In addition to numerous U.S. conferences, Dean Prigelmeier, President of PTI Systems® International, Inc. and Proactive Technologies, Inc.®, has conducted discussions at, and participated in, many international workshops and conferences. He has spoken at several events about international projects and to promote the value of the highly effective, cost-efficient accelerated transfer of expertise™ system to governments, employers, employees, trainees, the community and the region . For a complete library of recent news, publications and events for Proactive Technologies, Inc , click here.
A few of the recent significant press releases include:
Custom Glass Solutions Holds Ceremony to Convey First Certificates to Employees Completing its Job Mastery Program
Proactive Technologies, Inc. – Staff
On August 31, 2021, Custom Glass Solutions, LLC. held its first ceremony to convey Certificates of Job Mastery and Task Mastery to its employees completing their job-based structured on-the-job training program today. Collectively, 156 employees received the portfolio at its Upper Sandusky and Fostoria, OH facilities.
In attendance were dignitaries from The Greater Ohio Workforce Board, Inc., OhioMeansJobs of Seneca and Wyandot Counties, and other workforce development agencies and educational institutions that have supported Custom Glass Solution’s program since it began in 2020:
Celebrating 20 Years With Long-Time Aerospace Industry Client Triumph Thermal Systems LLC and
Retirement of its Lead Advocate
by Proactive Technologies, Inc. – Staff
Since 2000, Proactive Technologies, Inc. has provided technical implementation support for the structured on-the-job training system they were asked to set-up at Triumph Thermal Systems LLC, a division of the global Triumph Group. It is a manufacturer of civilian and military aircraft engine heat exchange systems and a registered F.A.A. repair site.
Some of the more significant past appearances at international conferences include:
ACTE Region II Professional Development Conference – October 12, 2007, Nassau, Bahamas – “Building a World Class Workforce Development System for Manufacturing”
International Learning Conference, June 24, 2006, Montego Bay, Jamaica – “Accelerated Workforce Development: Partnerships that Maximize Worker Capacity While Minimizing Costs and Time”
IVETA Annual International Conference, August 26, 2004 , Vienna, Austria – “Improving Worker Capacity – “A New Model of Workforce Development for a Competitive Economic Environment.” Read Paper
Workshop for CARICOM TVET members, 2001, Montego Bay, Jamaica, funded by German GTZ (now GIZ)– “Building a Integrated Workforce Development Infrastructure”
IVETA Annual International Conference, 2001, Montego Bay, Jamaica – A Relevant Model of Workforce Development – Designing a System of Targeted, Customized Employer-Based Training for a Changing World,
Jamaican NCTVET Presentation, November 30, 1999, Kingston, Jamaica – “Integrating Employer/Job-Specific Worker Training with National Skill Standards and Economic Development”
Bahamas Hotel Training College Presentation, May 29, 1998, Nassua, Bahamas – “Integrating Structured On-The-Job Training with National Skill Standards”
InterAmerican Development Bank Sponsored Workshop, May 24, 1998, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad – “Integrating Structured On-The-Job Training with National Skill Standards”
Jamaican Workforce Development Presentation, July 4, 1997, Kingston, Jamaica – “Integrating Structured On-The-Job Training with NCTVET National Skill Standards in Economic Development”
International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education Conference, 1997, Sydney, Australia – “Customizing the US National Hospitality Skill Standard Project for Employers”
International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education Conference, 1996, Vancouver, Canada – “Developing the US National Hospitality Skill Standards”
Alberta Tourism Education Council Presentation, November 28, 1994, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – “Using the PROTECH© Software System to Automate the Canadian Hospitality Standards”
