Jumpstart Your Team’s Potential: A Learning Path Template for 8 Essential Industrial Maintenance and Operations Roles

The challenge of determining which courses to assign to each Industrial Maintenance job role within your organization can be daunting. However, the days of asking yourself “Where do we begin?” can come to an end. Our Learning Path Template for Industrial Operations and Maintenance Roles is designed to help you effectively plan, advance, or guide your plant’s training program.

Our user-friendly learning paths match our online training courses to eight different maintenance and operations job roles, including Operators; Mechanical, Electrical, Multi-Craft, and Instrumentation Technicians, Electricians; and more.

The Power of Training Plans for an Industrial Workforce

A 2022 survey conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program revealed the top challenges faced by manufacturing companies in the next three years. Two of the primary concerns identified were employee recruitment and retention, and these challenges are expected to persist due to market dynamics.

Effective onboarding processes can engage new employees, teach them the skills they need, and reduce turnover rates. Additionally, implementing long-term career growth training and tracking employee progress is essential for retaining top talent.

According to NIST’s Manufacturers’ Guide to Finding and Retaining Talent, replacing just a single hourly worker with an annual salary of $40,000 costs $20,000 on average, highlighting the importance of reducing employee churn.

With this tool, your workers can advance their job skills, and organizations provide professional development opportunities for a variety of common Industrial Maintenance and Operator job titles.

Kick-Start Your Industrial Operations and Maintenance Training Strategy

Our learning path tool helps you easily identify and assign appropriate eLearning courses by job role for your teams.

Here’s an example of how you can quickly get your employee enrolled in training that matters for their role. If you have a new hire starting as a Mechanical Maintenance Technician, you can use the learning path tool to easily identify and assign courses in the areas of pumps, valves, drives, conveyors, and bearings, as well as equipment repair to ensure they have a solid foundation for their role.

Our color-coded learning path map highlights 150 eLearning courses organized into 18 skills-based maintenance and equipment topic areas, providing a quick and efficient way to assess and assign courses that align with your organization’s and industrial employees’ learning goals and career pathways.

By utilizing our training templates, you can fully leverage Vector Solutions’ Industrial Maintenance Library and unlock your employees’ potential for professional growth and development. Whether you are onboarding new hires, upskilling experienced operations and maintenance employees, or providing career advancement opportunities, our learning path tool can help you optimize your employees’ learning journey and promote career development within your organization.

Our Learning Path Advantages

This template recommends a learning path for your core industrial workforce, demonstrating how courses align with different professional roles and levels. Let’s explore the benefits for your organization and how it helps your employees build a strong foundation in their respective roles.

Organizational Consistency

Vector Solutions’ online training courses ensure that important job skills are presented consistently to all employees in specific job roles.

For example, you can be confident that your team, regardless of level, has been taught the same foundational industrial concepts on tools, diagrams, industrial math, and basic operations. This creates a solid foundation for your organization and functional areas to build upon.

Fast, Efficient Onboarding

A positive onboarding experience is crucial for employee retention, especially in today’s competitive job market. This career pathing template can help you establish first-year training goals for new employees, regardless of their level or area of expertise.

Boosting Employee Moral & Retention

With developed learning paths for career advancement, experienced employees may seek out their own training opportunities. Research shows that providing a visible path for continuous upskilling and education can boost employee morale and retention.

Add Learning Paths to Your Vector Solutions LMS

Investing in your employees’ learning and development is an investment in the success of your organization. By igniting the potential of your workforce through tailored learning paths, you build a foundation for sustainable growth, innovation, and a competitive edge. With Vector Solutions’ Industrial Operations and Maintenance Learning Path Template and our  Industrial Training, navigating training for your industrial workforce becomes effortless with easy training accessibility for skill improvement.

By adding this tool to your Learning Management System (LMS), you can:

• Save administrators time assigning the right training to employees
• Close skills gaps faster
• Speed up onboarding time for new hires
• Retain more employees by upskilling them
• Provide pathways for employee promotions
• And so much more!

Let us help you create a safer, smarter, and better workplace. Request a demo today to learn more!