If the option between two different pilots was given to you, one was qualified, the other was not, which one would you choose?
Of course, the qualified one!
So, what if the untrained pilot did not have any ‘up-front’ expenses? Wouldn’t you do it anyway?
The value of employee training is not understood by many company owners.
Many company executives will not appoint unqualified staff. Yet too many of them employ staff who are under-qualified.
Due to evolving technologies or the introduction of new approaches, workers often become under-qualified. Don’t get me wrong; at a cost, employee training does come. money and time are the two main tools used to make any organization successful in the long run.
Usual Excuses of Employers to Not Train Their Staff
Some of the usual non-training excuses are:
- “We are too busy right now to discover anything new.”
- “We’re just not having the money to pay for the training.”
Importance of Employee IT Training
Everything costs time, funds, and materials, and so is employee training programs.
Often, to perform work training, third parties are required. Not only will there be lost time and unbillable hours, but extra expenses will also be incurred. Because of previous training experiences, another reason organizations sometimes fail to train workers is. The teaching was handled badly occasionally, or the subjects just didn’t help. For many factors, it could happen. There is a high cost of missed training, and organizations sometimes don’t want to take that chance.
Nevertheless, not educating the workers often comes at a price.
Here are 6 truths that highlight the importance of IT training for employees
- Unprepared workers is equal to Dissatisfied Workers
It is terrible for workers who feel incompetent, undertalented, or unsupported. In their job, they are not happy, which will cause them to underperform, make errors, and do not care for their product. As a result, companies will lose time and money.
- Untrained workers have a limited output value
The output of their work is weaker and of less quality. The output level is lower than it ought to be.
- The inefficiency of Untrained Workers
When employees are not fully or properly trained to perform their tasks or to carry out their duties, more time (and thus money) and effort are spent. It takes them to do the job longer.
- Lost Time/Money Due to Mistakes
When an untrained worker makes a mistake, the time and materials used are lost. The work then has to be done again. Or worse, the inadequate product was delivered to the client.
- An Increase in Miscellaneous Expenses
These are more difficult to track or attribute to untrained workers, but they are there. Creating a CAD drawing incorrectly means reprinting the file. That means it takes more time to fix the mistake, more materials cost in paper and ink, and more time rechecking the work. If it were done correctly the first time, these costs wouldn’t be there.
- Insufficient Staff Training Means Lost Customers
Untrained employees can cause many of the mistakes listed above, and those mistakes and inefficiencies can cause your business to lose customers. That is the worst possible scenario, but it can happen.
Training programs and costs have an easily measured up-front cost of time and money. Those line items are difficult to handle on a tight budget. However, the added costs of poorly trained staff show the importance of training employees. These costs do not come in the form of line items, so they are often ignored or unseen.
Having a trained workforce means your workers are learning new skills that can improve production, cut time spent in the creation of your product (or service), reduce production costs, reduce mistakes, build confidence in your workforce, and create a better working environment. An investment in your employees’ skill sets is an investment in your company. When everyone gets better, everything gets better.