Those required to conduct on/off the job training, on a full or part-time basis, in industry, commerce, private or public sectors. Newlyappointed professional trainers, can regard this as a foundation to progress to higher qualifications.

This programme will help you to develop a systematic and effective approach to learning and development. If you are new to training it will provide you with the basic skills and knowledge needed as a foundation on which you can later develop the specialist skills of identifying training needs, designing, delivering and evaluating quality learning and training interventions.

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• write objectives for a learning session
• draw on learning theory when designing a training session or other learning event
• prepare and deliver a short training session
• use a range of materials to support the learning process
• give constructive feedback based on your own observations
• describe the scope of e-learning possibilities
• make reasoned decisions on when to use e-learning either on its own or in combination with other methods
• list the alternative ways in which e-learning can be resourced and managed