IT training firm Learning Tree International is offering
IT staff a combined package of classroom training and technical
coaching that aims to help IT professionals translate their
classroom training into practical action.
"Although a skills and knowledge transfer takes place in a
classroom, a gap still remains," said Richard Chappell, UK managing
director at Learning Tree International. "That gap is in the
technical proficiency and self-assurance which comes as a result of
practice and exposure."
IT staff on the Learning Tree programme work with experienced
coaches to transfer their knowledge and skills into practical
applications.
The firm said that by combining skills learned in the classroom
with the experience and knowledge of an expert practitioner,
inexperienced IT professionals can tackle projects that would
normally require more experienced personnel.
Technical coaching is designed for IT professionals faced with
critical projects. It differs from consulting in that it gives
staff first-hand experience by allowing them to do the work
themselves, in addition to ensuring that project deadlines are met,
said Learning Tree.
"This serves to reinforce the training that has already taken
place, which is better for the individual's professional
development and also for the organ- isation," said Chappell.