Five tips to keep your team on track with their training

Let’s face it, when it comes to keeping on track with training, we all lose motivation every once in a while. And it’s easy to see how it happens. The prospect of turning your back on a never-ending pile of work to spend the day trudging through the same refresher course you did last year, is guaranteed to drive even the most dedicated employee to breaking point. 

But with managers coming under even more pressure to drive performance, increase efficiency, and comply with all regulatory requirements, having a competent workforce - with the right skills and knowledge for the job - could be the key to safeguarding the future of your business.

So, what steps can you take to keep the morale and motivation of the team on a high? How can you energise your people and get them the training they need the most? Follow our handy five tips for a winning team in your workplace: 

Make it fit

Take an active interest in the progress of your team. Show them that you are fully invested in their professional development while understanding of the other pressures they are under. Your staff may still be working from home and although some will be keen to refresh skills or learn new things, there are others who will be understandably hesitant about how that fits in practice, when juggling work and home life commitments. Making training as easy as possible for them is key while digital solutions provide actionable insights on progress. 

Make it supportive 

Re-assure your team they are not alone with training. Working from home can sometimes be isolating so the prospect of having to source the right training and then doing it alone can be off putting. When working with an e-learning company you can take each step of the learning journey together. Thanks to its analysing function, you can see what modules of training an individual has completed, how long they spent and how they have performed in module assessments. Having this feedback can help you support every team member and give tailored training and advice to move forward. 

Make it interactive and engaging

The way we access information today has changed - the first thing most of us do when we want to find something out we don’t know is to Google it for a bite-sized answer. So, it stands to reason that we need to offer our workforce training that is modern, effective, convenient and easy to use. A digital training platform can provide the technical skills and knowledge your people need, wherever they are in the world and whatever time they choose to study.  Using a blended learning approach - where more traditional elements of online learning are combined with virtual 3D scenarios, quizzes and animations - will help keep them fully engaged and retain the new skills they have learned.

Make it relevant

A one size fits all approach to training is an ineffective way to close competency gaps. While there are certainly courses that we believe everyone working within an oil and gas environment should complete - such as subsurface, well engineering and drilling and completions modules - others should be specific to individual needs. A flexible e-learning platform like EDGE will enable you to mix and match modules and build a training programme that's specific for your team.

Make it little and often

It’s about time we moved away from traditional classroom learning which can often feel like a tick box exercise to be done once a year. Research shows that providing frequent, bite-sized training is the key to making learning stick and deliver sustained competency improvements.

To arrange a free demonstration of Norwell EDGE today, email info@norwelledge.com for more information