Importance of Using Industrial Maintenance Training Videos in Onboarding

Industrial maintenance technicians are responsible for a wide range of tasks related to the repair or effective operation of commercial and industrial machinery used in the day-to-day operation of factories, plants, commercial properties and manufacturing environments. When it comes to onboarding newly hired employees, the importance of integrating industrial maintenance training videos into your existing onboarding process simply cannot be overlooked nor should it be for several reasons. 

Providing industrial maintenance training videos in the onboarding process ensures that your employees understand HR, compliance with OSHA and other industry regulations, proper customer service (particularly for those who will provide customer service or will represent your business in front of clients), soft-skills, and various of other important skills directly related to their jobs and to your organization. Training is absolutely vital to ensure employee success, whether they were hired for any of the following reasons or others:

• To perform routine troubleshooting of equipment during or following an operation failure or malfunction.
• To provide preventative maintenance services for equipment used in or during the course of operation of your business. 
• To install industrial machinery or commercial machinery required for the operation of your business.

At Beverly Boy Productions, we can assist with the creation of industrial maintenance training videos that you can use throughout your onboarding process for seamless hiring and initial training of the industrial maintenance techs required for your business. We specialize in the production of training videos which can be used for a wide variety of scenarios and industries. 

Topics Covered in Industrial Maintenance Training Videos During Onboarding

Onboarding training videos for industrial maintenance technicians can take many forms and cover a variety of topics. These videos are ideal because they’ll help your newly hired employee to feel comfortable during their first few days, weeks and months on the job while providing them with the tools they need for success that’s important to your business. 

While you naturally have to cover basic paperwork and HR items with each new employee you onboard, the next step is to provide your employee with information about all the different questions they’re going to have as a new employee such as:

• Where things are in the business.
• What protocols are in place for human resources.
• When paydays are, and how payroll is handled including things like sick days, requesting time off, vacation pay and saving for retirement through things like 401(k) matching.
• What the business’s mission is, what their goals are for the next 1,3, and 5 years and what steps they’re taking to achieve those goals as well as how the new employee might figure in.
• What the expectations are for the new industrial maintenance technician in his or her role within the business.
• What training will be required, what the expectations are for training, and how training will be delivered.
• What the corporate culture is like, what the hierarchy of the organization is, and where they stand in the organizational structure.

There may be other important topics that are relative to your organization which you feel should be covered when onboarding new industrial maintenance technicians but the topics listed above are quite common.

Benefits of Industrial Maintenance Training Videos Over Other Onboarding Processes

The decision to utilize video in your onboarding rather than other onboarding processes such as a formal onboarding meeting, shadowing, or a manual can have a number of key benefits. Not only do industrial maintenance training videos which cover onboarding topics prepare your new tech for success with your organization, the use of video specifically has several key benefits including:

• Improved retention of information.
• Ease of access for employees to go back and check on topics they may have questions about.
• Training is self-paced allowing employees to train at a pace that is comfortable to them.
• Training is easy to track so that management will know where an employee stands with his or her training and whether assistance may be required.
• Employees feel valued when they’re provided with training videos and other resources to perform their jobs with success.
• Video is more engaging than other forms of training, especially when compared to written training manuals.

There are certainly many other benefits as well, for example the fact that industrial maintenance training videos can include interactive features which will further benefit your newly hired technician by creating an engaging experience that will stick with them long term.

Delivering Industrial Maintenance Training Videos to Your Techs

Industrial maintenance training videos are easily delivered to your team through a learning management system or similar program, but the first step is to make the decision to integrate video into your onboarding process. When you’re ready to start training your team, a quick call to Beverly Boy Productions will get you started in the right direction.

Our team will assist you with the production of professional industrial maintenance training videos that can be used for seamless onboarding of your newly hired technicians. In fact, we can help you with a variety of training videos that you can use throughout your organization to train on safety, health, individual sills, and many other important topics.