3.6 training & development |
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Key terms
Staff training is short term and is focused on helping a worker to do their job well.
Staff development is long term and is focused on the worker to help realise their long-term potential.
Staff training is short term and is focused on helping a worker to do their job well.
Staff development is long term and is focused on the worker to help realise their long-term potential.
Stretch & challenge: Who should be responsible for staff training, the business or the worker themselves?
Answers
> Technical skills
> Personal skills > Management skills > Health & Safety training > New worker induction |
> Group/team work
> Knowledge of new products and services > Flexibility to cover several roles > Retraining for new role > Diversity training |
Stretch & challenge: Can you think of any examples of professional development?
Information
Professional development programs can be vocational or academic, leading to increased skill or additional qualifications. Businesses hope that through supporting staffs long-term development, they will benefit from increased motivation and productivity in the future. An example of professional development is an apprenticeship program.
Professional development programs can be vocational or academic, leading to increased skill or additional qualifications. Businesses hope that through supporting staffs long-term development, they will benefit from increased motivation and productivity in the future. An example of professional development is an apprenticeship program.
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Task 3
Watch the video opposite and list the pros and cons to a business of professional development such as apprenticeship schemes. Stretch & challenge: Should all businesses offer professional development? |
Answers
Pros
> Improves efficiency long term > Helps meet future staffing needs > Creates motivated workers |
Cons
> Can be expensive > Requires time away from work > May have to pay others to cover staff when away > Workers may leave following development |
Plenary
Watch the video opposite and consider the dos and don'ts of apprenticeship interviews. |
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