Evaluation of training effectiveness

The standard requires training effectiveness to be periodically reviewed with special attention given to customer-specific requirements. 

If the education, training, and/or experience has not been effective, the person concerned could be considered to be unqualified. Therefore in order to ensure that staff are suitably qualified, the effectiveness of the education, training, and/or experience received should be evaluated. 

Training effectiveness - short term (the intermediate stage) 

On returning to work after the course, it is important that the skills and knowledge learnt are put to good effect as soon as possible. A lapse of weeks or months before the skills are used will certainly reduce the effectiveness. Little or no knowledge or skill may have been retained. Training is not about doing something once and once only. It is about 

Training effectiveness - iong term (the finai stage) 

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Don t base your evaluation of training effectiveness on the student s evaluation -nothing may be more misleading. 

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