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UK Forklift Training & Learning Aids

Introduction

Here we will learn about the importance in training of developing and using training aids. We look at different types of training aids and utilize tools that will help you choose the most appropriate aid for your training, the primary function of which is to help trainees understand the subject more easily. Good realistic training aids make instruction more interesting.

Objectives

You will be able to:

1. Identify different types of training aids.
2. Evaluate existing training aids.
3. Choose the advantages and disadvantages of each.
4. Determine which training aid to use.
5. Relate training objectives to the training aid.
6. Use graphic design and layout - rules of thumb.
7. Make a checklist to develop a training aids manual.

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The purpose of training aids

Training aids serve a variety of general purposes:

1. Focus trainee attention on what is being explained.
2. Increase interest in the subject matter by presenting material that is visually appealing.
3. Improve learner retention by engaging more than one sense and using ‘the visual and verbal’ in the presentation of material.
4. Provide easy access to exercises and activities

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Types of training aids

There are many types and forms of training aids, materials, the real thing the equipment itself, models, visual and verbal support of the training method chosen. While most people think of training aids in terms of instructor lead sessions, they can be very effective in self learning.

We are going to review the following types of training aids, which are:

1. The real thing
2. Models
3. Multimedia programs.
4. Training manuals.
5. Flipchart and whiteboard.
6. Tranparencies/OHPS.
7. Films.

The real thing

Use of the item and/or its components is a very useful medium to teach trainees about how to use part or all of the equipment or device in training, with complex industrial machinery, vehicles and materials handling equipment, then the item is introduced in small sections, each being accomplished before moving on to the next.

With a complex vehicle, such as a fork lift truck , dump truck, earth mover or crane, it would be appropriate to break it down into its component parts and include practical activity, like tracing pipes, or small sections, access to and mount dismount, visual hand and foot controls, driving steering and manoeuvering controls, transmission, wheels and brake systems, hydraulic lift and lower operations, lift transport and position controls, refuelling and recharging equipment, to effect an overall understanding of the interaction of all the components to make a cohesive and safe system of work and operation possible.

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UK Forklift Training & Learning Aids

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