Training and why it is important : Employee :
It keeps the firm’s employees up to date. ● Better job performance
In professions such as medicine, ongoing ● Higher productivity
training is a requirement. ● Higher job satisfaction
It… ● Less workplace accidents
= reduces cost ● Better career prospects.
= increase revenues
= improve innovation and flexibility
= reduce labour turnover Induction training :
New employee needs specific training, this is called
Training can happen at any time. induction.
It helps the employee to perform well. It can include :
The more trained they are, the better their Specific training
chances for getting a job. Opportunities to meet people
Tour of the business
Explanation of the background of the business.
Benefits : Health and safety
Employer - Discussion of employment.
● Increased efficiency - leading to lower costs. It helps to prevent disruption and helps the employee
● Improved health and safety.
feel secure in their environment.
● Increased revenues and higher profit.
● Improved innovation and flexibility
New employees can learn bad habits from old
● Lower labour turnover employees.
, On-the-job training :
Training that takes place while the employee is Advantages :
working. On-the-job training : Off-the-job training
● Cheaper Wider range of skills
Coaching - a supervisor/coach trains trainee
● Employees remain are learned.
through stages involved in a job. Learn from experts
Mentoring - a more experienced colleague productive
● Specific to the job Formal
offers advice to solve a problem. qualifications.
Job rotation - moving an employee from one ● Learning for the experts
task to another to broaden their range of
experience. Disadvantages :
Quality depends on ability of trainer
Off-the-job-training : Learning environment might not be the right place
● Employee needs to stop working to get Bad habits can be learned
trained. Potential disruption to production.
● Conferences
● Employees attend an event where experts Off-the-job training :
gives lectures or workshops. ★ More expensive
● In-house courses ★ Employees uses new skills for other jobs
● Business’ arrange own courses by using its ★ Not specific to firm’s needs
own employees to train. ★ Productivity may suffer
● College/universities courses ★ Many people forget what they have been
● Employees go from the workplace to taught.
university to study and get a qualification.
It keeps the firm’s employees up to date. ● Better job performance
In professions such as medicine, ongoing ● Higher productivity
training is a requirement. ● Higher job satisfaction
It… ● Less workplace accidents
= reduces cost ● Better career prospects.
= increase revenues
= improve innovation and flexibility
= reduce labour turnover Induction training :
New employee needs specific training, this is called
Training can happen at any time. induction.
It helps the employee to perform well. It can include :
The more trained they are, the better their Specific training
chances for getting a job. Opportunities to meet people
Tour of the business
Explanation of the background of the business.
Benefits : Health and safety
Employer - Discussion of employment.
● Increased efficiency - leading to lower costs. It helps to prevent disruption and helps the employee
● Improved health and safety.
feel secure in their environment.
● Increased revenues and higher profit.
● Improved innovation and flexibility
New employees can learn bad habits from old
● Lower labour turnover employees.
, On-the-job training :
Training that takes place while the employee is Advantages :
working. On-the-job training : Off-the-job training
● Cheaper Wider range of skills
Coaching - a supervisor/coach trains trainee
● Employees remain are learned.
through stages involved in a job. Learn from experts
Mentoring - a more experienced colleague productive
● Specific to the job Formal
offers advice to solve a problem. qualifications.
Job rotation - moving an employee from one ● Learning for the experts
task to another to broaden their range of
experience. Disadvantages :
Quality depends on ability of trainer
Off-the-job-training : Learning environment might not be the right place
● Employee needs to stop working to get Bad habits can be learned
trained. Potential disruption to production.
● Conferences
● Employees attend an event where experts Off-the-job training :
gives lectures or workshops. ★ More expensive
● In-house courses ★ Employees uses new skills for other jobs
● Business’ arrange own courses by using its ★ Not specific to firm’s needs
own employees to train. ★ Productivity may suffer
● College/universities courses ★ Many people forget what they have been
● Employees go from the workplace to taught.
university to study and get a qualification.
