Courseware and Training Materials

What's included?
What’s included?
Available for delivery as a download from our web server or provided on CD, this courseware package includes the following resources to make your trainer’s life much, much easier.

This courseware package includes:

	Student Manual. Fully customisable. May be opened in any wordprocessor and changed to meet your exact needs.
	Trainer manual. Fully customisable with additional information for trainers.
	Ice breakers and class activities. Fully customisable. Delivered as a folder full of activities for your students.
	Content overview. Fully customisable. Comprehensive course overview to help you market your course to your customers.
	PowerPoint presentations. Fully customisable. Complete set of PowerPoint slides for use by the trainer.
	Sales information sheets. Fully customisable. Information sheets to help you sell your course to your employees or external customers.
	Additional reading… Fully customisable. Give your students some recommended further reading materials for this course.

To get started, just open this ‘The Practical Trainer’ training courseware in your favourite word processor. You can fully customise the materials to suit your exact learning needs and include your own branding. Your own tailor-made course, delivered ‘off-the-peg’ and saving you thousands of pounds in development time and man-hours. Just press print and the perfect learning experience is yours to deliver.

Course outline
Course outline

Introduction

If you do on the job training in your organization this workshop can help participants feel more comfortable and more competent. Participants will explore how adults learn and take a step-by-step approach to create training sessions that meet employee needs and they will have the opportunity to practice these skills in a safe environment. Training results are too important to leave to chance. Register today, so they will be prepared when they are asked to stand and deliver.

Highlights of what participants will learn:

• Recognize the importance of considering the participants and their training needs, including the different learning styles and adult learning principles;
• Know how to write objectives and evaluate whether these objectives have been met at the end of a training session;
• Develop an effective training style, using appropriate training aids and techniques;
• Understand the importance of an instruction guide to help a trainer prepare and deliver effectively and consistently;
• Conduct a short group training session that incorporates these training concepts

Course contents

• Introduction and Course Overview You will spend the first part of the day getting to know participants and discussing what will take place during the workshop. Students will also have an opportunity to identify their personal learning objectives.
• Defining a Successful Training Program To start the day, participants will be asked to think about what successful training looks like. This will segue into a discussion of different audiences and their expectations. Participants will also look at some situations that could identify a need for training, and some of the benefits that training can bring.
• Defining a Successful Trainer Next, participants will discuss the characteristics of a successful trainer, including how to stimulate a readiness to learn. Participants will also look at common mistakes made by new trainers, and they will brainstorm some ways to avoid or resolve those issues.
• A Word about Adult Learning During this session, participants will explore the differences between adult and child learners in small groups.
• The Learning Process The adult learning process has four distinct steps. Participants will look at each step and discuss how they can use this model to
• Principles of Adult Learning This session will explore the key principles of adult learning through an exercise and small group work.
• The Learning Cycle For every learning point we make, there should be a learning cycle to be certain all trainees have “got it” This session will examine that cycle. Participants will also explore some ways to cover all points of the cycle in a training program.
• Types of Trainers During this session, we will look at four main types of trainers, and how these types can help participants become better trainers.
• The Training Process This session will introduce participants to the six-step training process.
• Performing a Needs Analysis Next, participants will learn about the first step: performing a needs analysis. During this session, participants will look at some sample situations and develop possible training ideas.
• Planning Training The next two steps in the training process are to develop the training and prepare employees. We will examine these steps through a lecture and group work.
• Training Methods The fourth step of the training process is to conduct the training. During this session, we will begin looking at some key parts of this step, including training methods and environmental concerns.
• Designing a Learning Sequence This session will introduce participants to the four parts of an effective learning sequence. Then, participants will practice creating a few sequences of their own.
• Using Humor and Adding Games Continuing with the fourth step, participants will learn how to use humor appropriately and how to choose games to add to their training.
• Are You Ready For Anything? Participants will work in groups to discuss how preparation can affect the training session and what sort of things a trainer should prepare for.
• Setting the Climate This session will discuss some of the key factors that set the training climate.
• Presentation Skills During this session, participants will explore some different ways to communicate with the audience, including telling, showing, non-verbal communication, and using notes. Participants will also examine some different types of visual aids that they can use and how best to use them.
• Dealing with Difficult Trainees Participants will complete a brainstorming exercise to identify types of difficult trainees and ways to deal with them.
• On-the-Job Training Job instruction training (or on-the-job training) is becoming more and more prevalent. This session will discuss a four-step plan to make job training a success.
• Training Presentations We have set aside this time for participants to present their short training program.
• Evaluations It’s now time to go back to the fifth step of the training process: evaluations. We will examine several methods that participants can use to evaluate the success of their program. (For information on the sixth step, see our Coaching course.)
• Workshop Wrap-Up At the end of the day, students will have an opportunity to ask questions and fill out an action plan

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