Question

Advantages and disadvantages of on-the-job training?

Answer 1

Answer:

On-the-job-training: On the job training is the type of employee training which is given at the place of work and the training is imparted while employee is doing his actual job.

Advantages of on-the-job training:

• It is economical way of providing training
• It adds to employee’s productivity
• It saves man-hours involved in training process thus saves time
• Regular work is not impacted
• Training is provided by subject matter experts how are well versed with companies work, processes and goals. Training is thus more specific to the requirement
• It is more practical training methodology as compared to class room training or external training.
• It provides a faster and better learning curve.
• Ideal for new employees.

Disadvantages of on-the-job training:

• It can have a lot of disturbance as there are regular works which cannot be avoided.
• As the trainers are in-house, their work may be impacted as they have to devote more time for training other employees.
• Training is a specialized job, not all have the right skill sets to train. The quality of training depends on the quality of trainer.
• It can distract the other co-workers or colleagues.
• Not all employees can be trained on-the-job so it is not universal type of training.