Job Instruction Manual - Training Within Industry Service

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Job Instruction Plan for War Production
similarly, "showing" can be brought out by concrete examples:
-Showing a man hox to put plaster on a wall-it looks easy, but
he puts the plaster everywhere except where it should be. It
won't stick for him.
-Showing a man how to tie a package and break the twine-it looks
easy, but he can be most awkward in handling the package and even
cut his hand trying to break the twine.
-Showing a helper how to solder on sheet metal-it looks easy,
but when the helper tries, everything goes wrong-sheets warp-
solder won't stick, etc.
Selection of proper methods for an instruction job is as important as
selection of proper tools for a mechanical job.
Completing a definite series of steps and operations in an instruction
job is as important as following the steps outlined in an operation sheet for
a shop job.
Pointers on Making a Correct Demonstration of Good Instruction in Wow to Tie a
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So much depends on your putting on an ideal demonstration that you
should be letter perfect in carrying it out.
Remember that every point you will stress later in both the breakdown
and theuse ofthe four basic stepsmust be coveredby this onedemonstration.
When well done, it is a background to which you can refer during the
remainder of the sessions.
You will have to work out exactly how to emphasize each step
BE SURE to "put over" your Steps and Key Points exxtly as in the brief
breakdown you will use in Session 11. Naturally you will not cover every
detail as you did in your "telling" demonstration.
When instructing your "worker" you may use the terms "clockwise" and
"counter clockwise" or "right-hand1' and "left-handw loop, as you wish. The
terms "clockwise" and "counter clockwise" are recommended: however, just
because their use serves excellently to show that "peculiar, " "local, If or
"tricky" terms and part names must be handled with extreme care. There are
thousands of such terms throughout the shops of the country. Later in
Sessions 111, IV, and V you can explain to the group that you used these terms
deliberately to illustrate this point. In the breakdown in Session 11,
r. h. and 1. h. are used because these abbreviations are simpler to write.