On-the-job training

Introduction On the job training or OJT is one method by which students is given achance to apply the theories and computations that they have learned from theschool. It also helps the students to acquire relevant knowledge and skills byperforming in actual work setting. Colleges and universities require their studentsto undergo such training within a specific number of hours as part of thecurriculum. For the students, an OJT or internship program provides opportunities togo through the actual methodologies of a specific job using the real tools,equipments and documents.

In effect, the workplace becomes a developmentvenue for a student trainee to learn more about his chosen field and practicewhat he has learn from academy Background of the study OJT is the most common training method use by organizations across job functions. The trainers assigned for the OJT are experienced in the tasks they are not given adequate training to become trainers. Further, the training content is usually incomplete as a lot of the work procedures are omitted due to short cut used by experienced employees. This instructed OJT lacks consistency, efficiency, effectiveness. Theoretical framework

Conceptual framework OJT in an hierarchical framework. At the lowest level is the unit of classification – a job – which is defined as a set of tasks or duties designed to be executed by one person. Jobs are grouped into occupations according to the degree of similarity in their constituent tasks and duties. Although each job may be distinct in term of the output required from the person who executes the constituent tasks, the jobs are sufficiently similar in terms of the abilities required as inputs into these tasks for them to be regarded as a single occupational unit for statistical purposes. Statement of problem