TDO News

TWI Trainers Certified

TDO staff members Cindy Oehmigen and Glen Chwala were certified as Training Within Industry (TWI) Job Relations and Job Instructions Trainers in June. The two attended a week long extensive training course for each program where they were immersed in the training regimens. Both delivered these programs locally this summer. Job Relations is a supervisor development program laying the foundation for building positive employee relations, increasing cooperation and motivation, and effectively resolving conflicts. Job Instruction training provides supervisors with the most effective methods to train employees to do new jobs more quickly, safely and correctly, decreasing training time and increasing quality.

Record Impacts Generated by TDO Efforts

According to an independent survey conducted by the Department of Commerce, the Central New York Technology Development Organization (TDO) generated over $53 million of economic impact on a federal and state investment of $680,000. Impact is reported in the form of jobs retained and created, sales retained and created, investments, and cost savings. Overall the return on investment is $79 for every dollar invested. TDO is the regional center of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP); a program sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and coordinated in New York by the Office of Science Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR).