TO: Friends of Ramsay Corporation

DATE: July 2004

FROM: Tom Ramsay
 

NEW PRODUCTS:

  • We have developed a new Multi-Craft Maintenance Trainee Test for use with applicants or employees who have at least one year of mechanical and electrical training or experience. It is a 60-question test with seven subtests:
         1) Hydraulics & Pneumatics
         2) Welding & Rigging
         3) Power Trans., Lubrication, Mech. Maint., & Shop Machines, Tools &   Equipment;
         4) Pumps, Piping & Combustion;
         5) Motors, Control Circuits, and Schematics & Print Reading;
         6) Digital & Analog Electronics, Power Supplies, Computers & PLC, and Test Instruments;
         7) Basic AC & DC Theory, Power Distribution, and Electrical Maintenance.
     
  • Plant Engineering magazine voted our C, B, & A Mechanical Technician series of tests a Bronze Award in their annual Product-of-the-Year competition. These three tests (and alternate equivalent forms) continue to be a welcome aid to those instituting pay-for-skills/knowledge programs.
     
  • Both our Electrical Aptitude Test and Mechanical Aptitude Test have been printed in a 36-question self-scoring format. They are priced at $16 each in quantities of 100 or more and $18 each in packages of 20.
     
  • One of our most popular tests, ElecTest, is now available in a parallel equivalent form (Form B). This 60-item electrical test can be used for companies that feel their version has become “stale” or “too familiar.”
     
  • Ramsay Corporation’s recently developed Mechanical & Electrical Aptitude Test is the answer for companies selecting multi-craft apprentices or trainees. The test consists of 36 questions relating to mechanical and electrical aptitude, and testing time is 18 minutes. Tests cost $18 (20-99), and $16 in quantities of 100 or more.
     
  • One Available on-line: Combined Basic Skills Test, our best-selling assessment for use as a quick evaluation of production and manufacturing skills is now internet accessible. Call us at (412) 257-0732 or visit or website at www.ramsaycorp.com.

TECHNICAL TESTS:

  • Stephen K. Fries, Manager – Human Resources Development & Communication at Alcoa in Lancaster, PA, asked us to review and update their pre-employment test for Electricians.
     
  • At Colgate Palmolive in Kansas City, KS, John Mayfield, Manager, Labor and Staffing, engaged us to conduct a validation study for Mobile Equipment Mechanic using our off-the-shelf Mobile Equipment Mechanic Test.
     
  • Chuck Betts, Training Manager – Employee Development, at Roquette America, Inc. in Keokuk, IA, hired us to formulate a shorter measure of “general skills” required for Production Operators. This new selection procedure reduced skills assessment from about 30 hours to just a few hours.
     
  • At Consol Energy Corporation in Monongah, WV, Thomas Moore, Maintenance Manager, hired Ramsay Corporation to design a paper and pencil hands-on assessment of technical skills for Mine Electrician.
     
  • Tim Gaus, Electrical Manager, Kellogg – Chicago Bakery South, contracted us to create a test for Mechanic A (Electrician) with five alternate equivalent forms to be used in a pay-for-skills program.
     

PRODUCTION AND TRAINEE TESTS:

  • Charles B. Hahn, HR Generalist at Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corporation in Cheswick, PA, hired us to construct test instruments for Bench Assembly, General Assembly, Motor Assembly, and Navy Pump Assembly positions. These tests included Reading, Inspection, Precision Measurement, Tool Knowledge & Use, Reading Assembly Drawings, and Wiesen Test of Mechanical Aptitude.
     
  • At Bemis Company, Inc. in West Hazleton, PA, we were employed by John Meier, Human Resources Manager, to make a test for staffing a new position – Laser/Photopolymer Operator. The test battery included basic skills measures, Number Checking, and SkillCheck’s Data Entry Test.
     
  • Department Manager – Personnel, Charles Bennick, at U.S. Steel – Fairfield Works, in Fairfield, AL, contracted us to update the Production Operator Entry Level test battery to reflect their job activities in assisting maintenance employees.
     
  • William Kern, Human Resources Manager at Kellogg Company – Zanesville, OH, asked us to validate our off-the-shelf Combined Basic Skills and Team Skills Tests for use with their Entry Level Production Operators.
     
  • Michael Beeler, Corporate Coordinator of Training & Development, engaged Ramsay Corporation to develop Entry Level Production Operator tests for use at existing U.S. Steel Corporation plants, as well as newly acquired National Steel facilities. These tests were also designed to reflect the skills and abilities required to learn and perform operating and maintenance job duties.
     
  • At Ryerson Tull, Inc. in Chicago, IL, James R. Dobson, Director of Human Resources, contracted with William C. Carter, Consultant for Insight for Business, to select tests for Operator II at various metal processing facilities. Ramsay Corporation provided tests of basic skills, including Checking Accuracy.
     
  • William J. Bush, Coordinator – Human Resources at International Steel Group, Inc. in Cleveland, OH, hired us to formulate tests for three clerical jobs including Clerical Technician, Senior Clerical Technician, and Raw Material Analyst. These test batteries included basic clerical skills and SkillCheck’s Excel 2000 and measures of Analysis & Problem Solving.
     
  • Tom Moore, Maintenance Manager at Consol Energy in Monongah, WV, engaged us to make a test battery for Mine Mechanic Trainee. The test battery measured basic skills as well as mechanical and electrical aptitude.