Activity 3.15
Read
Reading 14:	Extracts from Australian emergency manual: Training management, Chapter 8 paragraphs 8.10 to 8.12. 
Chapter 8, paragraphs 8.19 to 8.21.

The two areas mentioned in the reading for investigation through internal validation are:

•	the trainees’ reaction or perhaps degree of acceptance of the training, i.e. is it relevant to their needs and is it well presented?

•	the effectiveness of the training/learning, i.e. has their knowledge, skill and attitude been enhanced in the desired way as a result of the training?

I would like to add a third area and that is:

•	administration and logistics. Remember that we are trying to identify the efficiency of training. By examining the area of administration/logistics, we may be able to ascertain some resource savings. This may be in time, personnel, equipment, training aids, transport etc.

1.	Think about your training plan. What areas might need to be evaluated or validated?

2.	Both trainees and trainers can be reliable sources of internal validation data. Sourcing data from trainees is an obvious strategy, using trainers perhaps less so. How do you think that the views of the trainers and the trainees might differ?