Training Needs Analysis

Sen5e recognises that this service is often overlooked by businesses but yet so important to ensuring the correct level of training is delivered to the correct individual. Usual pressures of deadlines and lack of resources often forces the most diligent Training Officer to commence a training program based on the individual/s say so rather than running a skills gap analysis or training needs analysis.

It could be said that the training needs analysis is a process of gathering and interpreting data for identifying areas for personal and organisational performance improvement. The challenge is to obtain complete and accurate training needs analysis data. This amounts to answering who, what, when, where and why as well as how.

Competency studies analyses and describes work performed with the 'what' of the five training needs analysis W's. They do not collect a significant amount of data on who (trainers involved in the process), why (the reasons for training), nor when/where (or indeed whether training is the solution). In addition, competency studies miss an element of "what" (the documents, laws, procedures, equipment and other tools used on the job).

A thorough training needs analysis exercise, comprises of six types of analysis. These are:

• Context training needs analysis of the business needs;
• User training needs analysis dealing with potential participants and trainers involved in the process;
• Work training needs analysis of the tasks being performed;
• Content training needs analysis of documents, laws, procedures used on the job;
• Suitability training needs analysis of whether training is the solution;
• And cost-benefit training needs analysis of the return on investment (ROI) of training.

Alternatively any one of the aforementioned analysis can be used to assess a companies training needs.

Pre & Post Course Training Methodology

Using the above methodology allows Sen5e to not just identify our clients training needs, but also offer Return on Investment statistics (ROI).

To enable Sen5eto offer this service we will use a number of tools including:

• Electronic Learning Tools
• Paper based Questionnaires
• One to One Consultancy

Sen5e is able to provide this service for IT Desktop users, IT Professionals and Personal Development skills, using professional consultants to understand your business needs enables Sen5e to deliver training needs analysis from inception to completion.

For further information on this service please

email on info@sensetraining.co.uk

and speak to one of our Training advisors for more detailed information.