Train the Trainer course

mary claire99

Hi i currently work in Payroll/bookeeping and i am thinking of doing a Train the Trainer course. Has anyone done this course and is it any good if you want to get into the area of training??

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Hi,

Have done this myself as a requirement for training some FÁS courses. As a whole, the course itself is pretty decent, definitely is good to see the little mistakes you do when you teach/train.

The course itself basically runs across 3-5 days depending on who you do it with. The assignment is basically 2 lessons done on camera, plus lesson plans for you to do.

The cost is the sticking point with me, it can vary from company to company, but seems to go from 750 to 1200 euro depending on the company.

Hope this helps.

mary claire99

Thanks for the response. Is the course good for someone who has never been involved in training or would i need to do a different course.
My dilema is that as i generally work part time for various places i fill a 40 - 50hour week but as of the 1st of June i am only working approx 35hours , so i was thinking that doing payroll training part time would be good to get into as my current hourly rate is fairly poor despite having 20years experience as i am not qualified.

I hope you havent fallen asleep during my little note..:D

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mary claire99 wrote: »

Thanks for the response. Is the course good for someone who has never been involved in training or would i need to do a different course.
My dilema is that as i generally work part time for various places i fill a 40 - 50hour week but as of the 1st of June i am only working approx 35hours , so i was thinking that doing payroll training part time would be good to get into as my current hourly rate is fairly poor despite having 20years experience as i am not qualified.

I hope you havent fallen asleep during my little note..:D

It covers the basic principles of training and how they should be applied to a classroom situation. In the group that i was in, there was approx 50% that never did any training prior to this and received the certification.

I think its a case of if you're interested in training, this would be a good place to start.

carareen

im thinkn of doin this course, iv done diploma in beauty and hopefully will be doin basic hairdresing course after this and wondering what i could teach after this course???

Further Ed.

Be aware that Train the Trainer will not be acceptable by the Teaching Council so if you are considering applying for positions in the public sector eg VEC centres then it will not be sufficient.

FAS employees will be transferring over to the VECs in the coming months so I would expect FAS requirements would eventually come in line with those of the VECs as you can not have a VEC running 2 courses with different requirements for the Trainer qualification.

carareen

what would i need to teach in vec??

also can i give my students diplomas in itec and cibtec wen thats the qualification i have?