Training
Once you get a job, you'll need to be trained to make sure that you do the job correctly. After all, if you don't do the job right, it'll probably cost the company money because of the mistakes you make, or you may look the company look bad if you haven't been trained what to say to customers.
When workers are trained, they feel better about doing their job. This makes them happier in their work and more motivated to do a good job and produce high quality products. It also means that they are more likely to stay at the company, which reduces the amount of people that leave.
If lots of people leave a company every year, we say they have a high turnover of staff. This is bad because the business then has to spend money advertising for replacements, so businesses aim to have a low staff turnover.
A good training scheme also means that people are ready to be promoted when the chance arrives. This is good for the business, as they already know and trust the person who gets promoted, rather than bringing a brand new person in who they hardly know (although new people do bring new ideas, which can be a good thing).
When workers are trained, they feel better about doing their job. This makes them happier in their work and more motivated to do a good job and produce high quality products. It also means that they are more likely to stay at the company, which reduces the amount of people that leave.
If lots of people leave a company every year, we say they have a high turnover of staff. This is bad because the business then has to spend money advertising for replacements, so businesses aim to have a low staff turnover.
A good training scheme also means that people are ready to be promoted when the chance arrives. This is good for the business, as they already know and trust the person who gets promoted, rather than bringing a brand new person in who they hardly know (although new people do bring new ideas, which can be a good thing).
Induction Training
Remember back in Year 6 when you had an induction day at school. When you found out who people were, who your form teacher was, where the toilets were, what time dinner was etc. Well, the same thing happens at work.
On your first few days at work you'll be given Induction training. This is to make you feel at ease and to show you the basics of what you'll be doing. Of course, you'll also be shown where the toilets are!
Other things that happen on Induction training are:
On your first few days at work you'll be given Induction training. This is to make you feel at ease and to show you the basics of what you'll be doing. Of course, you'll also be shown where the toilets are!
Other things that happen on Induction training are:
- Where the fire exits are
- Any Health & Safety rules
- Where everything is (maybe you'll be given a map of the building)
- Told who your boss is, and who there boss is, and who there......!
On the Job Training
Imagine you start work at McDonalds. You wouldn't fancy serving customers straight away would you? It might be easier if you stand next to another worker first of all to see how they do it. You could then start serving a few customers with somebody stood next to you to tell you what to do.
This is known as 'On the Job' training, because you are actually on the job while you are receiving training. You will still be paid for the job, and it means you will be dealing with real-life situations to get you ready for when you are left to do it on your own.
On the Job training can also be quite stressful though as you are under pressure dealing with real customers. And you don't always get time to ask questions. There could also be lots of distractions and it means that another member of staff is being taken away from their own work to stand next to you.
This is known as 'On the Job' training, because you are actually on the job while you are receiving training. You will still be paid for the job, and it means you will be dealing with real-life situations to get you ready for when you are left to do it on your own.
On the Job training can also be quite stressful though as you are under pressure dealing with real customers. And you don't always get time to ask questions. There could also be lots of distractions and it means that another member of staff is being taken away from their own work to stand next to you.
Off the Job Training
Off the Job training is a bit like being in class. Only you still get paid for it. How good would that be?!
Sometimes, if a business wants to train a few people at once, they will put them in a training room and let them learn new skills from a specialist teacher. The workers get to practice what they would do if something happened when they were back in the real-world. They do this through role-plays and by having plenty of time to ask questions.
The downsides though are:
Sometimes, if a business wants to train a few people at once, they will put them in a training room and let them learn new skills from a specialist teacher. The workers get to practice what they would do if something happened when they were back in the real-world. They do this through role-plays and by having plenty of time to ask questions.
The downsides though are:
- Workers will have been taken away from their actual job while the training is happening, which means the company might be short-staffed while the training is taking place.
- The workers on the training course are not dealing with real-life situations. For example, It's sometimes hard to make role-plays serious enough to be the same as what really goes through your mind when a customer shouts at you!
- The trainer may not work for your company and may be very expensive. This happened in school once when your teachers had some off the job training on a teacher training day. The man who did the training was very good, but he charged school £2,000 per day!