Manufacturing Today Issue - 219 December 2023 | Page 114

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We have engaged with our local education system at high schools and technical colleges to foster career opportunities at WAF
customers on new programs , many are in a ‘ wait and see ’ mode and are not releasing the new jobs .”
One aspect the business is excelling in is its efforts to ramp up interest in apprenticeship schemes . “ We have engaged with our local education system at high schools and technical colleges to foster career opportunities at WAF , both in terms of operations and support staff . This collaboration has been ongoing for over 40 years .
“ Our engineering manager who has over 25 years started in a ‘ school-to-work ’ program when he was a sophomore . We have company training programs in our machine shop , and maintenance area along with several in our foundry departments . In 2022 , we established a dedicated training area where new employees spend their first two weeks understanding how to read process sheets , finish a casting and get a feel for the foundry environment . This center significantly improved our retention rate for new hires .
“ We received the New North Workplace Excellence Award for this project . We are also encouraging diversity and inclusivity across our organization , and , the last major initiative ,
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