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IPC COMMUNITY 40 FALL 2023 instructional designers to take course out- lines and flesh them out with narration, build- ing them into asynchronous courses that can be used as training materials. "Anybody can read a book to learn some- thing, but you want to relate to your product and understand what you're working with," she says. "Can you read the book and apply the criteria? That's where we saw a gap, and we think we're filling that gap through custom training: 'Please show me what I need to know so I understand it enough to use the standard appropriately.' The whole point of certifica- tion is to prove that you can comprehend and navigate a standard." Learning a technical language can be much like learning a second spoken language, and Brandy is fortunate for those experiences in her past employment roles that now help improve her workforce development training efforts. "Even before people start a job, we can enroll them in hands-on, company-specific training courses that will help them be more productive on day one, rather than taking four to six weeks to ramp up," she says. It also helps new employees know exactly what they're getting into when they start a job in electronics manufacturing. A training course may start with 20 people and by the end of the week, only four or five remain because most can't pass the minimum required train- Brandy's thoughts on Her Own Career Path "I originally went to Tennessee Wes- leyan College, a small Methodist school, and I was studying secondary edu- cation and mathematics, but I learned that it was not the career for me. From there, I transitioned into business management. It's in no way, shape, or form related to what I've ended up doing, but that's the interesting thing, because I've learned on the job and through building my skills and trans- forming in different roles." Brandy with Kelly Allen at IPC APEX EXPO 2023.