The qualifications and competencies held by effective workplace trainers

doi:10.1108/03090590410513866

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Journal of European Industrial Training

ISSN: 0309-0590
Currently published as: European Journal of Training and Development

Online from: 1977

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The qualifications and competencies held by effective workplace trainers

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Title:	The qualifications and competencies held by effective workplace trainers
Author(s):	Darryl Gauld, (Graduate College of Management of Southern Cross University, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia), Peter Miller, (Division of Business at Southern Cross University, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia)
Citation:	Darryl Gauld, Peter Miller, (2004) "The qualifications and competencies held by effective workplace trainers", Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol. 28 Iss: 1, pp.8 - 22
Keywords:	Adult education, Competences, Teachers, Trainers
Article type:	Research paper
DOI:	10.1108/03090590410513866 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Abstract:	Are appropriately qualified trainers educating the workforce? The purpose of this study was to investigate the qualifications and competencies of workplace trainers and, determine if there is a relationship between these attributes and their effectiveness. Using a survey questionnaire, 303 trainers responded to an effective trainer model developed from the literature and validated in a Delphi study. The variables of interest were statistically tested using factor analysis, discriminant analysis, Pearson correlational analysis, and MANOVA. The results of this research show that trainers who have formal teaching qualifications and who have been in training positions for more than ten years, identify with the effective trainer model. This Australian research supports much of the previous research conducted in North America with some interesting differences.