1. Essential Instructional Skills for Professional Driver Trainers
UNIT 8: Managing a Training Program

2. Lesson Objectives You’ll be able to:
Develop a training program outline
Identify the resources available to create a company training program
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3. Ingredients of a Training Program
Determine training needs, measure initial performance, and write task analysis
Write behavioral objectives
Select training techniques and media, prepare lesson plans, and create a learning environment
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4. Ingredients of a Training Program (Cont’d)
Conduct training
Evaluate for desired change in performance
Observe on-the-job performance
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5. Developing Training: A Checklist
Identify priorities for training improvement
Analyze the job or operation
Plan training strategy
Develop the training course
Classify candidates for training
Provide the training
Follow-up the training
Evaluate and improve the training
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6. Training Formats Classroom training On-the-job training
Informal training
One-on-one training
Self-instruction
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7. Program Sources Purchase a “canned” program
Hire an outside resource instructor
Develop in-house program
Attend seminars/courses
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