Material Handling Skills

Sustainable Technical & Professional Skill Development

The Story

I started Material Handling Skills (MH-Skills) because I heard the frustration from my clients’ senior and front line leaders “Today’s workforce isn’t what it used to be”; I don’t believe that. Today’s workers are motivated and full of potential. I believe opportunity lies with the time we invest in our incoming workforce...just like the old days.

Together, we’re not doing anything new; just going back to the basics. My approach was developed through advanced studies of how adults learn, building hands on programs in the field and the U.S. Army as an Infantry officer, and helping industry leaders grow their capability.

—Brandon

Founder/Lead Consultant

The Services

  • -Field Service/Maintenance

    -Engineers: Controls, Electrical, Mechanical

    -Installation: Mechanical, Electrical, Commissioning

  • -Orientation

    -Onboarding

    -Promotion preparation/New Leader Assimilation

  • -Trade/Community school partnerships

    -Upskill incumbent workforce

    -Industry alignment

  • -Front Line Leader specific training

    -Managers/Directors development and coaching

    -Senior Leader training, development, and coaching

Development for your leaders

I help you keep it simple.

No big fancy leadership programs.

Just tools you can pick-up and use…with some practice you’ll be an expert in no time.

Tailored Training for Your Critical People

  • Field Installation Teams

  • Maintenance Technicians

  • Engineers

The Services

  • Basic

    Training program outline/schedule using your existing content or a third party’s content.

  • Intermediate

    Includes the Basic; Adds content development with your SMEs

  • Advanced

    Includes Intermediate; Options of implementation, train the trainer, LMS, etc.

We focus on business outcomes; the things that matter to your leaders, your workforce, and your shareholders.

The Secret

Here’s what that typically looks like:

What makes us different?

MH Skills use the “Learn—Practice—Apply” method for everything we do. This means your workforce is introduced to a new concept either in a classroom, 1 on 1, or virtually; practice it with a peer or manager; then apply it to their day to day work. This helps the new way of doing things stick.