In looking to its internal DNA of workers to fill job openings in a growing press brake department, metal fabricator the Metalworking Group turned to the National Institute of Metalworking Skills to help develop and implement a new pay-for-skills program based on three specific roles. Training, or the lack thereof, is a universal business conversation that comes with a certain amount of hand wringing and shoulder shrugging. Can any company really know if its employees are well-trained? For the Metalworking Group (MWG), a sheet metal and plate fabricator based in Cincinnati, OH, this question has been a hot topic for some time. "We've found over the years that we can find pretty good machinists," says Bill Mondillo, MWG's safety and facilities manager. "Where we've really struggled is with press brake operators."
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