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Activities as a corporate citizen
Respecting and energizing people
Building creative people: 2
Advanced Technical Skills Training Course
Machine processing (lathes and milling machines) course
Master
Hiroshima Plant Skill Training Team
Junichi Ueno
Apprentice
Hiroshima Plant Skill Training Team / Hiroshima Plant Skill Training Team
Toshinobu Kaji / Shinsei Kuniyasu
Lathing and other high-level machine processing skills are the foundations of
manufacturing. Take the RENESIS engine rotors prototypes, for example – they could
not have been made without the refined skills of a human being. In order to be able to
process to within a micrometer's accuracy, you need to be using all five senses at
once. You need to take in the color, shape, sound and smell of the shavings, and to be
able to make very fine adjustments where necessary. I spent a lot of time thinking
about how to communicate the feeling of changing the amount of pressure you apply
when turning the handle and moving the blade. As a teacher, you need to be improving
your own communication skills at all times, too.
National and World Skills Competition Training Program
We also train employees for the Worldskills Competition, which is held at
prefectural, national and international levels, and involves a two-year specialist
training program for employees under 21. As well as training our staff in individual
skills required for work as production engineers, we are also raising the standards
we apply within the company for engineering. We have sent 322 entrants to the
national and international competitions since 1962, and 23 of our engineers have
won the national competition (a total of 80 have been awarded some type of prize).
We have also had 4 winners of the international competition (and 10 overall prize
winners).
Welding Skill Training Program
Improvements to our training facilities
In order to implement training programs that are appropriate to our
staff both in Japan and overseas, we have located training facilities in
various different areas, and are committed to efficient provision
wherever possible. Each of our educational facilities has all the
equipment and resources required for the program it is implementing,
and promotes career improvement for all employees, including those
of our affiliates.
(See page 80 for further details)
Welding is one of the principle techniques for automobile body manufacturing,
as well as for improving our facilities. We run a training course in welding that
lasts around 4 months. We also train employees to enter the prefectural and
national welding contests. Since 1984, we have sent a total of 29 entrants to the
national contest. 7 have won it outright, and 15 others have received prizes.
Mazda Technical College
The College, which is approved as a two-year training program by the Ministry of
Health, Labor and Welfare, takes new high-school graduates and others selected
from within the company on training programs. The students learn the necessary
basic skills for working on a manufacturing line, as well as basic engineering. The
College is committed to thorough basic skill training, the development of their
application, and to training students who are able to take responsibility for their
own behavior within the rules applying to them as members of the company.
The Mazda Technical College
Glossary: 3 Glossary: 4
RENESIS engine
The new rotary engine, used in the RX-8. The Renesis
engine uses side intake / side outlet to improve the
efficiency of its internal combustion, achieving high
output and excellent fuel efficiency.
National and World Skills Competition
A skills contest organized by the Japan Vocational Ability
Development Association, in which young technicians
compete against one another for a national title. The
competition comprises 42 different skills. The national
competition also acts as a selection process for entry to the
World Skills Competition, organized by the International
Vocational Training Organization .
Social & Environmental Report 2005