Types of Training

On the basis of purpose, several types of training programmes are offered to the employees.
1.Induction or orientation training : Induction is concerned with introducing or orienting a new employee to the organisation and its procedures, rules and regulation.
Employee orientation or induction training is nothing but introduction of the organization to the newly employed person. It is a very short informative training given immediately after recruitment.
2. Job Training : Job training relates to specific job which the worker has to handle. It gives information about machines, process of production, instructions to be followed, methods to be used and so on.
Job training is the most common of formal in-plant training programmes.
3. Apprenticeship Training : Apprenticeship training programme tends more towards education than merely on the vocational training. Under this, both knowledge and skills in doing a job or a series of related jobs are involved. The usual apprenticeship programmes combine on the job training and experience with class-room instructions in particular subjects.
The trainees receive wages while learning and they acquire valuable skills which command a high wage in the labour market.
4. Internship Training : Under this method, the educational or vocational institute enters into arrangement with an industrial enterprise for providing practical knowledge to its students. Internship training is usually meant for such vocations where advanced theoretical knowledge is to be backed up by practical experience on the job. For instance, engineering students are sent to big industrial enterprise for gaining practical work experience and medical students are sent to big hospitals to get practical knowledge.
5. Refresher Training or Retraining : As the name implies , the refresher training is meant for the old employees of the enterprise. The basic purpose of refresher training is to acquaint the existing workforce with the latest methods of performing their jobs and improve their efficiency further.
6. Training for Promotion : The talented employees may be given adequate training to make them eligible for promotion to higher jobs in the organization. Promotion of an employee means a significant change in his responsibilities and duties. Therefore, it is essential that he is provided sufficient training to learn new skills to perform his new duties efficiently. The purpose of training for promotion is to develop the existing employees to make them fit for undertaking higher job responsibilities. This serves as a motivating force to the employees.