RAMSAY CORPORATION

At Kellogg Company, Atlanta, GA, Barbara Exline, HR Manager – Atlanta Plant, contracted us to evaluate and validate tests for Electrical Mechanic, Refrigeration Mechanic and Packaging Mechanic. We conducted item analyses on earlier versions of the tests and used those data and input from job experts to customize the tests.

At Consumers Energy in Jackson, MI, Suzanne Jones, SPHR, Sr. Human Resources Consultant, asked us to conduct validation studies for the position of Gas Operations Utility Worker. A test battery was installed to measure skills of applicants for the position.

We also validated selection procedures consisting of diverse basic skills test for various job families throughout the same Heinz Portion Control facility in Mason, OH. Job families included Warehousing and Production. Other positions evaluated were Quality Assurance Technician and Entry Level Maintenance Apprentice.

Cindy Johnson, HR Director, at ATI Casting Service in LaPorte, IN, contracted us to evaluate knowledge and skill measures for the Moldmaker Technician Leader. This study resulted in the validation of basic skills measures as well as more demanding job knowledge assessments. The final component was our Team Skills Test.

William Smith, Manager II Mechanical Training at BNSF Railway Corporation in Overland Park, KS, asked our help to develop measures administered online and in hands-on format for the job of Railroad Electrician. Job experts assisted in the selection of multiple-choice items and actual work activities as well as in the development of cutting scores. The entire process was managed by Dr. Robert Lofgren.

We worked with Mark Coolican, Vice President of Human Resources, at De Wafelbakkers, by providing him with tests validated for their C and B Level Maintenance Technician. The tests were part of a series used to staff a new facility in McDonough, GA.

We also validated tests for their Production Operator Job Family as part of the initial staffing effort for their new plant. The assessments were basic skills measures of reading, arithmetic and process monitoring and troubleshooting targeted specifically for employees in a food processing plant.

Michael C. Beeler, Corporate Coordinator of Training Development at US Steel Corporation, needed current tests for Maintenance Technician Mechanical and Maintenance Technician Electrical jobs at their facilities throughout the United States. We revisited earlier developed tests and reworked and improved the products to produce two parallel alternate versions of tests for selection and determination of skills levels.

Mike Umberger, Training Instructor/Coordinator asked us to evaluate knowledge and skill measures for the job of Electrical/Mechanical Repair Person Grades 5 and 6 at Alcoa Mill Products in Lancaster, PA. The test was selected and reviewed for Alcoa Mill Products and was well received by job experts for the below journey-level position.

We worked with Dan Mochnaly, Director of Employee Relations at ATI Allegheny Ludlum, Brackenridge, PA, to evaluate and update tests for the job of Systems Repair at various facilities throughout the USA. In order to assure a supply of journey-level personnel, a trainee level was defined. Trainees who qualify undergo on-the-job and computer based training in order to reach journey-level.