you in your factory.

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We are now running a Free 90 day promotional period for our KCTS Tree Frog Line Focus OEE Software. This software has been developed to be flexible and enable manufacturing sites to adapt the KCTS Tree Frog Loss and Waste system as they develop and improve their manufacturing operations.

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At the start of 2010, our clients division starts rolling out awareness courses on their Business System which includes Lean, 6 Sigma, TPM & Operational Excellence methodologies as a company wide system.

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We have just released the July Issue of the KCTS Resource: In this month’s issue we’ll be taking a look Risk and Risk Assessment and Health and Safety in the workplace, as well as, how Overall Equipment Effectiveness can be a foundation stone to any Lean Improvement Programme.

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The new version of MICK has entered its final phase of testing

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The main purpose of recording factory losses is to understand where we are losing time, speed, quality and ultimately money.

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We have just released issue 10 of the KCTS Resource: This month we’ll be taking a look at how best to use Value Stream Mapping to identify waste in any process and then to eliminate the waste, creating reliable, flexible processes that meet customer demand in the most effective way.

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I have just spent three days helping out a client with a serious delivery crisis due to the introduction of several new products for a major customer. They are a medium sized component manufacturer with a good reputation, experienced team of people and a range of technologies.

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Written By: Paul Steven – KCTS Lean Consultant The benefit of learning on Innovation In the 1990’s I worked as a Project Engineer & Project Manager for capital investments and introduction of innovations for a major drinks company, anything from smaller projects to multi-million transformational changes. Those changes in processes and machinery were driven by many things; [...]

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Written By: Paul Steven – KCTS Lean Consultant 5S has many specific definitions for each “S”. I prefer, Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardise & Sustain. All five should be applied together in sequence using Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) to drive a virtuous circle of improvement. PDCA means that rather than gaining perfection in a single cycle of [...]

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For immediate release PRESS RELEASE  Apprentice Challenge  KCTS delivers a motivation and values programme for apprentices at a major UK Aerospace company.  Wirral, UK. 22nd November 2010. A major UK Aerospace company approached KCTS with the challenge of motivating and instilling a higher level of values as part of its apprentice training programme. The company was concerned that its apprentices [...]

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“7 Steps of Every Change” Written By: Paul Steven – KCTS Consultant How is your business coping with the challenge of introducing dramatic improvements today? Are you familiar with the 7 Steps of Every Change? Do you know how to use these steps to deliver the change you want in your business? You can learn here how [...]

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Written By: Cordell Hensley – KCTS Consultant When was the last time you went to a meeting and walked out at the end and said “That was time well spent”? If you have a job, then odds are, you usually have the opposite opinion at the end of most meetings – you walk out thinking “that [...]

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By Malcolm Newman, KCTS Consultant I have recently carried different types of Health Check assessments on 2 similar but very different manufacturing operations; the one striking thing they had in common was the positive motivation of their employees. In both operations there was a spread of people who had recently joined the operations to those with [...]

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By Cordell Hensley – KCTS Consultant As part of my MBA programme I have several group or team tasks and assignments. As part of the KCTS training courses, we also split the delegates into teams for their projects. Working in teams has become a standard part of business and team dynamics have been studied by many. [...]

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Written By: Paul Steven – KCTS Consultant Recently I have returned to classic Time Management as a way to improve my Value Added to Non-Value Added ratio. I found that I am lacking the self discipline to ignore the interesting but ultimately Non-Value Added activities that were part of my routine, I needed a system to [...]

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Written by Cordell Hensley – KCTS Consultant Last year I was fortunate enough to work within many companies, and within all of them I could always find leaders who would not delegate. There were many reasons but often it was a lack of trust. Why don’t people trust those who work for them? If we don’t trust [...]

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Written By: Malcolm Newman – KCTS Consultant Last week was national apprentice week in the UK. There were some exciting events and announcements about developing skills for young people in industry. There were new courses from universities and employers like British Airways, BAE Systems, Jaguar Land Rover Group and Nisan announcing new schemes and commitment to [...]

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Written by – Cordell Hensley, KCTS Consultant How well do you listen? If you have children, you are probably good at ignoring sounds and even speech from time to time, they can drone on! But at the work place when we are discussing an issue or problem with someone or coming up with a solution once [...]

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