Training for the trainer of vocational training

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The need

Trainers who improve, staff performance, are a great asset to any organisation.
Staff are constantly being asked to learn, and adapt to:
•    More demanding customers
•    Increased competition
•    New technologies
•    New processes and systems
•    New services and products

Therefore trainers who deliver training in a practical, clear, and engaging manner are of high value.
To ensure that, high quality standards are maintained by trainers, The Human Resource Development Authority, has defined relevant standards, on the basis for which Trainers can be examined and certified.
This Training trains participants on these standards and their practical application, enabling them to maintain high levels of quality in their work, as well as enabling them to take the examination provided by the Human Resource Development Authority.   


Who should participate:

The training is suitable for those who currently deliver training or for those who intend to become trainers, in a subject where they have the necessary expertise & experience
Any trainer who will take the HRDA certification process in order to become a "Trainer of Vocational Training".

  
Dates, venue, language
     
  • Dates : 8, 9, 23 November 2016, 9:00am - 5:30pm
  • Venue: PeopleAchieve office, 5 Argyrokastrou, Nicosia, Lunch 1:00pm-2:00pm on both days
  • Language: English
  • Programme Director: Aleen Andreou
  • Investment: €380 + VAT per person. The programme has been approved by the HRDA. Enterprises participating with employees who satisfy the HRDA criteria are entitled to the subsidy. The estimated subsidy is €210.


Participants will be in a better position to:

  •  Design & deliver training
  • Identify areas of work that need to be addressed by training
  • Agree training goals with managers
  • Agree evaluation methods with managers
  • Better deliver the practical outcomes expected from any training initiative they undertake.
  • The trainers will have greater impact on the performance at work of their participants.
  • Use a variety of training methods (eg presentations, role plays, quizzes, exercises, games) so that they can handle different learning styles amongst their participants,
  • Feel confident and boost motivation and confidence in their own participants
  • Handle “difficult” participants
  • Engage more successfully with their participants
  • Take the certification process of the HRDA for vocational trainers

Analytical Programme

Day1


Introduction

  • Icebreaker
  • The role of the vocational trainier in facilitating economic growth and well being
  • The need for standards for vocational trainers
  • Presentation of an overview of the structure of standards for Vocational Trainers, with a basic explanation of Project Areas . Project Titles, Performance Criteria and Fields of Application.
  • The HRDA examination and certification process
  • Programme Goals
  • Evaluation Methods
  • Programme Guidelines
  • Exercise:Identify your goals for the training
Identification of broader training needs in sectors of economic activity 

     
  • Brainstorm – Sources of information to identify the training needs in sectors of economic activity
  • Sources outlined by the standards
  • Problems related to economic areas
  • Thematic areas of training needs
  • Exercise – Sample of EU forecast report from which participants will be asked to identify possible training needs.
  • Summary of necessary learning from this module

Assessment of training needs of organisations

     
  • Data Collection Techniques  and guidelines
  • Data Collection Samples
  • Discussion – The benefits and drawbacks of each technique
  • Characteristics of organisations
  • Exercise – Data collection methods best suited to each characteristic
  • Case Study – Participants will be provided with the results of a training needs survey analysis for which they should recommend training solutions
  • Problems related to training needs
  • Grouping of training needs
  • Summary of necessary learning from this module

Assessment and analysis of personal training needs of the trainees

  • Demographic and Social Characteristics
  • Educational Characteristics
  • Professional Characteristics
  • Special Characteristics
  • Learning Motivations
  • Disucssion- Data collection methods best suited to determine characteristics and learning motivations
  • Result analysis
  • Discussion – How Learning Motivations and Characteristics impact training design and delivery
     

Day 2

Design and organisation of the training content


     
  • Training Objectives - Knowledge, skills, attitude
  • The language and verbs to use to describe objectives
  • Exercise – From confusion to clarity. Participants will be asked to read a badly written training objectives document and re-write it.
  • Structure of modules
  • Sample of training plan.
  • Inaugural Meeting
  • Types of icebreakers
  • Exercise – Participants will be asked to conduct an icebreaker of their choice
  • Final Meeting

Training Module Design

  • Brainstorm - Training Methods – advantages & disadvantages of each
  • Training Methods as defined by the standards
  • Training Techniques
  • Discussion – When to best use the different training techniuqes
  • Training aids –guidelines for their use
  • Training materials – guidelines for their use
  • Exercise – Design a module. Participants will design the outline of a  one hour module, related to their field of expertise. They will present the outline of the module and the trainer and other participants will ask questions

Preparation of the training
     
  • Placement Principle of Training Aids
  • Arrangement of the Training Place
  • Discussion – Advantages and disadvantages of each arrangement
  • Minimum space area
  • Preliminary & Final check of all equipment
  • Training Conditions

Programme and Training Implementation

  • Team Management and Encouragement Principles
  • Techniques to stay within the time frameworks during training
  • Learning Environment
  • Specific trainers behaviours that enhance motivation, creativity trust and learning.
  • Disucssion – Behaviours trainers should avoid and why
  • Oral Communication
  • Body language
  • Participant mini- presentations – Participants will give a ninety second on a subject related to their field using the oral communication and body language standards.
                                                                                         
Day3

Training module evaluation


     
  • Design and evaluation
  • Evaluation Types
  • Evaluation Hubs
  • Evaluation tools
  • Evaluation Techniques
  • Types of questions
  • Scales of measurement
  • Exercise – participants will be given training descriptions and will need to identify the best suited design evaluation

Processing and utilization of evaluation results


     
  • Recipients of evaluation results
  • Ways of publishing evaluation results
  • Fine tuning and further development
  • Brief Training
  • Participants will present a five-minute section of the training they designed. The trainer will provide feedback.

Participants conduct training
  • Participants deliver short training sessions
  • Feedback on the training participant deliver

Finale
  • Main Learning points
  • Test
  • Training Evaluations