Training Methods
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- Created on: 28-01-15 11:59
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- Training Methods
- On-the-job Training
- Coaching
- Regular informal meetings between the manager and the employee. Discussion of performance takes place, allowing the manager to identify any strengths or weaknesses.
- Mentoring
- A more formal advisor passes experience/ personal knowledge. They are cost effective and relies on their experience
- Job Shadowing
- This is a trainee observing the work of another employee, ask questions and show how the job matches expectations
- Employee Discussions
- Experienced employees sit with with the trainee, answer questions and provide confidence
- Job Rotation
- Employees moving to new jobs in the business to gain new experience.
- Computer-Based Training
- Using PC resources and the internet. They can be accessed at convenient times and are extremely commonplace. They can also be provided off the job
- Coaching
- Off-the-job Training
- In-house Training
- Some companies have their own training programes, by employees specifically skilled.
- Brought in training
- Employees will go to companies that specialise in training when their business can't. Businesses can either have off-the-shelf training or have it altered to fit the role
- Exernal Sources
- Business can send employees away on courses. This could be to study at a college or university to gain relevent qualifications.
- Placements
- Time out of their current work to try a new business, or a different part of where their work, to learn about a new role or work in a new environment
- Simulations
- Simulations may be used to train people for specific situations. They often form part of a wider training event, to help to develop and reinforce knowledge and skills in a specific area.
- Induction Training
- Trainees becoming familiar with the people, souroundings and the business. This causes a higher staff retention rate
- In-house Training
- Mixed Approaches
- Apprenticeships
- Developing sufficient skills, knowledge and experience to work effectively in the trade.
- On-the-job and Off-the-job
- 2-4 years long
- 180 different types of apprenticeships, available in 80 industries
- NVQs (National Vocational Qualifications)
- Occupational qualifications
- Gained by demonstrating competence to carry out tasks connected with the job
- Evidence is gained by the employee, rather than tests or exercises
- Apprenticeships
- On-the-job Training
- Simulations may be used to train people for specific situations. They often form part of a wider training event, to help to develop and reinforce knowledge and skills in a specific area.
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