Developing a Training Plan

Planning - Some Considerations when Developing the Apprenticeship Training Plan. Be sure to create and document a training and development plan (Goals, Methods and Evaluations)

Sketching out a plan with goals, intended methods and evaluation, will at least give you a sense of what you want and how you'll recognize if you've gotten it or not. Don't expect perfection in the plan or the learner. Start simple, but start. Then update the plan as you go along.

Don't worry about whether your plan is perfect or not - The plan is guide, not law

The key is to get stated. Start simple, but start. Do the best that you can for now. There is no perfect plan. You're doing the plan according to your vusiness needs.Also, it's not important to stick to the plan for the sake of the plan. Deviations from the plan are to be expected. It's important that deviations are recognized and explained.

Remember that development is a process

Often, the ongoing reflection and discussions between supervisor and apprentice are far more important than results produced by learners during the training and development process. Appreciate this interaction as much as reacing any objectives in the plan.

Here are some links that have more resources for training plans:

http://www.mapnp.org/library/trng_dev/gen_plan.htm

http://www.accel-team.com/PDF/05_training.pdf

http://www.construction.nsw.gov.au/docs/training/training-plans.pdf

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