Programmed Instruction
Used In Teaching MTM
Fieldcrest Mills is using programmed
instruction as a fast, effective way to
teach Methods-Time Measurement
(MTM) to industrial engineers, mill
supervisors and others.
The new training facilities were set
up £ind are operated by the Fieldcrest
Standards Department primarily for the
continuing training of the members of
the department.
Programmed instruction is a combi
nation of advanced teaching techniques
using “teaching machines” and other
aids. Those who have taken the course
here agree that programmed instruction
is an improvement over traditional lec
ture methods of training. They point out
that they learned more, learned better,
and learned faster.
MTM is a widely used system for im
proving methods and measuring work,
using predetermined time standards for
all motions involved in physical work.
The new course at Fieldcrest replaces
conventional training in MTM given
here for the past several years.
Fieldcrest First To Use
Fieldcrest obtained the new teaching
equipment and program materials from
the developers, the Maynard Research
Council, of Pittsburgh, Pa., a manage
ment consulting firm headed by Dr. H.
B. Maynard, one of the originators of
MTM.
Our company was the first industry
to have its own MTM training set-up
using programmed instruction. There
have since been many requests for the
course from industries throughout the
country.
The new teaching facilities were in
stalled several months ago in a special
‘Y’ Membership Drives
Will Open This Week
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bers of committees appointed by the
directors.
This year’s goal of 1040 members, in
cluding men, women, boys and girls, is
about 250 more than the actual mem
bership for the YMCA a year ago.
At present new application cards for
all members whose membership will
expire in May are being prepared to be
sent to them so that they can renew
their membership without having to
come by the YMCA to do so.
The YMCA membership rates at Dra
per YMCA will be the same again this
year. The YMCA also has a patron
membership which may be secured.
This includes YMCA membership and
swimming pool pass for entire family.
Anyone who wishes to become a
member is invited to contact the cam
paign committeemen in Draper. They
will be happy to take memberships
and answer questions concerning the
activities offered at Draper YMCA.
room at the General Offices. This ultra
modern training room has become one
of the most used areas in the building.
Receiving the training are industrial
engineers, training personnel from the
mills, management trainees, mill super
visors and certain staff people. To date,
approximately 25 foremen have com
pleted the course and all Fieldcrest
supervisors eventually will receive the
training.
Devoted primarily to methods analysis
and improvement, the programmed in
struction provides for greater consisten
cy in training and follow-up in work
simplification.
Latest-Type Equipment
The equipment includes a Koncept-
O-Graph, for programmed instruction;
and Audio-Graphic Instructor with vari
ous slides and tapes giving instruction
and lectures; training films; and a work-
shop-laboratory furnished with various
tools and equipment for actual practice.
The Koncept-O-Graph teaching ma
chine shows a progression of statements
with missing words with the correct
words concealed until the student has
written his answers on a special answer
tape.
The Audio-Graphic Instructor is an
automatic slide viewer and changer us
ing tape cartridges for synchronized au
dio. The films are shown in a special
projection room designed for individ
ualized showings of movies and kine
scopes. The student can stop the movie
at any point or view it over again at
his own discretion.
An important part of the training set
up is the workshop-laboratory in which
the student, using imaginative models of
tools and machines, can record his own
motions while performing a series of
typical work actions. In this way he
gains extensive experience in applying
the knowledge he learns in other phases
of the training program.
120-Hour Basic Course
The basic training course runs ap
proximately 120 hours and this is the
course taken by Fieldcrest’s industrial
engineers. The course being taken by
the mill supervisors is an appreciation
program requiring fewer hours.
W. R. Kiser, director of standards, in
commenting on the use of programmed
learning for this purpose, said:
“We believe that these latest tech
niques in training will prove to be of
great value to Fieldcrest due to im
proved methods that reduce the costs
of manufacturing. We are pleased with
the enthusiastic response of the super
visors who have received the training.
Both the company and its employees
will benefit from this program in that
the company’s competitive position will
be strengthened through the improved
methods and techniques that result from
training in Methods - Time Measure
ment.”
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O. J. Simmons, Karastan genera
which shows progression of
Correct words are concealed until * fliU'
All Fieldcrest supervisors eventua
Audio-Graphic Instructor is a**
changer using tape cartridges
ture above, James Marlowe, of
the new teaching device.
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$75 denomination
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issue price of $56.25.
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in the same manner in which
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