What is a training plan?
A training plan, now known as a skills development plan, is a strategic tool that brings together all the training initiatives put in place by the employer to enhance the skills of its employees. It meets three key challenges:
- Adapting employees to their workstations
- Ensure their employability in a constantly changing environment
- Supporting the company's strategic development
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Why set up a training plan?
- Anticipating skills needs
- Securing career paths
- Improving operational performance
- Valuing employees
- Meet legal obligations (mandatory training)
The 4 main stages in building a training plan
- Identifying needs
- Performance reviews
- Analysis of skills matrix
- Consultation with managers
- Defining objectives
- By division or critical item
- In line with corporate strategy
- Setting up courses
- Internal/external, digital or face-to-face training courses
- Add dynamic in-house content (video, images, interactive files) that can be consulted directly in the workshop via tablet or smartphone.
- Integration of validation quizzes to automate the validation of theoretical knowledge and save time in administrative follow-up
- Monitoring and assessment
- Completion rate, validation of prior learning
- Real-time monitoring of indicators: training status, success rate, training time by employee type
- Impact analysis: skills acquired, mobility achieved, audits
Who draws up the training plan?
- The HR Departmentin conjunction with managers
- In consultation with employee representatives (CSE)
- Drawing on data from the GEPP/GEPC
Examples of content in a training plan
- Mandatory training (safety, quality, regulatory, etc.)
- Job adaptation training (learning to use new tools), on-job training for skills enhancement in real-life situations)
- Development training (support in moving to a new position)
- VAE and skills assessment
Training plans for the industrial age: Mercateam's contribution
Mercateam supports industrial sites in the implementation of digital training plansadapted to the realities of the field:
Easy creation of customized routes
- Adding internal content
- Integration of validation quizzes
- AI suggestions
Real-time operational monitoring
- Validation of prior learning by electronic signature
- Training traceability
- Automatic updating of skills in the schedule
Multi-site management
- Training plans harmonized across sites
- Adapting to local conditions
GEPP/GEPC integration
- Identifying tomorrow's professions
- Visualization of skills gaps/posts
Sample training plan in Excel or Word
A plan can include the following columns:
- Position concerned
- Targeted competence
- Training objective
- Format (classroom, e-learning, etc.)
- Duration
- Manager
- Deadline
- Status
Conclusion
A good training plan is not a static file, but a living tool that promotes team agility. It must be aligned with industrial strategy, managed with reliable data, and evolve in line with the skills required.
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