I'm looking for examples of a measurement training program.

Ours is very basic - we give people a piece of material and have them mark off various intervals. Not very much fun, but it should work.

I'd like to improve it. What do other companies use as a measurement training program? I'd love to just say "measure twice cut once" but I think we need something more comprehensive. :)

Thanks

What are you measuring, and what are you using to measure it?

I guess I was in a hurry to post!

Our operators use tape measures, rules, calipers, and micrometers to measure steel and related materials on a daily basis.

I don't know if some of them can't read a tape measure and somehow fake their way through our training and testing, or if they just get in a hurry (see above) and don't check their work.

I get requests for corrective action on items such as: ordered 30" piece - received 28" piece - just for example

Hope that helps to clarify what I'm looking for

Can you create a measurement program using actual pieces that you ship to your customer ?

Take 10 pieces, number them, measure and record the length and let your operators measure them randomly and record the values then compare.

Also think about, if it is necessary for operators to measure the piece or are there other ways (machine controls, error proofing for example).

I guess I was in a hurry to post!

Our operators use tape measures, rules, calipers, and micrometers to measure steel and related materials on a daily basis.

I don't know if some of them can't read a tape measure and somehow fake their way through our training and testing, or if they just get in a hurry (see above) and don't check their work.

I get requests for corrective action on items such as: ordered 30" piece - received 28" piece - just for example

Hope that helps to clarify what I'm looking for

Go back to the beginning (as you posted), you need to make sure your operators actually can read the instrument they are using...

Here we mounted up a Basic Metrology Course along with a local techinical school where we started with the basics (MATH), then evolved into handling the different equipment and how to read each one. At the end of the course we had a little test where printed on the page they had to read an instrument (we had calipers (non digital or dial), micrometers (non digital), tape measures, rulers etc... ) there were also some basic math questions just to make sure...

This same test was given the first day of class so we could comparison data and be able to demonstrate if the training given was effective.

We have had 4 groups do this training with great success. Total course time was about 40 hours. Half company time and half employee time.