Relevance counts
December 1st 2009

Training should be industry specific or even company specific, says uke learning, a training provider in London and the South East."Classroom learning does have its place," says uke learning director,Mick Durham,"but there is a huge immediate advantage to training in the workplace on systems and equipment that you would use every day.

"Quite apart from the fact that learning at a centre or college takes the learner away from their place of work; in a classroom setting, with a larger class of learners drawn from different industries,much of what is taught is necessarily theoretical.

The learner will then need to digest the information and work out how to apply it in their own job.

"If you can make that same learning more company, and even role specific, you can train the same person to get better at their job from the outset. And if they are training on their own equipment, they will remember what they have learned far more easily.

"Teach workers in the workplace, and you can emphasise the value of their work, demonstrating how it is worthy of a nationally recognised qualification, conferring status and boosting their self esteem."

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