Garment Industry Productivity Center - Cambodia

Duration: 80 hours at the factory training facility and 80 hours follow-up during the certified trainers’ first course.

Requirements:
Minimum 3 years experience as sewing operator
Supervisor or related leadership responsibility
Training experience helpful
Secondary school education with good literacy and basic mathematics are required; University-level education helpful

Participants will be instructing Cambodian operators; Khmer required, English recommended.
 
GIPC offers an Aptitude Test that is highly recommended for all candidates and is generally conducted at the factory prior to final selection of participants.  GIPC will instruct HR personnel on how to administer and interpret the test for future use.

Objectives:
The objective of the course is to teach qualified supervisors, or skilled operators with leadership skills, to train sewing operators in the factory.  At the end of the course, participants will understand the organizational and mechanical factors that affect operator performance and learned instruction techniques to reduce learning time for new operators and to improve the efficiency of experienced operators.  These are key elements in a skilled, flexible workforce.

Trainer candidates will take the course with a group of operators, observing GIPC instructors and their methods, then will teach a second group of operators under the supervision of GIPC instructors.

Course content:

• How to introduce new employees to industrial production and the company culture
• Operation of single needle, overlock, and safety stitch machines including basic maintenance
• Techniques to increase operator speed while maintaining high quality
• Workstation organization and housekeeping
• Safety procedures and techniques to minimize physical stress 
• Calculating targets and managing output, including incentives, support and problem solving

Competencies:
Successful participants will be qualified to train or re-train sewing operators in the use of three basic industrial sewing machines.  They will also be able to explain the overall organization and flow of an industrial sewing factory as well as motivation and teamwork in the production line.