What training is required?

Training prepares employees to do their current job and development prepares employees for a future job. Training can be for ‘hard’ or technical skills (i.e. how to use MS Office) or for ‘soft’ or interpersonal skills (i.e. communication).

Resources

• HR-Guide.com – Needs Analysis: How to determine training needs

Types of training

Training can take many forms and it’s important to decide which is the most efficient and effective to reach the goal of the training being done.

Resources

• ReferenceForBusiness.com – Presentation Training

Can I get funding?

Various organizations offer funding for training initiatives and sometimes will offer free training for prospective employees.

Resources

• Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities – Are you an employee with employer training needs?
• Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities – Ontario’s Training, Colleges and Universities Mandate
• Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities – What services are available near me?
• Employment and Education Centre – Youth Employment Fund
• CSE Consulting.com – Mapping the Journey to Successful Employment
• KEYS – KEYS Job Centre
• French-Canadian Association of Ontario – Thousand Islands Council Employment Services
• St. Lawrence College Employment Service
• Get Ontrac – Targeting Rural Communities in Arnprior & Smiths Falls
• RestartNow.ca – CERC-North was renamed to ReStart and adopted a new slogan: new job, new beginnings.

Training Agreements

A training agreement can be done between the employer and the employee to set out learning objectives, payment terms and other details for agreed upon training.

Resources

• sampleagreements.net – Training Agreements

Career Development

Career Development is about setting and implementing goals that are related to an employee’s career.

Resources

• Careers-Advice-Online.com – What Is Career Development
• Careers-Advice-Online.com – Sample Career Development Plan Worksheet

Literacy and Basic Skills programs

Resources

• Connections Adult Learning (Frontenac County) – Need to improve your skills for work?
• Kingston Literacy & Skills (Frontenac County, Loyalist Township) – Adult Education
• Limestone District School Board (Frontenac County, Loyalist Township) – Academic Upgrading
• La Route du Savoir (Frontenac County) – Centre de formationn pour adultes
• St. Lawrence College – Career/College Prep (Adult Upgrading)
• TR Leger (Leeds & Grenville)
• Loyola School of Adult and Continuing Education – Essential Skills Training (Frontenac County)

Apprenticeship

On the job training, coupled with school, where inexperienced employees learn a trade from experienced craftspeople.

Resources

• Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities – I want to work in the trades.
• Ontario College of Trades – an industry-driven, professional regulatory body that protects the public by regulating and promoting the skilled trades.

Succession

Succession Planning is where a company creates a plan to ensure that all key roles in it will have a competent person in that role in the long-term.

Resources

• The Balance – What HR Managers Need to Know About Succession Planning
• Workforce – Succession Planning Roadmap

Training Plans

Resources

• First Reference Talks – Training and development – your organization needs a plan!

Apprentices

Resources

• Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities – Search results for “apprentice”