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How to Keep Trainers Motivated

It’s important to keep trainers motivated, especially when things are slow. Slow periods might be good times to send trainers for more training in how to train or in a technical area of interest to them or to a training conference. One company takes advantage of the slower periods by conducting a lot of cross-training and by training managers on the tasks. Some companies offer full-time on-the-job trainers lead-level pay to compensate them for the responsibility. (A lead generally is the most experienced or capable member of the work group and receives higher pay than do others in the group.) A few firms offer pay increases for time spent on training (if they are not full-time trainers), but most do not.

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