On The Job Training – Objectives And Guidelines For Trainers

According to E. B. Flippo, “Training is an act of increasing knowledge and skills of an employee for doing a particular job.”

Training Objectives of the Organizations:

• Fill areas of gaps with knowledge and skills, and change all negative attitudes to positive attitude.

• Improve performance of employees to enhance productivity and profit of the organization.

• Fulfill organizational long term goals i.e. vision, and quality objectives.

• Adopt proactive and zero defect culture.

• Encourage innovative and creative ideas of employees for optimum use of materials.

Guidelines for Trainers:

• Explain the reason, importance and benefits for conducting training to all trainees.

• Make the training session interesting and explain each step or process with example in detail.

• Instructions should be planned, clear, understandable, complete and well-prepared.

• Encourage questions to know the knowledge and interest of trainees.

• Encourage discussions and questions on problem areas at the end of training session.

• Use charts, graph, models, booklets, and slides etc. For better understanding.

• Attendance before starting training session.

According to Chinese proverb “give man a fish and you have given him meal. Teach man to fish and you have given him livelihood.”

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