Training Needs Analysis
Plenty of annual training plans are assembled from whatever courses managers happened to hear about, then squeezed into the levy balance before it expires. This one-day programme replaces that with a proper analysis. Participants run a needs analysis at organisation, job and individual level, separate the gaps training can close from the ones it cannot, build a costed and sequenced annual calendar, map it to the HRD Corp schemes that can fund it, and set up evaluation that shows whether the spend changed anything.
The most useful thing a TNA does is rule training out. A good part of the day is spent on the diagnosis that separates a genuine skill gap from a process problem, a tooling problem or a management problem, none of which a course will fix. Participants build a real training plan for their own organisation and cost it against the levy.
HRD Corp SBL-Khas Claimable
Programme Agenda
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Welcome and Programme Overview
Introduction to the session, objectives, and housekeeping.
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
What a TNA Is and When Training Is the Wrong Answer
Performance gap analysis before solution selection. Ruling out unclear expectations, broken process, missing tools, wrong incentives and wrong person in the role, all of which survive any amount of training.
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Break
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
Organisational Analysis
Starting from business strategy, growth plans, new systems, regulatory change and restructuring. Reading capability requirements out of business plans, and finding the mandatory compliance training your industry already obliges you to run.
11:10 AM - 11:50 AM
Task and Job Analysis
Breaking a role into tasks and the competencies each requires. Building or borrowing a competency framework, defining proficiency levels, and using the National Occupational Skills Standard where a relevant one exists.
11:50 AM - 12:30 PM
Person Analysis and Gap Assessment
Collecting individual data through appraisals, self-assessment, manager input, skills matrices and observation. Turning it into a heat map that shows where gaps cluster, and distinguishing a widespread gap from three vocal requests.
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Prioritising and Costing the Plan
Ranking needs by business impact, risk exposure, urgency and population size. Choosing the delivery method for each need, including e-learning, coaching and on-the-job routes. Building the calendar so it survives contact with operational reality, and costing it fully.
2:20 PM - 3:15 PM
HRD Corp Levy, Schemes and Documentation
How the levy and utilisation work, which scheme fits which need including SBL-KHAS, and what a grant application actually requires. Sequencing approvals against the 14-day rule, and keeping documentation that stands up to audit.
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM - 4:10 PM
Evaluating Whether It Worked
The four Kirkpatrick levels and what each is realistically worth. Designing assessment beyond a happy sheet, following up at 60 and 90 days, and choosing the small number of metrics you will actually track.
4:10 PM - 4:45 PM
Workshop: Build Next Year's Plan
Participants work through their own organisation: needs by level, priority ranking, delivery methods, a draft calendar, a cost estimate, the funding route per item, and evaluation measures. Peer review of the assumptions behind each priority.
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Wrap-Up and Q&A
Key takeaways, next steps, and close.
Key Outcomes
- Run a performance gap analysis before choosing training as the answer
- Conduct organisational, task and person analysis for a TNA
- Build a competency framework and gap heat map for your workforce
- Prioritise needs by business impact, risk and population
- Produce a costed, sequenced annual training calendar
- Match each need to the right HRD Corp scheme and documentation
- Set up evaluation that shows whether the training changed anything
Training Mode Physical / Online / Hybrid / e-learning
HRD Corp SBL-Khas Claimable
Level Basic to intermediate. Suitable for HR and L&D practitioners, training coordinators, department heads and business owners planning a training calendar.
Duration 1 Day (8 Hours) | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Venue In-house at the client's premises, or delivered via the client's preferred platform (Microsoft Teams, Zoom, or equivalent)
Assessment A completed training needs analysis and costed annual training plan for the participant's own organisation
Certificate Certificate of Completion issued to all participants upon full attendance