![]() ![]() ![]() OJT provides a safe environment to make mistakes.With OJT, training can be readily redesigned to reflect an employer’s specific equipment, as well as changes and activities unique to a company’s operational processes. ![]() Likewise, production processes change depending on many operational factors. Manufacturers regularly make improvements and upgrades and may even decide not to support older versions of the equipment. But considerations such as third shifts, employee absences, and other workforce concerns are not affected by on-the-job programs. Outside training, simulations, and even online training often depend on specific training schedules. OJT offers flexibility in conducting training.On-the-job training offers individualized instruction that accommodates different learning styles and learning rates. Some employees learn by doing, some learn through listening, while still others learn visually, and each at a different rate. OJT allows for different learning styles.Other training methods lack the durational and context flexibility necessary for comprehensive skill development. As competency improves, the intensity of supervision declines as the trainee masters the task and can perform it with limited guidance. When a new employee begins work, more time and attention is required to coach and guide the employee’s development of skills with each task. OJT provides individualized attention and mentoring.These are organizational aspects other methods of training are unable to replicate. Because OJT takes place in the work environment, it also includes aspects of the company’s cultural, climate, and normative behavior. OJT allows employees to experience the actual work activities of the job.While cost is one of the most important benefits of OJT, there are numerous other advantages, including: Compared to other training methods OJT is also more cost-effective, costing almost a third of what outside training programs cost. Other types of training methods, such as simulations, classroom training, and online training are all useful for some types of training (i.e., safety training, product knowledge, etc.), but research suggests some 80 to 90 percent of an employee’s work skills are learned through OJT.įor most business owners and managers, OJT programs are attractive because they can be implemented quickly and easily. For example, studies have shown that on-the-job training is strongly related to greater creativity and innovation, the achievement of organizational objectives, and improvement in overall work quality. While the primary benefit of using OJT is to use existing resources to train employees to do their jobs, it also has other organizational value. But “sink or swim” onboarding is old school and puts your organization at risk in our technical society. No matter what business you are in, on-the-job training (OJT) is an essential part of any employee’s onboarding and development. ![]()
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