The Workplace Trainer

This is a 2 day course

1. See bottom of page for scheduled course dates.

2. If you have 4 or more delegates we can schedule a course for you, or run it in-house. Please contact us online or call us on 0115 9849940 for more details.

Who will benefit: Anyone who is responsible for on the job, one-to-one or small group occupational training, whether the training be manual, operational or sales-based.

Objectives: By the end of the course participants will be able to:

  • Recognise the role of the work-based trainer in an overall learning context
  • Carry out an occupational job / task / fault analysis
  • Produce an occupational training programme
  • Overcome barriers to learning
  • Prepare, deliver and evaluate an occupational training session
  • Assess learners' training outcomes against objectives and give feedback
  • Evaluate occupational training programmes against objectives

Module One - First practical session

  • Participants deliver a pre-prepared short training session

Module Two – Training within an organisation

  • The need for, and benefits of, training to an organisation
  • Levels of Training Needs Analysis
  • Occupational Training Needs Analysis
  • Role and importance of the work-based trainer
  • Training infrastructure and trainer networks

Module Three – Preparing to train

  • Importance of preparation
  • What to prepare
  • Reviewing SOPs
  • Setting training objectives
  • Standards of performance
  • Assessment Methods
  • Job / Task / Fault Analysis
  • Sequencing teaching points
  • Competency levels
  • Training Checklists
  • The training process

Module Four - How and why people learn

  • Why people learn
  • How people learn
  • The learning curve and cycle
  • Motivation in the learning process
  • Overcoming barriers to learning

Module Five – The effective work-based trainer

  • Skills, knowledge and personal attributes
  • Principles of two-way communication
  • Effective questioning skills
  • Active listening
  • Body language

Module Six – Delivering the training

  • The process of training
  • Whole – part – whole
  • Bite-sized "chunks"
  • Reviewing the outcomes
  • Giving effective feedback

Module Seven - Assessment and evaluation

  • Assessment and evaluation methods
  • Assessing the learner’s performance
  • Evaluating the success of the training

Module Eight - Second practical session

  • Participants deliver a second training session

Scheduled Courses:

This course is not currently scheduled. Please contact us for further details.


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