Train Better. Preserve Knowledge. Start the Year Strong.

Make Training a System — Not a Guess.

Join Polaris MEP for a hands-on, practical workshop that teaches you how to capture critical job knowledge, train new personnel faster, and standardize instruction using proven Job Instruction (TWI) methods.

Overview

When a key employee leaves — especially someone with years (or decades) of experience — they don’t just take their role with them.

They take the “little things”: the shortcuts that prevent mistakes, the sequence that keeps the line moving, the quality cues they notice without thinking, and the knowledge that lives in muscle memory, not manuals.

This workshop is built to help manufacturers protect themselves from knowledge loss while also improving training outcomes across the organization.

You’ll learn a structured, repeatable approach for training that makes onboarding smoother, strengthens consistency, and supports long-term workforce stability.

Limited Time Special New Year Rate

$125 per person (full certificate course is $600/pp)
We’re offering this reduced price because we believe training is one of the most important ways to start the year strong — and because the cost of knowledge loss is always higher than prevention.

What You’ll Learn (Job Instruction Foundations)

This 2-part workshop introduces the fundamentals of Job Instruction (TWI) — a widely used training method in lean manufacturing environments — and shows leaders how to build training systems that actually stick.

Topics include:

• How to break down a job into clear, teachable steps
• How to identify key points (the “why” behind the work)
• How to create instruction sheets that employees can use and supervisors can trust
• How to build consistency across shifts, trainers, and departments
• How to strengthen knowledge transfer from experienced workers to new hires
• How to begin tracking and reviewing employee qualification across critical tasks

This workshop also serves as a strong foundation for manufacturers who may want to pursue certification training in the future (this workshop itself is not a certificate course).

Who Should Attend

This workshop is ideal for:

• Operations Managers and Plant Managers
• Supervisors and Team Leads
• HR and Training Managers
• Continuous Improvement / Lean Leaders
• Anyone responsible for onboarding, cross-training, or developing employees
• Companies planning for retirements, turnover, or growth

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

Nathan Bonds, Project Manager
Lean Six Sigma, Training within Industry (Job Relations), ASQ (Quality), Root Cause Analysis

Polaris MEP Project Manager Nathan A. Bonds has over 20 years of manufacturing experience as an Assembler, Supervisor, Coordinator, Engineer, Continuous Improvement Manager and Quality Manager. He has worked in the Automotive Industry, Injection Molding, Electroplating, Manual Hand Spraying, Paint Automation, Vibe, Polish and Buffing, Sublimation, and Precious Metals Industry.

As a Quality Manager, Nathan championed the compliance of Management Systems to ISO 9001; as well as developed and implemented new testing methods due to technological advances at his end user Customer. As a Continuous Improvement Manager, he performed training on Team Management, Facilitation, Structured Problem Solving, 5-S Execution, and Preventative Maintenance Scheduling. He also developed new processes for new product development, streamlining the process, and seeing through to production.

As a Plant Scrap Coordinator, he championed a Team of individuals using Lean Methodologies to reduce the highest scrap product lines in each department and drive change management. He is a passionate trainer and teacher. He has certifications in ASQ Training, Root Cause Analysis and is a member of Gemba Academy, Lean Six Sigma and ASQ.