Methods of training - Business studies

Methods of training

* Induction training:

    * In this type of training, we introduce the new workers to their new work colleagues, their role and responsibilities, the facilities available to the worker, such as the canteen, and the health and safety procedures in the workplace. The main benefit of this type of training is that the worker will quickly feel part of the business, the main disadvantages is that it that it increases business costs as the workers is not adding output but are receiving their wage or salary.

*  On-the-job training:

    * In this type of trading the worker learns the skill that they need to complete the tasks in the workplace. They will often sit with an experienced worker and watch how they perform the task.

    * The main advantage is that this type of trading is relatively cheap since the worker is completing tasks while they learn how the business how the has to be done and while doing that their are producing output. 

    * There are also disadvantages like the worker picking up the experienced worker bad habits, slowing down the production and not learning the most up-to-date methods.

* Off-the-job training

    * This type of training is away from the workplace, it is most often used where the job requires a high level of technical skill

    * The main advantages of this type of training is that the workers learn the latest methods and techniques and it doesn't disrupt the work of other workers.

    * The main disadvantages of this is that the training is expensive and the worker doesn't make any output during training.