Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions on Workplace Learning
We hope the following will help you to understand more about Workplace Learning:
Workplace learning is broadly defined as the acquisition of knowledge or skills by formal or informal means that occurs in the workplace.
The workplace itself can be a significant and rich source of learning. Workers today face the twin challenges of dealing with exponential and continuously expanding levels of knowledge as well as the advent of digitalisation.
With so much change around us that affect the way we work, there is a need to foster a sustainable workplace learning culture to drive the workforce be self-driven learners and build capabilities to keep pace with change, and organisations can help their staff learn at work through putting in place processes and practices that help their workforce people learn effectively at work.
- Learning sessions are provided within the workplace saving the costs or sending staff for external training
- Training is custom-fit for the actual workplace situation
- There is flexibility in training delivery; in terms of duration and content
- It will enhance appreciation and loyalty to the organisation
- It will provide time savings as there is no need to travel to offsite training destinations
- It will improve the image of the organisation as a learning organisation
- On-the-Job sessions are done on an ad-hoc basis by untrained and uncertified trainers
- Learning is based on what trainers remember or feel like imparting. Valuable details about work may be left out
- No objective way is set to measure task performance to ensure every learner is trained to meet the same standards
- On-The-Job sessions are planned and systematically done by trained and qualified workplace trainers
- Learning is done through the use of comprehensive OJT blueprints
- Task performance is measured after the training to ensure every learner is able to meet the same standards
- For SMEs: Up to 90% funding for all course fees & training consultancy projects
- For MNCs: Up to 90% funding for all course fees & 70% funding for all training consultancy projects
- Committed management that promotes workplace learning and its benefits
- In-house capabilities to deliver workplace learning
- Allocation of appropriate resources to support workplace learning
- A robust system to track and monitor the effectiveness of workplace learning
Recent research on learning has surfaced a 70:20:10 model of learning; 70% of our learning comes from working on-the-job or from our experiences at the workplace, 20% of our learning comes from observing, being coached and mentored by others while 10% of our learning comes from attending classes or formal learning programmes.
As such, there is a drive towards strengthening learning from our experiences at the workplace and from receiving effective coaching and mentoring.
If you have any questions on Workplace Learning, you can drop us an email through the Contact Us section.Thank you.