What are the advantages and disadvantages of demonstration during on the job training?

Answer 1

Advantages: * Low cost - does not require the development of potentially expensive training materials or classroom/computer-based instruction. * Task-based - Since OJT is performed at the work area, training tends to be focused on performing real job tasks. * Well suited for small groups - OJT is often the most practical training method when you only need to train one or two employees at a time. Disadvantages: * Inconsistent - Traditional OJT relies heavily on an experienced employee to provide the instruction based on what they feel are the most important topics. What is important to one employee may not be important to another. The result is what is learned may vary greatly, depending on who is assigned as the trainer. * Incomplete - Without a structured lesson guide, OJT trainers often forget to cover important information. What is learned is likely to be based on what happened that day rather than on what a new employee needs to know to be safe and productive. * Lack of founding principles - While the hands-on aspect of OJT may appeal to the practical learner, often the underlying theories of operation are not covered in sufficient detail or accuracy. Without this foundation of knowledge, trainees often learn what to do, not why they are doing it, resulting in poor decision making when things don't go exactly right. * Bad habits - The trainee observes and may adopt the trainer's habits and attitudes about all aspects of the job including safety, quality, customer service, and relationship with management. Poorly selected trainers can have many unintended consequences.

Answer 2

It is cost effective for the employer because the person continues to work whilst learning. Training time is reduced when compared to traditional off site learning. Structured OJT provides for evaluation of employee progress and supports ISO programs. It has been tested for techniques ranging from milking cows by hand to brain surgery. The US Air Force's Air University Academic Instructor School has found no faster teaching methodology for any specialty. Structured programs for training multiple trainers, and for in house training of new trainers exist and are available from numerous providers. These programs reduce the training times of unstructured OJT by more than 50% and reduce the perpetuation of less safe and more costly production techniques.

Answer 3

Advantages and disadvantages of Off The Job Training. Zak Riaz - Hi

Advantages 1. This type of training gets employees away from their work environment to a place where their frustrations and bustle of work are eliminated. This more relaxed environment can help employees to absorb more information as they feel less under pressure to perform. 2. Can be a source to supply the latest information, current trends, skills and techniques for example current employment legislation or other company law and regulations, current computer software or computerised technologies or improved/innovative administrative procedures. These new skills can be brought back and utilised within the company.

3. Experts in their field would cover these courses, and this would mean that training for staff members would be taught to a reasonable standard.

4. As the courses are held externally, our company would not have added costs incurred as a result of extra equipment or additional space.

5. Sending an employee on a course could help to make an employee feel more valued as they would feel as if they are receiving quality training.

6. As many courses or seminars invite employees form other companies to attend, this would allow employees to network and perhaps drum-up business.

Disadvantages 1. Depending on the course, the overall cost could prove quite expensive for example; many courses may require an overnight stay at a hotel if the course is outside the area or the course itself may prove to be expensive due to the level of expertise or equipment need to deliver the course.

2. As there is no real way to know the abilities both as a trainer and their subject knowledge of the people delivering the external training courses, there is no guarantee that sufficient skills of knowledge will be transfers or valuable.

3. The different learning speeds of individuals who are usually forced to progress at a compromise rate. 4. Not all the learners will be starting at the same knowledge or skill level and there is a risk that those starting at the lowest levels, if account is not taken of this, will be lost from the start.

Answer 4

On job.

Advantage - Real time skills are developed and put in to action immediately. Trainers can see if you've picked up the skills and are able to use them in accordance with systems.

Disadvantage- training can take longer to cover all aspects of the tasks due to naturally occurring situations not actually occurring in the training time, training can be disjointed due to interruption's and unscheduled issues.

Working pressure frequently demand moving on before "practice" takes place and therefore no double checking of skill learning is undertaken. skills learned are in realtime, practicing is difficult as the learner is frequently in a live situation which can prevent the full range of skills being experienced and learned.

Off Job - Advantages. Little if any interference with training time, opportunities to have a range of simulation practices undertaken to allow learner to see "what happens if". Trainer can systematically move through a training programme and spend time on complex or difficult to understand processes, little if any interruptions in the learning time and appropriate breaks for questions and answers can be made thus assessing the learned data is accepted by the trainee.

Disadvantage's - can be costly to take learners out of the working environment and to replace these with other staff, training environments are costly to furnish with required equipment, some real time issues will not be covered and therefore will only really occur when the learner is back in realtime function.

Answer 5

Reduces productive time that can be spent doing actually duties since employees are training and working at the same time.

Answer 6

On the job training can have the disadvantage that if you don't like the job, you have already accepted it. On the job training can take a long time and frustrate the employee.

Answer 7

Advantages and disadvantages of demonstration