Topic 4

Planning Occupational Skill Training

Planning is a process to make a decision for the future of the organization in advance. It involves an arrangement of alternatives to answer the questions of what, where, how to do things, and by whom, as a working procedure. It also relates to utilization of resources, to achieve the organization’s purpose and desired target.

A skill refers to proficiency in a specific area which can be built by learning from surroundings. Training an occupational skill refers to a training of specific occupational skill until becoming an expert and able to transfer that specific knowledge and experience to others.

The Benefit of Planning the Occupational Skill Training are as follows: -

1. It creates an opportunity to consider the necessary skills that need to be trained

2. It lets the planner see an overall image of the occupational development system which covers the skills needed to be trained

3. It lets the planner plan and select the training place and method with the agency who is directly in charge of or the planner might consider to train himself

The Steps of Planning the Occupational Skill Training are as follows: -

1. Summarizing the skill that is needed to be trained

2. Studying and looking for the information relating to the source of skill training. Contact them and indicate what the topic is and when to train

3. Indicating date, time, and place to train

4. The trainee is recommended to study the topic of training in advance, in order to partly gain an understanding of the topic. Then it is recommended to note down the unclear topic and bring it to session while he/she is training.