Competency-based training is a unique approach to training design that builds and enhances individual competencies in line with previously identified profiles of success. This training helps fill the gap between workers' actual performance and their ideal performance. Competency-Based Training Basics shows readers how to assess which competencies are important to an organization and individual positions, and how to design training around those competencies.
Manual for developing training programmes based on individual training - compares competency-based and traditional programmes, stressing self instruction and self paced learning; covers trainee selection, identification of training objectives, attainment appraisal, development of tests, design of teaching and training material, administrative aspects of implementation, and evaluation of programmes. Diagrams.
Stop presenting and start facilitating meaningful learning. Whether you are a subject matter expert who occasionally takes on a trainer role, a trainer who wants to build on solid presentation skills, or anywhere in between, Facilitation Basics will help you create supportive and effective learning. This complete how-to guide is designed to improve your facilitation proficiency so you can give face-to-face as well as online and virtual classroom learners your best. Part of ATD’s Training Basics series, this publication offers practical examples, worksheets, and tools that make workplace learning easy and rewarding. You’ll walk away with proven facilitation techniques and a deeper understanding of how to manage difficult participants and use media to support learning. This refreshed second edition will guide you through how to: enhance your skills as a facilitator create supportive and effective learning environments for face-to-face and online learners ensure learning is transferred to the job. About the Training Basics Series ATD’s Training Basics series provides a baseline explanation of the theories and concepts behind featured topics, as well as instructions for their practical day-to-day application in the workplace. Additional titles include Adult Learning Basics, Competency-Based Training Basics, the second edition of Training Design Basics, and Virtual Training Basics.
This important new book presents a systematic approach to analyzing and improving performance in organizations. The most promising approaches to systematic strategic needs analysis, competency model development, curriculum design, learning intervention design and development, and program evaluation are explained. The author shows, step-by-step, how best to implement competency-based performance improvement programs. In addition, case studies of three organizations (private and governmental) detail the actual experiences and benefits that these organizations realized in their performance improvement efforts.
This guide provides trainers with ways to apply 14 key skills in order to become effective trainers. The skills required include how to: analyze materials and learner information; establish credibility; communicate effectively and provide positive reinforcement.
From practicum to internship and general practice, the competency-based approach offers clear training goals that help organize and focus the supervisor's attention where it's needed most.
Paperback edition of a text which discusses the history of competency-based education and training in Australia and internationally. Analyses the major issues relating to competency and provides step-by-step applications of competency-based education and training. Includes an index and bibliography. Barry Hobart is a professor and Roger Harris an associate professor in adult education and human resource development at the University of South Australia. Hugh Guthrie is a senior research fellow and David Lundberg is the research manager at the National Centre for Vocational Education Research.
Training Fundamentals is a no-nonsense, practical overview of training, filled with useful information, best practices, and proven strategies to help both new and experienced trainers develop their skills and design and deliver training that achieves results in today's rapidly changing learning environment. Designed to be easy-to-use, Training Fundamentals covers a range of topics, including: How training helps organizations achieve their goals What characteristics and skills a trainer needs to be successful The adult learning principles that guide all successful training programs The basics of designing, developing, delivering, and evaluating training programs Guidelines for becoming a professional trainer The Pfeiffer Essential Guides to Training Basics is a three-volume series Training Fundamentals, Designing and Developing Training Programs, and Delivering Training Workshops that offers new and experienced trainers a wealth of ideas, information, tips, tools, and techniques. Praise for Training Fundamentals "Training it sounds so simple, but it's not. This book provides an essential and practical foundation for designing and delivering a successful workshop. It's easy to use, practical, and chock full of insights only a successful trainer knows." Barbara Nelson, principal of Nelson Communications "With crisp, fresh, and easy to understand language, Chan cuts through all the jargon and provides easy to follow guidelines for becoming a pro." Terrence L. Gargiulo, president, MAKINGSTORIES.net, and author, Building Business Acumen for Trainers and Trainer's Portable Mentor
