Education is Ever Changing
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NDT Management
| Tuesday, October 22, 2024 |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| 213/214 - Campfire & Deep Dive |
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Education is Ever Changing
How do we get from yesterday to tomorrow?
There are many different avenues for newcomers to receive the classroom training for NDT. Among those are your company, outside training facilities, online, or from a trainer/Level III. We will discuss the model that is still employed today versus how our young people are being taught through high school. What works and what doesn’t, different methodologies for different age groups, and the quality of the instruction. In order to facilitate conversation, we will be diving into these topics:
1. How has learning changed over the years from secondary education, and have we as an industry kept up with these changes?
2. With all of our training options in industry are we utilizing the best approach, or are we just checking a box on certification paperwork?
3. Should industry be more involved with secondary education reaching kids at a younger age, and if so, how does that look?
With education constantly changing and it being a topic in industry for my whole career we will just be scratching the surface with these questions, but it will give people some opinions of others to consider, and hopefully produce good/actionable ideas.
With the landscape changing in our workforce and how we reach people will be paramount with the labor shortage we are seeing not just in NDT, but all of skilled trades. I will be able to speak from experience having gone through training at a college initially, then training with outside facilities for advanced certifications, teaching for companies I worked for, teaching as a Level III consultant, managing divisions, and now circling back and bringing the NDT education to the high school level in a unique format that to my knowledge has not been done before.
How do we get from yesterday to tomorrow?
There are many different avenues for newcomers to receive the classroom training for NDT. Among those are your company, outside training facilities, online, or from a trainer/Level III. We will discuss the model that is still employed today versus how our young people are being taught through high school. What works and what doesn’t, different methodologies for different age groups, and the quality of the instruction. In order to facilitate conversation, we will be diving into these topics:
1. How has learning changed over the years from secondary education, and have we as an industry kept up with these changes?
2. With all of our training options in industry are we utilizing the best approach, or are we just checking a box on certification paperwork?
3. Should industry be more involved with secondary education reaching kids at a younger age, and if so, how does that look?
With education constantly changing and it being a topic in industry for my whole career we will just be scratching the surface with these questions, but it will give people some opinions of others to consider, and hopefully produce good/actionable ideas.
With the landscape changing in our workforce and how we reach people will be paramount with the labor shortage we are seeing not just in NDT, but all of skilled trades. I will be able to speak from experience having gone through training at a college initially, then training with outside facilities for advanced certifications, teaching for companies I worked for, teaching as a Level III consultant, managing divisions, and now circling back and bringing the NDT education to the high school level in a unique format that to my knowledge has not been done before.
Speaker
Jared Williams
Instructor
Widefield D3
Education is Ever Changing
Presentation Description
Education is Ever Changing
How do we get from yesterday to tomorrow?
There are many different avenues for newcomers to receive the classroom training for NDT. Among those are your company, outside training facilities, online, or from a trainer/Level III. We will discuss the model that is still employed today versus how our young people are being taught through high school. What works and what doesn’t, different methodologies for different age groups, and the quality of the instruction. In order to facilitate conversation, we will be diving into these topics:
1. How has learning changed over the years from secondary education, and have we as an industry kept up with these changes?
2. With all of our training options in industry are we utilizing the best approach, or are we just checking a box on certification paperwork?
3. Should industry be more involved with secondary education reaching kids at a younger age, and if so, how does that look?
With education constantly changing and it being a topic in industry for my whole career we will just be scratching the surface with these questions, but it will give people some opinions of others to consider, and hopefully produce good/actionable ideas.
With the landscape changing in our workforce and how we reach people will be paramount with the labor shortage we are seeing not just in NDT, but all of skilled trades. I will be able to speak from experience having gone through training at a college initially, then training with outside facilities for advanced certifications, teaching for companies I worked for, teaching as a Level III consultant, managing divisions, and now circling back and bringing the NDT education to the high school level in a unique format that to my knowledge has not been done before.
How do we get from yesterday to tomorrow?
There are many different avenues for newcomers to receive the classroom training for NDT. Among those are your company, outside training facilities, online, or from a trainer/Level III. We will discuss the model that is still employed today versus how our young people are being taught through high school. What works and what doesn’t, different methodologies for different age groups, and the quality of the instruction. In order to facilitate conversation, we will be diving into these topics:
1. How has learning changed over the years from secondary education, and have we as an industry kept up with these changes?
2. With all of our training options in industry are we utilizing the best approach, or are we just checking a box on certification paperwork?
3. Should industry be more involved with secondary education reaching kids at a younger age, and if so, how does that look?
With education constantly changing and it being a topic in industry for my whole career we will just be scratching the surface with these questions, but it will give people some opinions of others to consider, and hopefully produce good/actionable ideas.
With the landscape changing in our workforce and how we reach people will be paramount with the labor shortage we are seeing not just in NDT, but all of skilled trades. I will be able to speak from experience having gone through training at a college initially, then training with outside facilities for advanced certifications, teaching for companies I worked for, teaching as a Level III consultant, managing divisions, and now circling back and bringing the NDT education to the high school level in a unique format that to my knowledge has not been done before.
Biography
Jared Williams is a current Level III in MT, PT, and UT. During his time in industry he has worked primarily on the service side and only recently has dedicated himself full time to education in NDT. He has 15+ years of management experience in Advanced Services.
During his career he has worked on many high-profile jobs. Starting in 2022 he devoted himself full time to teaching NDT through a contracting agreement with District 3 in Colorado Springs. Starting in the fall of 2023 he transitioned from a contracting agreement to a full-time instructor with the district.
