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Unit 8: Training Methods

 Enhance your training humour with magic effects. Notes
 Learn “no fail” magic.
 Experience the enthusiasm and excitement a little magic can generate in a training session.
 Experience the creativity-generating potential of magic.

 Learn how to be sensitive to your training potential audience when using magic effect.
 Learn to invent your own magic effects or customize existing ones to meet your training
needs.

 Maintain the information-transfer effectiveness of a training session that incorporates a
touch of magic.

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
4. It is essential that demonstrations as far as possible should use the ...................................
equipment in the real workplace.
5. The ............................... is a group of four to six persons with a special knowledge of a
subject holding an orderly conversation on an assigned topic in full view of the audience.
6. ........................................... is traditionally the most formal method of instruction, and usually
consists of verbal explanation or description of the subject matter, with or without
illustration.

8.3 On-the-Job Training Methods/Hands on Methods

Hands-on training helps console new employees by showing them what their job will be like.
Many employees learn quicker while doing the job than while watching somebody else do it.
Hands-on Training is a uncomplicated and effective method for on-the-job trainers who work
with 1-3 people at a time.
The Hands-on Training Method:
 Prepare

 Open
 Present
 Practice

 Evaluate
 Review
8.3.1 Job Instruction Training

It was developed during Second World War and is a four-step process involving preparation
presentation, performance and follow-up. It is used to teach workers how do they current job.
The trainer or supervisor work as a Coach. The four steps are:
1. The trainee receives and overview of the job its purpose and its desired outcome.
2. The trainer demonstrate the job to the employees.

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