TRUMPF Expands Training Center
With this 18,000 sq ft expansion, they are now capable of training 5,000 students within 630 training events a year.
Posted: June 27, 2018
TRUMPF Inc. (Farmington, CT) has increased their training and education for precision sheet metal fabrication customers and employees in North America by increasing their training facility by 18,000 sq ft. The company is now able to offer classroom and “at the machine” instruction in a 40,000-sq ft, state-of-the art, training center. The total investment of the company’s training center expansion in Farmington, CT, exceeds $3 Million. With this expansion, they are now capable of training 5,000 students within 630 training events a year, which will be a significant increase from the 3,000 students that took part in training events just a year ago. The new training floor is equipped with 13 machines including tube lasers, material handling and material storage systems as well as laser, bending, and punching machinery. The center has 14 classrooms and 2 virtual learning classrooms. The company also offers an E-learning Specialist to teach online Machine Operator and Programming Training courses in the 2 new web pods.
“We look forward to providing our customers with a first-class learning experience beginning with their arrival in our new interactive lobby, learning in our state-of-the art classrooms, followed by hands-on training on our expanded machine floor and a visit to our bright training cafeteria,” stated Christine Benz, the training and development manager. “Our facility enables us to offer a wider variety of our machines and courses, to a wider variety of students,” she continued. “It doesn’t matter whether our customers come here with years of experience working with our equipment or whether they are new to TRUMPF, they will leave the training center retaining valuable skills and knowledge that will impact their company’s performance as well as improve their professional growth.”
The advancement of technology within manufacturing is continually improving, the company recognizes the importance of supporting their customers and employees with superior instruction and training in order to keep pace with advanced manufacturing. “With the digital transformation of manufacturing and society, we need to take action to prepare our workforce. As a family-owned company, we recognize our responsibility with regard to this change and want to support our customers in this endeavor as well,” remarked Burke Doar, the senior vice president of TRUMPF Inc.
The company offers IACET and SAA certified courses, to help enable customer advancement within the industry. Both certifications are reflective of the knowledge and expertise offered by the company’s experienced and devoted training instructors. The training center is the first, and only in the machine tool industry to achieve both certifications simultaneously. The company also offers a tuition covered, full-time paid apprenticeship program for aspiring employees and is certified to train veterans who have the opportunity to enroll in their training courses to earn continuing education units (CEUs) at no cost to them.
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