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Posted By Frank Macleod
I work in the Offshore Oil & Gas industry and part of my job, as Safety Advisor, is training personnel in such matters as Gas Testing, Risk Assessment, Fire Team Training etc.
I have recieved such training myself but I have always felt that to ensure that we give good presentations on such safety topics, we should recieve training ourselves in order to become competent trainers.
I have had a mixed response to this concern, at meetings with my other safety colleagues, within the company, and therefore would like further opinion on the matter.
My questions are as follows: Is knowledge and understanding of a subject, enough to make an individual a competent "trainer of personnel" or do said individuals
require "training in training" to ensure competency?
Any thoughts and opinions on this subject would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Frank Macleod
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Posted By Laurie
Frank
In a previous employment in the public sector I was sent on a Training Technique course when I was made a trainer after some twenty years in the job.
It taught me things I am still using another twenty years on.
I would't say it's essential, but it's certainly very, very desirable.
We are not all natural teachers!
Laurie Richards
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Posted By Ed Carter
Frank,
I would agree with Laurie, I underwent 'Trainer training' whilst in the forces some eighteen years ago and supplemented it once I left, by taking a teaching course at College. As Laurie says; you may well know your subject, but there is a definite art in being able to pass on your skill/knowledge to others.
Regards,
Ed
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Posted By Eddie
In agree with the other responses. I have met perhaps a couple of people in my working life who were 'natural' teachers, and who appeared to have a natural aptitude to teach anybody anything, and who had not been taught how to do it. But for us lesser mortals, training in presentation and training skills makes us much more effective. My job currently involves a lot of skills training, especally resuscitation with health service staff, where I have a limited amount of time to get a small group of people up to speed so that they can get it right first time in what is always a frantic stressful situation. I use proven skills training techniques which I have had to learn; I don't see how I would known the right way by using common sense or whatever. And there is much more to it than just what happens during face-to-face training.
Eddie Newall
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Posted By Uday
Are there any Train the Trainer courses over here in DXB UAE please.
Tks.
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Posted By peter gotch
Many H&S professionals are unable to hold their audience's attention in training or presentations, as a result of their lack of effective presentation skills.
One of the problems is often that they think that H&S is exciting. The audience has to be convinced of this!
p
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being new to my current position i was requested to attend a city & guilds train the trainer course ! it was invaluable ,it offered advice on presenting skills / sticking to an agenda/dealing with hecklers / keeping your audiences attention, i learned so much it was unbelievable. ( oh by the way one of my peers worked offshore )
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Is this a world record for thread resurrection? 13 years!!!
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