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How easily the trainee's training could be transferred to the actual job.
How easily the trainee's training could be transferred to the actual job. Having arrived at some
conclusions, write in some of the benefits to you and your trainee against each method, which is
listed below. Compare these with any previous training you may have personally undertaken.

Review of activity 2A
Planned training results in benefits to the company and to those trainees who have been involved in
the training programme.
These potential benefits are:

Time. It is likely to take less time to train somebody in or near, their workplace than to send them
on an external training course. Training courses often cover the 'need to know' and the 'nice to
know' information, whereas on-the-job training can be tailored specifically to me et the particular
needs and requirements of the trainee and the company.

Flexibility. On-the-job training can be flexible by being 'fitted around' the trainee and the
circumstances of their work.

Cost. The overall cost of on-the-job training can be less than off-the-job training for two main
reasons:
a) there may be less disruption to normal working;
b) carrying out one-to-one training is more effective.

Transfer. It may be easier to transfer what a trainee has learned in the actual workplace as
opposed to a simulated off-the-job environment. Furthermore, the delay in becoming competent
caused by trying to apply off-the-job theories to actual conditions can be another reason for

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