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How to Perform On-the-job Training - Dean Amory

According to The Encyclopedia of Business, ©2000 Gale Cengage, On-the-job training is by far the predominant form of job training. Studies also indicate that it is the most effective form of job training. Yet, it also represents a significant investment considering that roughly 30% of a new worker's time is spent in on-the-job training during the first 90 days of employment, that productivity of experienced workers assigned to train new workers may decrease during the training period, and that new workers may make expensive mistakes. Both companies and workers therefore profit largely from the presence of simple, but complete trainee and trainer guides that allow for executing OJT in a structured way. “How to perform on-the-job training”, has the information, techniques and tips that will allow you to implement a professional OJT training program. The book also includes all the tools, documents and checklists necessary for setting up a qualitative and efficient skills training program for OJT coaches

According to The Encyclopedia of Business, ©2000 Gale Cengage, On-the-job training is by far the predominant form of job training. Studies also indicate that it is the most effective form of job training. Yet, it also represents a significant investment considering that roughly 30% of a new worker's time is spent in on-the-job training during the first 90 days of employment, that productivity of experienced workers assigned to train new workers may decrease during the training period, and that new workers may make expensive mistakes.
Both companies and workers therefore profit largely from the presence of simple, but complete trainee and trainer guides that allow for executing OJT in a structured way.
“How to perform on-the-job training”, has the information, techniques and tips that will allow you to implement a professional OJT training program. The book also includes all the tools, documents and checklists necessary for setting up a qualitative and efficient skills training program for OJT coaches

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Step 6:<br />

Now that you have you <strong>the</strong> people, <strong>the</strong> program and <strong>the</strong> time it’s time <strong>to</strong> set your plan in<strong>to</strong> action.<br />

Tips<br />

Make sure that you send out <strong>the</strong> training plan <strong>to</strong> all <strong>the</strong> participants well in advance so that <strong>the</strong>y<br />

don’t miss <strong>the</strong> training.<br />

For classroom training training handouts and stationary like pens, notepads, post its etc need <strong>to</strong> be<br />

kept ready before <strong>the</strong> training can start.<br />

Type out your training plan on MS Word or Excel so it's a lot more organized.<br />

Why do you need a training plan?<br />

Source: http://www.sdtf.org.pg/<br />

Skills Development Trust Fund<br />

A training plan helps you <strong>to</strong>:<br />

• organise <strong>the</strong> training course<br />

• record <strong>the</strong> details of <strong>the</strong> training course<br />

• apply for approval and / or funding <strong>to</strong> run <strong>the</strong> course.<br />

Before you can develop a training plan, you first have <strong>to</strong> identify training needs.<br />

The training plan is what you need <strong>to</strong> do <strong>to</strong> deliver training <strong>to</strong> meet <strong>the</strong>se needs.<br />

<strong>How</strong> <strong>to</strong> develop a training plan<br />

To develop a training plan it is important <strong>to</strong> follow <strong>the</strong>se seven steps.<br />

1. Write a course title<br />

2. Select a trainer<br />

3. Write a learning outcome<br />

4. Write a session plan<br />

5. Write a training time table<br />

6. Determine <strong>to</strong>tal resource needs<br />

7. Calculate <strong>to</strong>tal resource cost<br />

1. Write a course title<br />

The training course title should be a statement that describes what <strong>the</strong> course is about. It must be<br />

consistent with <strong>the</strong> identified training subject.<br />

Examples of good course titles<br />

- <strong>How</strong> <strong>to</strong> perform on <strong>the</strong> <strong>job</strong> training<br />

- What every ojt coach should know about skills training<br />

Examples of bad course titles<br />

- Coaching: (much <strong>to</strong>o general: is this an article about life coaching, executive coaching, ...<br />

- is it a user guide, a workbook, ...?)<br />

- <strong>On</strong> The Job <strong>Training</strong>: (still <strong>to</strong>o general: is <strong>the</strong> document a training program for ojt or a<br />

handout for a specific training need?)<br />

2. Select a trainer<br />

It may be a good idea <strong>to</strong> design a checklist <strong>to</strong> select a trainer for your training course:<br />

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