Skills for Effective Training
For trainers, facilitators, and instructors in the energy industry
A Toolkit for Transferring Knowledge
Trainers and instructors must have practical facilitation skills to effectively teach adult learners. This one-day class creates a foundation for new and existing trainers to build upon so they are better able to transfer knowledge within your company. During the course, trainers will further investigate how trainees learn best and explore real-life trainer scenarios that challenge and grow their trainer techniques. Participants will leave with a solid understanding of the unique opportunities trainers have to impact the industry and how to best engage trainees while walking away with a trainer growth plan for success.
In-person
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Why do you need this training?
Take your experience from the field to the classroom.
Utilities across the country are prioritizing the transfer of knowledge from longtime field employees with specific expertise to new and existing crew members who are lacking on-the-job experience. MEA created Skills for Effective Training to help natural gas and electric distribution field experts become trainers, even though training others in a classroom or on-the-job wasn’t their original trade.
New trainers, field leaders, classroom and technical trainers, and trainers who need a refresher are perfect for Skills for Effective Training. The class is designed for 12-25 participants and includes utility specific examples and interactive exercises.
Available units/course content
- Training Mechanics
- Establish your role, credibility, and style as a trainer
- Understand the essential elements for what makes a training effective
- Discover elements of a learner profile
- Adult Learning Theory
- Understand adult training model
- Identify adult learning styles
- Implementing Andragogy
- Explore motivations in a training setting
- Effective Trainer Skills
- A model for coaching learners
- Understand communication styles
- Establishing a skills practice
- Peer-to-peer practice training
- Learner Engagement
- Discover learner-focused training practices
- Explore tools to increase learner engagement
- Address challenging learner scenarios
- Training Impact
- Discover the trainer’s impact on industry workforce sustainability
- Develop a trainer growth plan
Configuration
Training can be configured to meet specifics needs, such as adjusting and condensing sessions, incorporating company-specific procedural messages, or placing greater focus on selected lessons or sections. Custom content creation is also available. Additional fees may apply.
Facilitation
Facilitators of MEA Skills for Effective Training have decades of field and leadership experience in the utility industry. MEA also offers train-the-trainer certification for your staff to learn the Skills for Effective Training curriculum to deliver at your company.
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For more information on class objectives, topics covered, and fees, contact Daneen Goncalves at (651) 289-9600 x102 or Chad Shannon at (651) 289-9600 x112.
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