Online Industrial Training – Garden City Ammonia Program

In today’s show Craig Ward from Garden City Ammonia Program interviews  Brian Chapin.  Brian recently authored an article on the three types of ammonia refrigeration operator. We discuss the three archetypes in depth in this episode, they are: “the Ill-Suited” “the Good” and “the Great”

Topics Discussed Include:

RAGAGEP stands for Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practice.
OSHA: OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119:  The employer shall document that equipment complies with recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices.
EPA: EPA 40 CFR 68.73 (d)(2):  Inspection and testing procedures shall follow recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices
Ammonia Operator Training
Industrial Refrigeration Skill Sets
Vocational Industiral Clubs of America  Know as VICA
USA Skills is the new Vica
High School Shop Class Training for mechanics
Industrial Ammonia Operator Schoships
Standard Operating Procedures
Improve efficiency by starting with Process Standardization
Cant measure efficiency without having basic Process Standardization
Three levels of ammonia operators
Hosting a GCAP Onsite training for ammonia operators
RETA Membership
Lean Manufacturing
Kaizen
5S
ISO 9000 standards
Six Sigma
Continuous Improvement
Process Standardization
PSM Compliance
EPA Audits