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Julie Young, director of quality and Jacqueline Zimmerman, training program facilitator along with the GEOTEAK team worked together to build a space dedicated to employees learning goals and career goals
“Now, from day one, our employees get hands-on training in a safe environment without the distractions of the factory floor,” Young says. “Again, we prioritize safety and quality; this space has really
room as well,” Young says. “The space was built to be multifunctional, and the goal is for the list of functions to keep growing.”
allowed for us to expand our safety training and further educate our new employees about our products and quality standards.” It’s not just internal training that they’re holding at GEOTEK. They have partnered with some external training resources too, providing additional space to hold classes and seminars.
The space is large enough that GEOTEK has been able to move conversations or trainings previously limited to a conference room to accommodate
Now, from day one, our employees get hands-on training in a safe environment without the distractions...
almost 50 people. Recently, all the supervisors were able to sit in a class held by the company’s HR department over leadership growth.
Mason Sauder, manufacturing engineer at GEOTEK participates in bi-weekly training for new hires. “I’m very excited about a dedicated training space where people can be trained better
“Just being in the Learning Center – people engage more than when we held previous trainings in a conference room. We have an emergency response team, and we’ve been able to host those learning sessions in the training
before being exposed to production,” Sauder says. “I appreciate being able to tailor a learning environment
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