Sharing from 02/06 - 06/06/2016

City & Guilds Training Certification
IVQ - Level 3
Dates: 01-03/06/2016 - 10,14/06/2016 - 11-13/07/2016
Location: PetroVietNam Manpower Training College - Safety and Environment Training Center (120 Tran Phu, Ward 5, Vung Tau City, Viet Nam)

Learner: Hoang Van Manh
Trainer: Wengkai Lee and Luis
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01/06/2016.

Day one of the training course, met again some friends from the IVQ Level 2 class. We are all the employees of PVMTC.

In AM, listened to and observed the trainers explaining and demonstrating some advanced teaching techniques to attract learners in class, create exiting atmospheric learning environment as well as remain energy for all learners. And the most important, as the trainer we should always thinking and learning how to improve ourself at all time. We are able to present training modules/units better and better.

The class was continued following lunch, the trainers explained plan for afternoon and the days after. Then the class was divided into two group of eight. Group A moved to another room with Luis, and group B still stayed in same room with Wengkai Lee. We practiced our presentations within 10 minutes demonstration only. They were short topics. However, we could learn from others who showed the diversities and different training styles. We also collected learning points from the instructor as he shared recommendations to trainers after each demonstration.

02/06/2016

Day two was continued in the morning with practicing presentations conducted by the rest members of Group B. During the shows, i observed some new different topics i have just seen. The learners from Training Department and Oil Faculty of PVMTC demonstrated teaching units related to Electrical and Petroleum fields.

PVMTC we are on the way to implement a few training programs/courses for students that are approved by City and Guilds organization. The certifications for students after graduated are internationally recognized. And some learners from this IVQ Level 3 Training Class are assigned for that preparation. So this training is the chance for them to practice more and more not only the teaching skills following world wide standards but also the English practicing in demo environment.

After each try, the instructor always gave comments for the learner. He explained and shared to us the good points and the things that we need to improve. We realize that we are all able to be better and better instructor if we learn and practice more. And the sharing of instructor that i think the most important to me is that we are able to be the World Class Trainer. It is not just a flat road. I image that teaching job is same as the flow of river or the ocean. What if you just stay at the same place and waiting for everything come up to you, even though you have got the certificate and achieve some milestones in your work. You will never got that because the students/learners can have many sources of learning/studying not only the teacher/trainer. The learning environment is actually opened nowadays. The trainer will be out of date if they don't update themself.

I think to be the World Class Trainer for VietNamese is not very easy for many trainers. One of the barrier is the English. The current basement of social, we don't have environment to practice and use English more frequently. That will reduce the ability to talk and explain things/topics/contents fluently, especially in theory and technical training classes. But I also think about nothing impossible if you have a good attitude and efforts. Keep trying and the success may come to you in near future. Let's see the positive thing, more and more family now send their children to high quality English class with the hope that they will be good at English than their father/mother the time before. English is a really useful tool for all trainers in teaching/training, learning to improve, sharing knowledge and connecting to international network.

During lunch time, I was really busy with something in my mind. I thought about how to conduct the training with different ways as I did before. I was not worry much about the results of assessment. I just concerned about how to apply few new skills to provide more energy and more exiting to the class. So I decided. Instead of using the slides as usual. I draw some pictures and key points on A0 papers, prepared instruction notes for myself and ready for the show.

In the afternoon, there were totally four presentations which were conducted by learners and followed the requirements including delivery, assessment, and feedback. The instructor/assessor also gave us feedback after each show as well as discussed with us for improvements.

During my demo class, I did not use the slides. I just used flipchart and A0 papers only. I also prepared visual aids for practical observation. I thought that I could apply this technique for my real HSE training courses next week.

03/06/2016

Day three of the training started with some short presentations before Thu’s practical assessment. Then we kept observing the last three learners doing their jobs until the lunch time. We came back the class around 1:30 PM, then spent some minutes for doing preparations for portfolios and blog updates.

Once the group A completed the assessment, we joined back to the big class. Then both instructors share us some information and tips of advanced training techniques, the differences between teaching and facilitating, assessment process, quality management system (QMS) or competency management system (QMS), role of assessor and internal verifier in an organization.

Before leaving the class, we seated in a round circle, some persons sharing their though after training or summarizing the contents. After their turn, they could pass/throw the ball to the others to talk.

There are some tasks ahead we are going to finish which are examination, holistic report, delivery the second unit and portfolio.