Training Staff
- Created by: Mollie Allen
- Created on: 28-11-14 21:06
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- Training Staff
- Induction Training
- The purpose of induction training is to help a new employee settle down quickly into a job by becoming familiar with the people, the surroundingsand the people.
- Benefits
- Higher quality
- Better productivity
- Improved motivation
- More flexibility through better skills
- Better recruitment and employment retention
- Drawbacks
- Could result in employee retention
- Employee efficiency may be effected if employee is struggling
- Mentoring
- It formalises a method of on-the-job training that has been used in a more informal way for years. Employee is allocated a mentor in the workplace, who acts as adviser to employee and passes on their own experiences and knowledge.
- Benfits
- Cost effective
- Less distruptive than off-the-job training
- Drawbacks
- Can rely on a mentors experience and knowledge, so must chose them carefully.
- Can be difficult to ensure that mentors provide the right training.
- Coaching
- A method of on-the job training involving regular informal meetings between the manager and employee.
- Drawbacks
- Bad Habits
- If a senior employee has developed work habits over the years, they will pass on to the employee
- Lack of Training Skills
- Seniors may know their job well, but are unable to transfer it to a new employee.
- Mentor may neglect to develop training guide
- Bad Habits
- Benfits
- Significance - Involve pairing experienced professionals with employees that could use help adapting to environment and culture of workplace.
- Team Efficency
- Improves functioning of a team/department/organisation
- Allows managers to identify stregths and weaknesses.
- Retention
- Encourage loyalty to company.
- Professionals help mold career and provide opportunities for mentees.
- Helps employee feel comfortable with managemtn
- Apprenticships
- It involves gaining qualification/s and new skills whilst earning money.
- Advantages
- Earn while you learn
- Gain qualifications
- Not taxed
- Disadvantages
- Some qualifications may not be as good as A-Levels
- A big change from school
- On-the-job training
- Advantages
- Mostly cost effective
- Opportunity to learn alongside collegues
- Disadvantages
- Quality depends on trainer
- Bad habits are occasionally passed on
- Potential distributions to production
- Advantages
- Off-the-job training
- Drawbacks
- More expensive
- Lost working time and potential output from employee
- Benefits
- Wider skills obtained
- Learn from outside specialists
- Employees more confident when starting the job
- Drawbacks
- Induction Training
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