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benefits to MSSC standards
Production-related benefits of skill standards:
- Improved productivity
- Decreased cost, scrap, rejects, re-handling, damage and retraining
- Fewer safety and liability claims
- Reduced customer returns and complaints
- Less downtime, higher utilization rates and efficiency
- Improved setup time and material usage
- Better cycle time
- Customers have competitive advantage because of improved supplier performance
Quality-related benefits of skill standards:
- Provides measurable assurance of quality performance
- Customers see that you are committed to training and continuous improvement of both operations and individuals
- Skill standards are a tool for complying with ISO & QS 9000 Training Element 4.18 and ISO/QS documentation requirements
Workforce-related benefits of skill standards:
- Promote consistent standards of employee performance
- Increase promotional opportunities
- Attract better qualified and motivated employees
- Reduce employee turnover
- Enhance morale, improving productivity and stability
- Provide a baseline for employers to diagnose employee deficiencies and strengths
- Nationally recognized criteria for hiring and advancement
- Reduced cost of hiring and screening; know verified applicant skills prior to interview
- Reduced cost of "bad hires"
- Standards are a way to define and implement a pay-for-skill program
- Standards encourage upgrade in skill development
- Standards are the basis for developing job descriptions and performance appraisal systems
Worker benefits:
- Standards are the basis for career path planning; individuals can credential to areas that interest and excite them
- Credentialing to standards is proof of job knowledge
- Credentialing shows leadership among peers
- Standards are the guidelines for training and credentialing
- Standards are portable credentials for job searches
- Credentials are verified by an independent third party
Standards support education & training:
- As the foundation for education-to-careers programs
- As a benchmark for assessing student/trainee skills
- As a guide for training requirements
- As a tool for identifying knowledge categories
- As a tool for defining performance benchmarks
- As a tool for assessing education and training programs
- As a tool for determining training needs and objectives
- As a tool for establishing job-related goals for training
- As a guide for determining machinery and equipment needs
- As a common language for educators and employers
- As a tool to assist in developing, maintaining and updating curriculum
- As an advertising tool for attracting qualified students into precision metalworking related educational programs
- As a tool for placing program graduates with good employers
- As a way to communicate with parents about what their son or daughter will learn and achieve.