On Job Training — A 2-Day Course

 Closed In-House Course

Course Synopsis

For most employees on-job training forms the main part of their training. This highly effective way of learning new tasks, mainly due to the very practical nature, can form strong bonds between people and help foster a good team spirit. However, when done ineffectively it can damage working relationships and disrupt production.

This course enhances the skills needed to enable others to learn their jobs quickly and effectively at the point of production.

Anyone who has a responsibility for training others to successfully do their jobs to a required, re-defined standard will benefit from attending this course.

Course Objectives

Delegates will learn how to:

• Define what on-job training is
• List the responsibilities, qualities and behaviours of an on-job trainer
• Assess the factors that can assist and hinder learning
• Identify your own preferred learning style and be able to do so in others
• Apply peoples' preferred learning style to the provision of on-job training
• Explain the importance of interpersonal skills in training
• State the importance of establishing a training environment that is conducive to learning

Prerequisites

You should have delivered training in the workplace or expected to in the near future to fully benefit from this course.

Preparation Work

You will be asked to produce a training session as part of the course content therefore please bring anything with you which may assist you in this task.

Outline Course Contents

Establish personal objectives for the course

What is on-job training?

Qualities, behaviours and responsibilities of an on-job trainer

Learning theory and the training cycle

The learning design process

Identifying training needs

Objective setting

Principles of adult learning

Learning styles and their application to on job training

Structuring a training session

Common mistakes and solutions

Building rapport and communication skills covering questioning techniques and listening skills

Giving feedback

The training environment

Evaluation of training

Deliver two training sessions

Completion of a personal action plan