As your company gets larger, you become responsible for managing more and more employees. This means that your responsibilities grow, as one of the best ways to get more skillful employees when you need to expand is to make your company an attractive employer.

As part of your responsibilities as an employer and manager, you should consider employee training. Here are a few ways that it can help your company and your employees, as well as some ways to implement training.

Health and Safety

One of the most important things to train your employees in is health and safety, regardless of your industry. Every business needs to have health and safety regulations. Ideally, you should have someone trained in first aid on staff, as well as a safety officer, or someone who takes responsibility for emergency situations.

Speaking of emergency situations, make sure that your company has evacuation procedures and policies in place. This means that, if there’s a fire or another disaster, people know how to leave as safely as possible.

If you ignore health and safety, you risk your employee’s health as well as your company as it might be liable for any accidents on site.

Further Education

Ideally, your employees should be already qualified for their job, but there are a few other options available. Hiring apprentices is a great way to train up new employees, as you take on their training yourself and make connections with potential employees. When they finish their education, you could offer the best candidates a job.

This is especially helpful when you combine it with managerial and further training for your current employees. You can grow your company by promoting internally, which is a great way to gain employee loyalty. 

If people see that they can progress in your company and their careers, you can retain skilled employees and they can always advance further. Everyone wins.

Training Methods

A good way to train your employees and potential apprentices is to make connections with local educational institutions like colleges and universities. You can subsidize certain courses that will benefit your industry the most, which encourages your employees to get more qualified and gain more skills.

Another option is to bring in experts to provide lectures or on-site training. This is especially helpful for things like leadership training and legal training to make sure people understand discrimination laws and other potential human resources issues.

A virtual keynote speaker is an easy way to get lectures from further afield, so your employees can benefit from different voices and experiences without anyone having to travel. These speakers can deliver presentations and workshops so your employees can get involved.

Shadowing and on-site training is a great way to help new employees understand how to work in your company. Even if they have experience in the industry, it’s best for them to become more familiar with your procedures and systems. Other employees can help them with this, so they become more productive more quickly.