MODULE 3:

DEVELOPING TRAINING
CURRICULUM DESIGN

Topic 1

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 ESTABLISHING TRAINING NEEDS
REQUIREMENTS
Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this topic, you must have:

1. Identified and consulted stakeholders in establishing training aims and

requirements.
2. Identified training requirements using appropriate methods

Introduction

Every trainer should be responsible for the on and off the job training of his
trainees. Discussions in this module will develop your skills and competency in
establishing training requirements for the trainees.
This learning outcome requires you to learn how to establish trainee’s
training needs and develop a training plan for work-based training. To be able make
a training plan, you must learn how to establish training needs and consider
guidelines of work-based training.
In this lesson, you will learn the objectives of identifying training
requirements using appropriate methods in conducting the training.

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 WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW?

Information Sheet 3.1

In this lesson, recommended steps in determining training needs are discussed as

your guide in accomplishing this end.

Determine Trainees’ Current Competency

To be able to determine the trainees’ training requirement, it is very important to

determine first their current competencies, in order to determine the training gaps.

The trainer can determine trainees’ current competency by:

1. Checking with the trainee

When you meet the trainees, subject them to an oral interview or simple written test
if needed. If the learner is having a hard time to write or understand in English language,
use a simple language that the learner may easily understand like using a local dialect.

2. Research

Analyze any pre-session information available like enrolment or pre-application

form and other related documents such as:
 reports on previous competency assessment undertaken
 resume or curriculum vitae
 enterprise training and assessment records
 performance report from supervisor

The Trainer could also use self- assessment checklist to determine the
current competencies of the trainees:

Self-Assessment Checklist

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 Below are the ways of preparing self-assessment checklist using the following forms
needed by the trainer.
1. List down all the competencies found in the Training Regulations
of a particular qualification
2. Let the trainees answer by checking the appropriate box. (YES if
he/she can perform the task and NO if he/she cannot perform the
task)

Can I? YES NO

BASIC COMPETENCIES
1. (Unit of competencies)

1.1 (Learning Outcome)

COMMON COMPETENCIES

CORE COMPETENCIES

Notes:
1. All competencies (Basic, Common and Core) should be listed in the
Trainees Self-Assessment Checklist
2. Learning outcomes for each should also be included
3. Let the trainee answer the Self- Assessment Checklist
4. The trainee must be guided by the trainer while answering the form

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 SAMPLE:

INSTRUCTION: This Self-Check Instrument will give your trainer data that are
essential in designing a Training Plan for you. Please check appropriate box of your
answer to each of the question below.

Can I?... YES NO

BASIC COMPETENCIES

COMMON COMPETENCIES

CORE COMPETENCIES
1. Prepare pipes for installation /
1.1 Identify and select materials, tools and /
equipment
1.2 Cut pipes /
1.3 Thread G.I. Pipes /
2. Make piping joints and connections /
2.1 Fit-up joint and fittings for PVC pipe /
2.2 Perform threaded pipe joints and connection /
2.3 Caulk joints /
3. Perform Construction Works /
3.1 …….. /
3.2 …….. /

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 Determining the Current Competency against Competency Standards

Identify Current Competencies acquired related to Job/Occupation and Indicate

Proof of Evidence

Current competencies Proof of Evidence

Notes:
1. Identify the current competencies related to the program being
enrolled by the target group/individual in the form
2. Identify and review proof of evidence documents indicated to
support the claim of competency

SAMPLE: (for Trainees in Plumber NC II)

Identify Current Competencies acquired related to Job/Occupation and Indicate

Proof of Evidence

Current competencies Proof of Evidence

Prepare pipes for installation

Trade Skills Certificate 3rd Class for
Make piping joints and Plumbing
connections

Determine trainees’ training requirements

After determining the trainees’ current competency, you may identify the gap
between the required competencies as defined by the unit of competency and the learners’
current competencies. The gap between the required competencies and current

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competencies is the portion of skills and knowledge the trainee needs to achieve to be
recognized as competent in a particular job.

The trainees’ training requirements can be validated with the following appropriate
personnel:
1. Trainers/teachers and assessors
2. Team leaders/supervisors/managers/employers
3. Participant/employee/learner
4. Technical experts
5. Union/employee representatives
6. Users of training information such as training providers, employers,
human resource departments

The following procedures should be followed in determining trainees’ training

requirements:
1. Compare and Cross Match Competencies Identified

Current Required Units of Training

Competencies Competency/Learning Gaps/Requirements
Outcomes

SAMPLE: (for Trainees in Plumber NC II)

Current Required Units of Training

Competencies Competency/Learning Gaps/Requirements
Outcomes
Prepare pipes for Prepare pipes for
installation installation

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 Make piping joints Make piping joints and
and connections connections

Perform minor Perform minor

construction works construction works

Perform single unit Perform single unit

plumbing installation plumbing installation
and assemblies and assemblies
Perform plumbing Perform plumbing
repair and repair and
maintenance works maintenance works
Conduct pipe leak Conduct pipe leak
testing testing

2. Translate the Training Gap into Appropriate Training Requirements

Gaps Module Duration (hours)

Title/Module of
Instruction

Note: The training gap should be matched with the module title/module of
instruction of the units of competency and the nominal duration

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SAMPLE: (for Trainees in Plumber NC II)

Module Title/Module of
Gaps Duration (hours)
Instruction
Perform single unit Performing single unit plumbing 40
plumbing installation and
assemblies
Perform plumbing repair Performing plumbing repair and 20
and maintenance works maintenance works

Conduct pipe leak Conducting pipe leak testing 10

testing

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 HOW MUCH HAVE YOU LEARNED?

Self-Check 3.1

INTERPRETIVE EXERCISE

Below is an excerpt from the Republic Act No. 7686 of the DUAL TRAINING SYSTEM ACT OF
1994 which states:

Section 8. Status of trainee. For the duration of the training under the system, the trainee is to
be considered not an employee of the business/industrial establishment but rather a trainee
of both the accredited dual training system educational institution and the agricultural,
industrial and business establishments: provided that the union or the workers of the latter
have been duly informed in advance of such an agreement.
A trainee who has successfully completed a training programme in a particular
agricultural, industrial or business establishment shall be given priority of employment in that
agricultural, industrial or business establishment. The appropriate authority shall keep a
roll of these successful trainees for purposes of identifying them for employment.

Section 11. Obligations of the trainee. A trainee shall exert every effort to acquire the abilities
and knowledge necessary for him to achieve the purpose of his training. Towards this end, he
shall:

(a) carefully perform the jobs entrusted to him as part of his training;
(b) take part in training programmes for which he has been granted time off under this
Act;
(c) follow the instruction given to him as part of his training by the training officer or
any other person entitled to give him such instructions;
(d) observe rules of behaviour in the training premises;
(e) use tools, instruments, machines and other equipment with due care;
(f) not reveal any business or trade secrets that have come to his knowledge in the
course of his training; and
(g) keep his record books up to date.

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Directions: Answer the following questions that follow. Write your answers on the spaces
provided. Use separate sheet if needed.

1. What is an act all about?

2. What is the relevance of this RA particularly on the stated sections above in establishing
training needs requirement?

3. If the trainee failed in an assessment, how do the trainers help him/her?

4. After the trainee passed in an assessment and acquired National Certificate, what do you
think is his/her function in the industry? University and community?

5. What do you think is the most significant role of a trainee in the training needs analysis
delivery?

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 HOW DO YOU APPLY YOUR LEARNING?

Task Sheet 3.1

Title: Determining Trainees Training Requirements

Performance Objective:
Given a the Competency Standards of your qualification, you should be able to:
1. Prepare TNA forms 4.1-4.4;
2. Determine the training requirements of one trainee, using a hypothetical data
following suggested procedures.

Reference/s:
 Competency Standards for a specific qualification
 Competency-Based Curriculum

Steps/Procedures :
This exercise will ask you to determine trainees training requirement for a
work-based training using a hypothetical data. You need to prepare the forms of
your qualification before filling it up with data of a hypothetical trainee who has
just finished in- house training in your qualification.
1. Prepare a self-assessment checklist, please indicate the basic, common and core
competencies for the qualification being assessed (Form 1.1)
2. Use hypothetical data to fill-up Self- Assessment Checklist (Form 1.1)
3. Prepare Form 1.2, fill-up the form using hypothetical data.
4. Determine training gaps by comparing and cross matching current
competencies with required units of competencies/learning outcomes (Form
1.3)
5. Translate the training gaps into appropriate trainees’ training requirement
(Form 1.4)

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Assessment Method:
Portfolio Assessment, Questioning

FORM 1
SELF ASSESSMENT CHECKLIST

INSTRUCTION: This Self-Check Instrument will give your trainer a data that is essential in
designing a Training Plan for you. Please check the appropriate box of your answer to each of the
questions below.

CAN I?... YES NO

BASIC COMPETENCIES

COMMON COMPETENCIES

CORE COMPETENCIES

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FORM 2
DETERMINING AND VALIDATING TRAINEES CURRENT COMPETENCY/IES

Identify Current Competencies acquired related to Job/Occupation

and Indicate Proof of Evidence

Current competencies Proof of Evidence

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 FORM 1.3
COMPARING AND CROSS MATCHING OF COMPETENCIES

Required Units of
Current Training
Competency/Learning
Competencies Gaps/Requirements
Outcomes

FORM 4

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 TRAINEES’ TRAINING REQUIREMENT

Module Title/Module
Gaps of Instruction Duration (hours)

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA CHECKLIST

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 DETERMINING TRAINEES TRAINING
REQUIREMENTS

In accomplishing the templates, did you do the following?

CRITERIA YES NO
1. Listed all the competencies and learning outcomes in the
self-assessment checklist based on the Competency
Standards
2. Filled-up all forms with hypothetical data
3. Determined trainees’ current competencies
4. Ways or means of validation are filled-up
5. Determined training gaps by comparing and cross
matching current competencies with the required
competencies/learning outcomes

6. Translated training gaps into appropriate trainees’

training requirement form

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