VIRTUAL ASME/API TRAINING: HERE TO STAY?

3rd-7th August is Virtual Training Week At WILKINSON COUTTS.

We’ll share some of our experiences and views on this new presentation method.

Check out our posts and website snippets this week.

DELEGATE INTERACTION DURING VIRTUAL TRAINING

Our trainer’s interaction with delegates is at the core of all the training we do. Without interaction it’s a lecture. Here’s some discoveries we’ve made that are guiding our approach:

   We encourage verbal questions: We’ve found these work as well, if not better, than text questions

   We place a two-minute limit on our presentation delivery without requesting some sort of delegate interaction. This keeps people involved.

    We restrict delegate numbers: We don’t subscribe to the idea you can teach more than about 10 delegates effectively in a Virtual environment.

Day 1 – Sets The Scene

As with all training courses, day 1 tends to be the most difficult as delegates adapt to the group atmosphere. It’s particularly important to get day 1 going well in a virtual environment so we rearrange some modules to suit. Delegates can help themselves (and us) by;

   Finding their way round the hard-copy training manual

    Asking questions when a subject is being discussed, not much later when we have moved on

   Providing their view on subjects or points made (delegates learn from other delegates as well as the trainer)

A Quick Note On WANTING TO LEARN

It’s worth repeating this point. Delegates who are keen to interact and come with a list of things they WANT TO LEARN do much better than those who don’t. It’s a simple formula that works every time.

Questions About The Virtual ASME/API Courses?

If you have any questions about Wilkinson Coutts ASME/API Inspector Cert training programmes (classroom or virtual), please contact either Paul Wilkinson or Craig Coutts (details below).

Paul Wilkinson – [email protected]

Craig Coutts – [email protected]