THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRE-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR PRODUCTION STAFF IN GLASS COMPANY IN THAILAND

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to 1) To develop a pre-service training program for production staff in glass company in Thailand.  2) To evaluate the effectiveness of the pre-service program training program for production staff in glass company in Thailand.

 3) To study the satisfaction of attending pre-service program for production staff in glass company in Thailand. The development-based model, the R2D2 Model, has four stages: analysis, design, and development. Implementation and evaluation. 1^st group: Those involved in the analysis of the pre-service training program and consisted of 5 production managers and 2 human resource development managers and 3 production staff who have 5-years’ experience or more total 10 persons. 2^nd group: Those involved in the design and development to trial the pre-service program in 3 persons for a small group testing (Production staff who have working experience 0-1 year) and improve the program after testing.3^rd group 10 persons in production staff trialed the pre-service training program (production staff who have working experience 0-1 year) and improve the program after testing. 4^th group 30 persons in production staff trialed the pre-service training program (production staff who have working experience 0-1 year) and improve the program after testing. 5^th group Those involved in the implementation and evaluation 30 persons (new production staff).

          The results showed that 1) the development of pre-service training program for production staff in glass company in Thailand the training program should have a total of 6 components. 1^st Part: Principles of skills (Knowledge) and understanding (Understanding) in the production process and safety in work. 2^nd Part:  production staff have skills, knowledge, and understanding in the production process and safety in work.3^rd Part: Content on basic glass production process Vocabulary used in work Nickel sulfide and occupational safety.

4^th part: Training methods Lecture accompanied by questions, demonstrations, and practice in simulating situations. 5^th part Training management Before training, During training and After training. 6^th part: Evaluation Measurement of training achievement, Measurement of satisfaction with training and follow up a behavioral using observation forms.

2) Evaluation of the effectiveness of the pre-service training program for production staff in glass company in Thailand. Experts have found that the training program is suitable to large extent. 3) The measurement of training achievement of participants the pre-service training program for production staff in glass company in Thailand. The test after training was higher than before training at a statistical significance of .05. 4) The satisfaction of participant the pre-service training program for production staff in glass company in Thailand was found the satisfaction with the media used in training have a highest average (average = 4.85, SD = 0.43), satisfaction with the location (average = 4.80, SD = 0.46) and Satisfaction with the test (average = 4.65, SD = 0.58)

           According to evaluation. The developed pre-service training program can be used to train the new employees in the production department in a glass company to increase skills, knowledge and understanding in production process and work safety before starting work.