COURSE OVERVIEW:

Welcome to the Provide Hands-On Training course. This program will equip you with the techniques, structure, and instructional strategies required to design and deliver effective hands-on training in workplace environments. You will explore why traditional on-the-job training has become obsolete, how modern hands-on approaches improve learning outcomes, and how structured methods such as HOT POPPER strengthen consistency, engagement, and skill retention. This course also examines instructor responsibilities, enhancement tools, documentation, and organisational support systems that ensure hands-on training delivers measurable performance improvements.

This course begins by examining why traditional on-the-job training remains popular yet is considered obsolete in many settings. You will explore the features of traditional on-the-job training, what it focuses on, and what it provides in practice. This section explains what traditional instructors typically rely on, who determines the training method and why, and the reasons traditional approaches often become inconsistent, inefficient, and ineffective. You will then explore job instruction training, why on-the-job training is inherently hands-on, how it includes realistic practice, and why it is considered a simple and ideal informal training system. This section also introduces methods for improving results through structured hands-on training and outlines the three main characteristics of this approach.

The next learning area focuses on the HOT POPPER method and the core characteristics of hands-on training. You will explore the six main steps of the HOT POPPER method and how it strengthens structure, consistency, and learner comprehension. This section also examines whether hands-on training is a simple method, why it is instructor-based, how flexible it can be, and why it remains strongly work-oriented. You will also explore why hands-on training is best suited for individuals or small groups, allowing close guidance, immediate feedback, and performance correction in real time.

A further learning area explores enhancement tools that maximise hands-on training effectiveness. You will examine the show-and-tell tool, the question-and-answer technique, the coaching approach, and the self-critique method that encourages learners to analyse their own performance. This section also introduces the daily-routine tool, which embeds learning into recurring tasks, and the four-phase sequence technique, which scaffolds the learning process from demonstration through independent execution. You will also explore the role of instructor guides, including job overview, equipment familiarisation, task training, and solo performance resources.

Another learning area focuses on making hands-on training work consistently across an organisation. You will explore why management support is essential, how to make training accessible, and why maintaining job documentation ensures accuracy, compliance, and repeatability. This section also examines how to keep hands-on training simple, how clarity reduces learner anxiety, and how structured documentation allows training programs to scale without losing quality.

The final learning area examines the training professional’s role in hands-on learning environments. You will explore how training professionals can augment organisational efforts by standardising training tools, supporting instructors, validating training outcomes, and aligning hands-on programs with broader organisational objectives. This section also explains how training professionals contribute to quality assurance, continuous improvement, and long-term skill development within the workforce.

By the end of this course you will be able to understand why traditional on-the-job training fails, design structured hands-on learning using HOT POPPER and other enhancement tools, deliver consistent and effective instruction, engage learners through practice and feedback, document tasks accurately, secure organisational support, and strengthen workplace capability through well-designed hands-on training systems.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

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

·       Why traditional on-the-job training is popular but obsolete?

·       The features of the traditional on-the-job training method

·       What the traditional on-the-job training is focused on?

·       What the traditional on-the-job training provides?

·       What does the instructor of traditional on-the-job training rely on?

·       Who determines the training method? And why

·       Why the traditional on-the-job training is inconsistent, inefficient and ineffective?

·       Job instruction training

·       Why on-the-job training is a hands-on approach?

·       How on-the-job training includes realistic practice?

·       Why on-the-job training is a simple training approach?

·       Why on-the-job training is the ideal informal training system?

·       How to improve results with hands-on training?

·       The three characteristics of hands-on training 

·       The six main steps of the HOT POPPER method

·       The characteristics of hands-on training

·       Is hands-on training a simple method?

·       Why hands-on training is instructor based?

·       Is hands-on training flexible?

·       Is hands-on training work oriented?

·       Why hands-on training is best for individuals or small groups?

·       The show and tell tool to enhance hands-on training

·       The questions and answers technique to enhance hands-on training

·       The coaching tool to enhance hands-on training

·       The self-critique  technique to enhance hands-on training

·       The daily routine tool to enhance hands-on training

·       The four-phase sequence technique to enhance hands-on training

·       The hands-on training instructor guides for: job overview, equipment familiarisation, task training and solo performance

·       How to make hands-on training work?

·       Why get management support?

·       How to make training accessible?

·       Why maintain job documentation?

·       How to keep hands-on training simple?

·       The training professional’s role in hands-on training 

·       How training professionals can augment an organisation’s efforts?

COURSE DURATION:

The typical duration of this course is approximately 2-3 hours to complete. Your enrolment is Valid for 12 Months. Start anytime and study at your own pace.

ASSESSMENT:

A simple 10-question true or false quiz with Unlimited Submission Attempts.

CERTIFICATION:

Upon course completion, you will receive a customised digital “Certificate of Completion”.