Developing a comprehensive training policy is essential for any organization, small or large, private, public or community based. A training policy helps you link your goals or business plans to your peoples' skills and enables you to plan recruitment and personnel development. Done well, it develops the capacity of individuals and the organization as a whole, saves time and money, meets legal requirements, equal opportunities policies and training regulations and standards.
Many organizations need help with both the technical and educational aspects of this process. Mindwork can provide independent and professional help covering part or all of the process.
Your competency framework provides you with a clearly defined illustration of the core or essential competencies, as well as desirable competencies. Using your business plan we can help you create or update a bespoke competency framework. This process will include a skill audit of current knowledge, skills and practices which will help you identify best practice and benchmark standards as well as possible reasons for under-performance.
In creating a training policy its also important to identify issues which are resolvable by alternatives to training, such as equipment needs or environmental change. Our recommendations to you will always include such alternatives and exclude unnecessary training.
Mindwork can help you identify desired training content and, if required, match this to appropriate programs within the Australian Qualifications Framework. We can act as an independent broker in negotiations with professional trainers and Registered Training Providers to determine tailored content, delivery methods, student support, monitoring and day-to-day management. We can also help guide you through Government regulations and finance, and suggest how you can develop internal training capacity with your own subject matter experts.
A four-stage evaluation of your training policy and program will provide you with the information you need to assess impact on performance and personnel development, and to identify required changes to improve quality and content. We can help you create metrics to be incorporated in reports to stakeholders and governing bodies.
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