Education and training

FFI training programme qualifies career changers to become machine operators

2021 saw the 2nd edition of the FFI training programme "From lateral entrant to machine operator die-cutter/gluer". Around two dozen participants from FFI member companies document the folding carton industry's need for industry-specific and industry-appropriate training for its skilled workers.

Due to thes great success of the premiere in 2019 organisede the FFI in October and November 2021 the 2nd edition his Training programme „From career changer to machine operator punching/gluing“. The round again two dozen Participants from FFI Member companies document the folding carton industry's need for industry-specific and industry-appropriate training of their skilled labour.

The Training programme is Specially designed for relative newcomers to folding carton production, who, according to the assessment of the sending folding carton company, offer themselves as skilled workers with potential for development into machine operators over a certain period of time due to their previous employment (e.g. as machine assistants). In the one-week theory-Straining and the two-week practice-Straining (optionally punching or gluing) receive dThe training participants receive comprehensive information on Folding cartonthe product and the production technologies, tools and processes used to manufacture it.

Practical from the start

The one-week central theory training course for the new edition took place this year from 11.-15. October 2021 in the Gernsbach Paper Centre instead. With the paper centre has the FFI has found the ideal partner for its theory training, as the quality tests on cartonboard and folding cartons on site in the laboratoryen of the paper centre could be carried out. This brought the advantage that the Participants the Training content through the close linking of theoretical content with the laboratory tests visualised in a practical way could ben.

"When career changers meet teachers with 30 years of experience in packaging production, there is a lot of knowledge to transfer. We always enjoy accompanying the participants on their journey. This year, we also used our modern video analysis system from the Performance Package at the FFI training courses: Each participant was filmed setting up the machine according to the Marbach script and took this video home with them as a little memento and also as inspiration for their own work. The feedback from the participants was positive all round. Many ideas were taken away to make daily work on the punching machine easier. Every production assistant with 6 to 12 months“ experience in the company should do a course like this to make them fit for the job of machine operator."

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Jan Brunner, Sales Manager at Marbach

Support from partner companies

In order to ensure optimum learning success, this was followed by the central theory training directly the two two-week practical seminars (optional: punching or gluing) on. The production-related practical training courses took place from 15-26 November 2021 with one of the FFI partner companies Bobst, Marbach or Heidelberg direct at the processing machines. This enabled the Participants the Operating, setting up and monitoring the Processingsmachinen and the Production of simple manufacturing orders learn and subsequently received a Examination certificate.

„This time, all the participants who attended the training The same customer's company took part in our folder gluers. This made it possible for us to respond intensively to the customer's specific wishes during the training. This was very well received by the participants. The generally very positive feedback from the participants of the two training courses held so far confirms that we are on the right track. Need for this qualification programme. Heidelberg is therefore happy to continue its involvement in this FFI project.“
Bernhard Nahm, Head of Postpress at the Print Media Centre of the Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG

Source: Folding Carton Industry Association