Training of trainers in the use and maintenance of Capertillar equipment

The content of the training course was based on the skills-based approach applied to the use of Caterpillar equipment in a mining site.

It was structured around the following aspects:

Preparation of a training action

• Determining the public’s characteristics and taking them into consideration.
• Defining the strategic, operational and educational objectives of the training course.
• Developing the teaching programme.
• Setting up the progression of training sequences.
• Choosing the appropriate training methods.
• Designing and developing efficient training media (for both the learner and the trainer).

Facilitation of a training action

• Preparing the site and using the training space optimally.
• Controlling the various communication techniques in training situations.
• Using the media (different types of tables, projected media, etc.).
• Adjusting the documentation according to the public, the topic and the available means and resources.
• Facilitating the key moments of the training course (beginning, regular assessment, awareness development, feedback, etc.).
• Managing the learners’ group dynamics and the various trainees:
  • identifying and applying group facilitation techniques;
  • making learners participate and involving them in their training;
  • identifying possible supports;
  • managing passivity and reluctant trainees.
• Managing pace and time.

Evaluation of a training action

• The various types of evaluation and their objectives.
• The evaluation of skills: oral and written evaluation
  • Individual evaluation: tests at entry and exit, oral evaluation during the training course.
  • Group evaluation: written and/or oral collective work.
  • Identification of areas for improvement and individual or collective action plan.
• The evaluation of satisfaction:
  • Initial and follow-up evaluation.

Oral (roundtable) or written (questionnaire) evaluation.

Preparation and facilitation of two consecutive 3-day training sessions for trainers from the gold mining company Kinross.