How to Prepare a Job Training Program

By investing some time and effort, getting volunteers in place and finding corporate sponsorship you can prepare a job training program. There are thousands of displaced workers across the country, and you will have no problem finding workers who want to update or retrain in a new field.

1. Gather information about your
   community's job market. Find out what the employers need in terms of
   employers at this time. Also have them consider what their needs may
   be in five to ten years. Keep all of your research and contact
   information and include it in your summary guide. You will also want
   the correct contact information for all the employers, so you can
   provide them to the program's participants.


2. Research your potential trainees
   and determine their skills. Consider if the already have skills and
   abilities that can be matched to a potential job or what their
   interests are. Also, find out what kinds of new careers the
   employees would like to have.


3. Write a summary of what skills
   your program will teach people and how they will be taught. For
   example, if many people have construction skills and someone in your
   city is looking for construction employees, you may be able to
   design a program about teaching your employees to work with
   eco-friendly supplies. Find an expert in the eco-construction
   business to teach and prepare the training program.


4. Write a one page summary of your
   program, your mission and your expected results. This will help draw
   both employees and employees to the program.


5. Write the rules and consequences
   portion of your job training program. You will need to establish
   early on your expectations for the people in the program. Set a
   realistic behavioral guideline for the participants, and lay out
   what happens if they do not follow the guidelines of the program.


6. Tell the participants what
   materials they are required to buy. You will need to supply them
   with a list of materials they have to purchase, as you most likely
   will not be able to provide all materials.


7. Inform the participants of their
   schedule. They will need to know how many days a week they are
   required to be in your program, how long the program lasts and any
   special events or speakers that will occur during the program.


8. Summarize all information in an
   easy to understand program. Condense material into a small brochure
   so that it can be easily given out and read over quickly.