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Company
Profile > Training: The Future
Training:
The Future
Whitford
makes the largest, most complete line of fluoropolymer coatings
in the world. Working with so many customers in so many countries
with so many products for so many years has led to a surprising
accumulation of knowledge concentrated within Whitford Worldwide.
In
1990, we decided to share what we have learned with our customers
— and founded “Whitford University”, a lofty name
for an intensely practical three-day training program held in several
of our offices.
With
turnover and growth, our customers are often hiring new people,
many of whom are novices in the rather complicated business of applying
high-performance coatings. Further, there is generally little formal
training available in this technology.
Our
raison d’être
The
objectives of “Whitford University” are threefold:
- To
share our knowledge.
- To
help our customers become more highly skilled in the application
of fluoropolymer coatings.
- To
help familiarize the attendees with the myriad of products we
manufacture (more enlightened self-interest).
Each
program lasts several days and combines classroom lectures with
hands-on, practical exercises in the laboratory.
Lectures
cover such subjects as product testing, quality control procedures,
surface preparation, environmental regulations, basic “paint
math” (coverage calculations) as well as other subjects specific
to the particular audience. Laboratory work includes application
techniques, color-matching, trouble-shooting typical problems, demonstrations
of testing equipment, familiarization with all types of application
equipment, etc.
From
the beginning, the training programs have been oversubscribed. We
began with one session per year in one office and are now offering
four in several offices, and they are still oversubscribed.
Since
the inception of “Whitford University”, we have graduated
hundreds of individuals from more than 30 countries.
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