ist magazine March 2023

Feature

Getting On-the-Job Training Right:

D espite our best efforts, it’s not as easy as it looks to get the training equation right. We train too early, we train too much, or we make a host of other errors. While some of us learn from our mistakes, many of us practice a cycle of rinse and repeat as we make the same blunders year after year. The good news is it doesn’t have to be this way. With some care ful planning and follow-through, you can avoid problems many people will encounter again and again.

Strategies to Start Using Now

By Kate Zabriskie

I’m overwhelmed. I learned a new piece of equipment today. The person showing me what to do knew every thing. The problem I had was the deep dives. He spent so much time on troubleshooting techniques. It was just too much for my first day.

I learned so much during orienta tion. It’s too bad I won’t use most of it for six months. I took some notes, but I’m sure I won’t remem ber half of what they told me to do.

I can follow the steps, but I have no idea why I’m doing what I’m doing. I sort of feel like a trained monkey. I hope nothing goes wrong because I will have no clue how to fix it if something does.

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