Demystifying Technical Training: Partnership, Strategy, and Execution

Chapter 6. Getting the Technical Training Agenda Funded

IN THIS CHAPTER WE OUTLINE considerations that are important for paving the way for budgeting conversations and obtaining funding for technical training. Understanding the costs of technical training and how to develop a compelling training budget proposal are critical to the funding process. Resources and templates for calculating training costs and preparing budgets are abundant and therefore the focus of this chapter is on the uniqueness of funding technical training, as opposed to other types of training, and the more subtle factors that play into the technical training funding process. Although much of the training budget literature shows elaborate formulas and templates, requesting ...