Role of the Trainer

By Ashraf Al Shafaki

Although the role of the traditional trainer was to force-feed knowledge to students and jam-pack their brains with information, the role of the trainer has now evolved to cover the following 5 aspects instead:

1. Ignite trainee interest in subject by:
1. Selecting only the interesting elements of a subject and starting by unveiling them to trainees
2. Making trainees perceive the highly sought-after benefits they will attain upon mastering the subject
2. Boost trainee self confidence in his ability to master the subject by:
1. Soliciting information about the subject matter from trainees
2. Making the trainee see by himself that he is capable
3. Provide trainees with a sense of direction to help them wade through an overflow of information by providing them with:
1. A skeleton of the subject
2. A seed
3. What to do for further self-learning
4. Provide trainees with support by:
1. Answering trainee questions.
2. Correcting trainee mistakes.
5. Provide trainee with lots of practice opportunities such as:
1. Exercises
2. Projects
3. Games
4. Role play