Mpact Maintenance Solutions

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PRESS RELEASE - April 2010

MPACT & Kobalt Tools Partnership

MPACT Maintenance & Reliability Solutions: (Greensboro, NC)
We provide high quality assessment, education and training in industrial and facility maintenance that increases employee knowledge, performance and productivity.

The Kobalt Partnership:
We are proud to announce that we are partnering with Kobalt Tools as our exclusive supplier of hand tools for our training programs. The partnership will highlight the Kobalt Tools brand with the industrial maintenance sector through our maintenance training programs, focusing on getting Kobalt tools “where the tough jobs are”.

The partnership includes sampling of Kobalt tool kits to training participants, and discounts on Kobalt tools for MPACT training partners.

Kobalt Tools:
Kobalt offers a complete line of professional quality hand tools and accessories designed to make your tough jobs easier, at work and at home. They are professional quality tools built with a powerful blend of performance-driven design, rugged toughness, and the latest innovations and features.

Kobalt Tools are available exclusively at Lowe’s. Go to www.kobalttools or www.lowes.com for more information.

Free Tool Sweeptakes:
To enter into a raffle to win a Kobalt SpeedFittm tool kit (a $60 value), send an email back to us (within one week) with your:

Name
Title
Maintenance Department size:
Company name
Email address
Direct phone number

We will be selecting a winner in April, 2010.

For more information:
Contact Bill Goebel (bill@mpactlsolutions.com or 336-379-1444 ext.101) for further information.
To learn more about MPACT and our training capabilities, visit www.mpactsolutions.com.

PRESS RELEASE - March 2010

Assessment: A Valuable Training Tool

Employee assessments:
In order to properly evaluate the skill/knowledge levels of your maintenance staff, we recommend utilizing specific, industry-developed tests to determine the levels of each individual. This enables us to recommend the proper courses to close the “skill gaps” and establish a baseline for all current and future maintenance employees. These assessments provide actionable feedback designed to ensure that “you know what they know”, and can assist in matching their expertise to their jobs.

Assessment areas:
We have over 100 online assessments that cover the core and specific competencies relating to the vast array of plant maintenance functions.

Core competencies:

Fundamentals
Electrical systems
Mechanical systems

Specific competencies include a range of assessments within these categories:

Electronics
Mechanical maintenance applications
Air conditioning & refrigeration
Process control instrumentation, PLC’s, and microprocessors
Hoists & rigging
Machine shop practices and machine tools
Maintenance management

…and many others.

We can also custom design assessments from a “pool” of over 5000 questions designed to meet your specific needs and job descriptions. Assessments generally run $300 per student.

The assessment process:
Assessment- We provide you with an extensive listing of the 100+ standard assessments for your internal review. You then select the assessments (by subject/topic) that best fit with your specific maintenance needs. You then have the option to review with us each individual question within the selected assessments to determine what questions do or do not apply to your specific plant environment and your maintenance staff’s responsibilities (may vary by job title within the maintenance department).

Once this is completed and the final assessments are approved, they are available online (password protected) for your staff to take as their schedules allow.

Evaluation/reporting- We provide periodic reports on each individual’s progress, and when all assessments are completed, provide a final report that includes the scores and the recommended courses for each individual. We provide an evaluation of each individual, plus an overall evaluation for the department that shows how each individual scored against the department average, and where they placed (below average, average, above average, top percentile, etc.).

We then work with management to schedule the recommended classes to close the “skill gaps”.

Department assessment:
We also have the ability to assess the entire maintenance department/process, and make recommendations to ensure that they provide a more efficient support function for the plant operations.