Research Data

Longstanding research indicates that in the average organisation the vast majority of training that is carried out is in fact on-the-job related training, and that such training in the workplace when highly targeted at specific tasks provides more valuable outcomes than if held in a classroom.

Research by the Gallup Organisation to determine if training employees increased job satisfaction has found that OJT does increase employee satisfaction. Of the 1012 people surveyed 23% of those who had received no training said they were dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with their jobs. 16% of those who received five or less days of training still claimed they were dissatisfied with their jobs and only 8% who had received six or more days of training claimed similarly. The types of on-the-job training requested were: