Some Possible Uses for Flow Charts in Training Situations

  • to reinforce or assess a trainee’s understanding by having the trainee flowchart the process or procedure being taught
  • to teach a process or procedure to trainees by presenting the concepts via a flowchart
  • to address problem solving
  • to address decision making
  • to organize production and assign tasks
  • to depict the “big picture” (process or workplace)
  • to address use of symbols
  • to teach industry-specific terminology

SkillBuilders and integrated strategies:

A SkillBuilder is:

  • any means by which skills are developed
  • can be a lecture, demonstration, module, textbook excerpt, hand-out, learner presentation, self-directed research assignment, hands-on activity, etc.
  • can target any skill area (technical or workplace essential skills)
  • can be wide ranging (a full document navigation module with assignments) or quick and targeted (how to sharpen a saw blade, how to add fractions)
  • once WES SkillBuilders are developed, they can be used across programs (with perhaps specific examples being changed to suit specific job contexts), For example, a Skillbuilder addressing regulations is useful in many programs – only the specific regulations used as models and for exercises will change.