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Frequently Asked Questions

"Can we trial The Responsible Employee" before making a significant commitment?"

Yes - you can telephone our help desk and register your organisation. You can then pilot the programme on www.trainforwork.net for up to 60 days free of charge.
We do require the Terms and Conditions governing access to our service to be signed before commencement.

"We already have an induction programme - can this add value to us?"

Most do have some formal induction processes - however, by focusing on attitudes, FIT should complement existing training rather than replace it.
The FIT programme enables immediate induction to start, and can even be completed online prior to the formal induction of new recruits.
FIT provides a pragmatic way to integrate an online dimension to induction training and leverage your IT infrastructure.
You may not be currently covering all the subjects in the FIT programme; you can select modules.
Using the customisation tool, Acce-Lerator, you will be able to easily integrate existing training content into the programme.

"How does the FIT approach make induction training faster?"

Incorporating online components into induction training will reduce the time spent in expensive classroom-based training
The online components can be completed before face to face induction activities actually start!
Our research team has spent man years identifying the crucial areas of the relevant, new legislation and developing a scenario-based approach to training learners in awareness and positive attitudes.
By accessing '80%-baked cakes' and simply adding the final 20% you specifically need, the overall development is drastically shortened.

"We have not yet got into e-Learning. Can we be confident about our ability to customise this programme for delivery to our employees?"

Yes! Our authoring system, Acce-Lerator, can be used successfully by anybody with a training background.
Acce-lerator includes a training programme, 'Screencraft', and new users can successfully develop new materials or customise existing material literally within hours.
We also provide classroom or online training courses for those of all levels of experience.
If required, we can provide assistance in tailoring the content to your needs.

"How easy will it be for us to determine what customisation we actually need?"

A tutor guide is provided for each course, suggesting where adjustments to reflect internal policies and procedures might be made.
If required, one of our consultants can advise on the customisation.

"Are these induction programmes sure to be relevant for our business?"

The Responsible Employee and The Responsible Manager programmes have been designed to be applicable to a wide spectrum of employers. However, since everyone’s job is different, not all courses will have equal relevance to all employees.

Subject relevance

Most subjects in The Responsible Employee programme will be relevant to almost all employees. Of course some employees do not currently use the Internet or email, likewise do not need to be concerned about Data Protection issues, and so may be exempted from those courses should you wish. Each employee need only do those courses in the programme that you determine they should do.

Generally, all subject areas in The Responsible Manager programme will be relevant to virtually all managers, whatever their operational responsibility, however, again, this is at your discretion.

Content relevance

If the subject itself is relevant, then the essential learning points in each course will be of generic relevance to virtually all employees. However, to make the learning as engaging and interesting as possible, we use typical scenarios to illustrate learning points. Of course, in our standard subscription programme content (www.trainforwork.net) not all the scenarios used can possibly match all business sectors. The general principle in each case, however, is made clear. It’s worth noting that scenario-based learning itself encourages ‘induction’; the dictionary defines Induction as ‘reasoning from particular cases to general conclusions.’ (Chambers)

The uniqueness of the FIT approach, however, is that, if you see advantage in doing so, you can yourself tailor each course by changing the scenarios to match your exact environment. Your trainers can do this easily and quickly by using our authoring system, Acce-Lerator, with which the entire programme has been developed. Full details of this are available on request.