Training On the JOB: Step-by-Step Guidance Worksheets, Checklists, Case Examples Everything You Need to Succeed

The Five-Step OJT Cycle

As you recall from chapter 1, knowledge about task accomplishment should be imparted to trainees via the job instruction training technique, an orderly method for teaching trainees in a one-on-one situation. An effective trainer needs a training process model as a working tool (see the sidebar titled “The Need for a Systematic Method”). The five-step OJT cycle is illustrated in Figure 10.1.

Figure 10.1. Five-Step OJT Cycle

The cycle provides a simple, powerful training methodology. The five steps in the training cycle may seem a bit stiff for a while, but with a little practice, trainers will able to go easily from ...