TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
TODAY’S LEARNING OBJECTIVES ARE…
Sarah-Jane McQueen, General Manager of CoursesOnline, looks at the five things you need to consider before implementing employee learning objectives.
Learning objectives are essential for any organisation, for the employees and the company alike. For health and safety organisations this is even more vital, as keeping yourselves running smoothly and staff up to date with the latest health and safety regulations can have a huge impact on the lives of the general public.
Implementing an appropriate learning plan for each employee ensures that you can help them progress in their career too, supporting their continuing professional development whilst making sure the whole team are working towards the same goal.
However, creating appropriate learning objectives isn’t as simple as you might think. See what essential factors you need to consider before implementing your employee learning objectives.
DECIDE WHAT SKILLS YOUR ORGANISATION NEEDS The first thing to consider is the needs of your
organisation as a whole. What skills do you need your employees to have? What skills are currently lacking and require more investment? By answering these questions, you are making sure you don’t lose sight of the role each employee plays in your organisation. Everyone brings something different to the table, and finding out where the gaps are in terms of learning and skills is key to developing a learning strategy that helps you and your staff.
DISCUSS OBJECTIVES WITH YOUR EMPLOYEES Once you know what skills your organisation needs,
discuss these with your employees. Explore whether your employees think the learning objectives are attainable, whether they agree that these are skills that need to be developed and whether they have other learning objectives which could be added to the learning and development plan.
MAKE SURE THERE IS SUPPORT IN PLACE TO
HELP EMPLOYEES FULFIL THESE OBJECTIVES Once you have preliminary learning plans in place, the next stage is working out how to get the support for your employees. You may already have support available such as a dedicated learning and development (L&D) manager, in which case discuss how you can help set a plan of action in place for your employees to meet their learning objectives.
If you do not have an L&D dedicated member of staff, then you can find courses online which are created for workers in the health and safety industry to develop their skills and industry knowledge. For example, the NEBOSH certificate in construction health and safety, which includes three units and an exam all of which is undertaken online. However, even if you do choose to enrol your employees on a distance learning course,
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having an in-house member of staff to support their learning is also a good idea.
PLAN EXACTLY HOW YOUR EMPLOYEES WILL
GO ABOUT THEIR LEARNING When you have found the method by which your employees will complete their learning and development, you then need to decide exactly what steps you will put in place. Plan when your employees will begin their learning, decide whether you will do it fully online, in house or a combined method of learning.
Choose the learning objectives for each employee, depending on where they currently are in their career development and the skills they need to develop. Oversee the way in which different employees' learning objectives might affect one another, ensure all employees have the support and time to dedicate to their learning objectives and set a schedule for when different aspects should be completed.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A WAY OF MEASURING
THE RESULTS How will you track the progress of your employee? How will you make sure the learning and development plan is working? Whether it is by assigning different tasks to employees so they have the opportunity to put their learning into practice, or enrolling them on a certified course with assignments, make sure you have a way of measuring whether employees' learning objectives are met.
By measuring results, you not only ensure that the employee is developing their skills but also that your methods of supporting your employees are working. During and upon completion of your employees training, discuss any pros and cons with them and see whether you need to adapt anything for future skills training.
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