September 2, 2013
How to Develop an Employee Training Programme
Are you thinking about implementing an employee training programme to improve employee learning and development? Investing in an employee development programme has been proven to increase employee engagement and employee retention for a business. Effective training throughout an employee’s career also benefits the employers. Regular employee training increases the employee’s productivity, they feel more invested in your company, it often brings a new energy to the workplace, and they are more self-confident.
Many companies don’t have the necessary set-up in place to handle the training of employees because of a lack of time or budget to hire a dedicated member of staff to create a training course. Here at Carlton Training, we’re dedicated to helping you and your employees get the most out of their professional development and the best ways to achieve them.
Different Types of Employee Training Programmes
There are various different types of employee training programmes, from onboarding training to continual professional development:
- Onboarding Training
- Skills Training
- Safety Training
- Leadership Training
- Product Knowledge
- Customer Service & Sales Training
- Management Training
- Team Building
- Compliance Training
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Communication Skills
- Conflict Resolution
Set Your Objectives
When creating an employee training programme, it’s important first to set out the training goals and objectives of the business. Here are some examples to think about:
- What skills do we want employees to learn?
- How will this training help the company?
- Who needs this training?
- How will we measure success?
- What’s the timeline for the training?
- What format will the training use?
- How will we get employees to join in?
- What resources are needed?
- How will we update or repeat the training later?
Once you’ve outlined the objectives for your training plan, you can start to think about how you’re going to conduct the training.
Structure Your Own Training Programme
For training new employees, you need to have a well-structured programme that will involve familiarising them with all parts of the business and specialising in the one they will be working with. This should be written down in the form of a training manual or trainer’s guide to maintain consistency in teaching.
You should ensure that everything taught is done in terms that are easily understood by the new employees who will not be familiar with the culture of the new employer.
Also, make sure that you give each module enough time for everyone to understand it perfectly – you are not interviewing people here. Everyone needs to be on the same page and level of understanding before you move forward.
The programme should cover all the areas they need to be trained in. If you are hiring people who are already familiar with your type of business, it may reduce training time to only areas that are unique to your work.
While deciding on your training curriculum, sit down with all the managers who are responsible for running your business and make a list of skills they think are necessary for your new employees to learn.
You can also tailor the training programme according to the areas where your new employees will work.
These can also be transferred into online courses if that is more efficient for your business. Sometimes it takes too much time and budget to take every member of staff away from work for a day to complete a training programme. With online courses, they can completed over a decided time period or in the employee’s own time.
Make Someone Responsible for the Employee Training Programme
Normally, you will want a supervisor-level person in charge of your workforce training. This person should have enough experience working with your organisation to understand the nuances of the business and to know which employees need training and what type of training would be beneficial to them and the company.
You might want to nominate more than one supervisor for different areas of your business. However, there should be one person responsible for the entire training and development in order to ensure a consistent approach across the organisation.
Keep Tab of Your Recruits’ Progress
While training your employees, you should maintain a training chart that tracks their progress in learning new skills. You can add it to their personnel file later.
You can easily create your own simple employee training chart in spreadsheet software like MS Excel or Open Office Calc. Just add a row for each part of the training programme and a column each for – date of completion, trainer’s signature and notes.
Use the same training chart every time you train a new bunch of employees. It will help you track their training schedule effectively.
After you have set up your own employee training programme, you can add to it more modules or make changes as and when you feel necessary. The main structure of the programme, though, will remain the same for everyone hired. It will save you time, and everyone working together will know about the things that a new recruit will be confident at handling at the end of his training.
Grow Together with Carlton Training
Carlton Training delivers a wide range of training, including a CPD Course (Continual Professional Development Course) for teachers, assessors and quality assurers. These can be delivered on your company premises or at one of our training locations around the UK. Our on-site training programmes can be customised to suit your schedule and company-specific training needs. They are also great team-building events.
Call us now at 0845 299 4049 or contact us here.
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