Train the Trainer Course
Are you a staff member or manager with responsibility for training others?
Are you enthusiastic about learning and training?
Do you need an accredited teaching qualification?
Benefits of attending this course
During this 6.5 day programme spread over 5 months, you will:
- Gain 9 credits at level 2 accredited by Open College Network
- Gain 2 awards: Learner Representative Skills & Enabling Workplace Learning
- Meet people facing the same challenges, and set up support groups
- Share your experience of training that works
- Get tips from others about how they solve training problems
- Think about your personal style and the effect it has on others
- Learn a variety of approaches to training, and how to make decisions about which to use
- Practise delivering training sessions and get feedback from the group
- Develop training sessions for topics you need to teach others
- Get your staff up to speed quickly with new legislation
- Be able to meet current training requirements
- Spend less on training fees through in-house delivery
Learning outcomes
- Contribute to identifying learning needs
- Understand how people learn
- Plan training sessions
- Deliver training sessions
- Develop a personal training resource file/toolbox
- Develop a system for recording training activity at work
- Reflect on your own progress as a trainer and learner
- Work with other group participants to improve your learning
- Develop your own training skills back at work
- Build enthusiasm for training in your workplace
- Support people to use training in their work
The Learner Representatives Network
The course will enable you to become part of the Learner Representatives Network sponsored by the Learning and Skills Council. The benefits include:
- monthly e-shots and quarterly newsletters updating you on new funding, new initiatives, new qualifications etc.
- attendance at quarterly network meetings, with guest speakers held all around the county in interesting learning venues giving you the opportunity to speak to other Learner Reps and exchange best practice.