FTA unveils new web video series highlighting TEST program

The Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) has released the first installment in a series of video Q&As, dubbed ‘TESTcasts’, focused on its TEST (Technical Education Services Team) program. The association calls it ‘arguably the most important educational initiative undertaken by FTA in its 50-year history’.

Listeners can tune into FTA’s website to hear Joe Tuccitto, FTA’s education director, present an overview of the TEST program and describe how it serves as the industry’s ‘one-stop shop’ for all training and professional development needs.

‘We are thrilled with the outcome of this first TESTcast,’ commented Tuccitto. ‘It provides listeners with an engaging, interactive synopsis of the TEST program and details how TEST’s diverse range of learning methods (i.e. web-based, in-house and off-site training) proves invaluable for practically every aspect of a business.’

The video Q&A, also featured on FTA’s YouTube channel highlights each aspect of the program including its Virtual Campus where users can select from a range of flexo skills certification courses, OHSA/EHS modules, and professional development lessons. The TESTcast further details the alignment of all TEST generated curricula with the specifications outlined in FTA’s newly-released FIRST 4.0 (Flexographic Image Reproduction Specifications & Tolerances) book, which identifies how to achieve run-to-run print consistency and predictable color matches. This, Tuccitto maintains, is one of the factors that makes FTA’s TEST program so unique.

In lieu of one streaming media file, users can read a specific question about the TEST
program, such as ‘What makes TEST so unique and how does it differ from other educational offerings out there?’ and then click on the link to view the answer. This approach allows the user a more interactive experience, and total control of what it is that he/she wants to learn and hear more about.

In addition to the Virtual Campus, listeners will also learn about the customized on-site training and advisement available through TEST, as well as glean information about the Regional Workshops and co-sponsored seminars taking place throughout 2009.

Future TESTcasts will be unveiled over the coming months. Each will focus on a major portion of FTA’s TEST program. The next will spotlight FTA’s ‘FIRST 4.0 On the Go!’ Regional Workshops, which will resume their fall schedule in late September, with workshops taking place on the 24th in Cincinnati, Ohio and on the 30th in Rochester, New York.

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