Here’s How Kenton Brothers Makes Sure Their Techs Keep Their Skills Up To Date.

Author: Matt Edmunds

Training provides a great opportunity to expand on an employee’s understanding and knowledge, but some employers look at continued training as costly and inconvenient. A company may have to pay for an instructor or additional hours for employees to attend. Despite possible drawbacks, continued training and education provide the individual employees and the company as a whole with benefits that outweigh the cost and time involved.

Most employees have certain areas where they may not be knowledgeable, or may possess some skill but could use improvement in some area. A training program takes everyone, no matter what skill set, and elevates their level of knowledge. Whether they learn additional skills in a particular area, or learn ways to work well with others in a team environment, everyone can learn something.

At Kenton Brothers, we get together every other week after the work day is complete to discuss different topics. We provide hands-on experience in areas that some technicians may not have had previous opportunities to learn. Whether they are a seasoned veteran working with mechanical components or a knowledgeable IT guru, we all try to meet and either learn or provide others with helpful advice from their own personal experiences. And of course, pizza is typically the snack of choice when rejuvenating our brains/bodies during these training sessions.

Our lead technician, Brandon Heath, leads our training program and is awesome at creating a fun and educational hands-on experience.  Brandon has been with Kenton Brothers for over ten years and has vast knowledge in many areas. He started out at Kenton Brothers as a locksmith and brought great knowledge of mechanical locks.

As Kenton Brothers has grown tremendously in areas of access control, surveillance systems, GSA (General Services Administration) Inspectors, safe work and mechanical systems, so too has Brandon. He brings his knowledge and training to the table, ready to help. And in some cases, Brandon himself becomes the student and picks up a few pointers.

I’m thrilled to be a part of a company who cares as much as Kenton Brothers does, and believes in not only the technical growth of its employees, but just as equally their personal growth.

“A winner knows how much he still has to learn, even when he is considered an expert by others; a loser wants to be considered an expert by others before he has learned enough to know how little he knows.” – Sydney J. Harris