Ongoing training of staff is highly beneficial to your organisation. Knowledgeable and well-trained staff are a great asset, and employers who offer training are more likely to retain their staff for longer. This is why companies from all the different trades are doing intensive training for their staff all across the UK. This will include plumbing, electrics and off course anyone doing Ready Mix Concrete Kent.
As technology develops, so do training methods. A lot of training can now be done ‘virtually’ or online, meaning that there is no need for staff to go away/off-site to attend training courses. The Global E-Learning Market is predicted to reach approximately $325 billion by 2025.
Employees want to be able to undertake training that they feel is relevant and gives them more control and choice over what they do helps increase engagement and enthusiasm.
Modern training resources should be:
– Safe and friendly – providing a safe environment that encourages collaboration and interaction with other users and gives unlimited access to quality materials.
– Customisable – employers and employees should be able to customise the learning content to suit their needs.
– Networked – they should be available to as many people as possible and be accessible at anytime and anywhere. This enables individuals to learn when and where they want to (perhaps while they travel, during their lunch break, or even in their own time).
– Interdisciplinary – the resources should not be restricted to traditional disciplines. Learning something that is not within someone’s existing field of expertise is not a negative and indeed can help create a more ‘rounded’ knowledge.
– Inquiry-based – learners should be able to comment on and question the information provided and share experiences that they have had in their own workplace. They should be able to discuss issues, advise, share, and help resolve problems.
Software
Cloud-based software is proving increasingly popular and is not as expensive as many may think. It can incorporate video, online sessions, presentations and forums, as well as interactive tests and official exams. It can be accessed from any location so it doesn’t matter at which offices employees are based.
And why not let the existing experts within your organisation teach others by allowing them to create their own training materials?