Private Training
Private training is a very popular option among our
clients. In fact, we teach many more of our customized,
private courses than public courses. A private course offers
many advantages:
- Savings
If you need to train more than 6 of your staff,
then the overall training cost is substantially lower
for a private course, especially when the travel cost of
students is taken into account (private courses are
priced per day instead of per student, with recommended
maximums per class). The course can be
tailored to your schedule, provided at one or more of
your locations, and combined with other topics. Multiple
course discounts are also available.
- Larger Class Size
For company-specific courses, it is usually easier
to communicate the course subject to a larger group of
people at the same time. Managers and others can observe
(attend) key instructional portions of a course without
hindering the learning process of the students. Many
companies see this bonus training as a pivotal factor in
choosing a private offering of a course.
- Custom Training Plan
We will customize the training plan for a private
course to meet your staff’s needs. Typical
customizations include:
- Adding materials specific to your companies
internal programs, including adding sections that
you want someone in your company to present
- Adjusting the overall course length and relative
emphasis on each topic to meet your specific needs
- Skipping sections in our standard course that
you do not feel are relevant
Because of our wide selection of pre-planned options
for each standard course, there is usually no extra
charge for customization. Highly customized or
completely new courses can also be developed for a
negotiable fee. To get a better idea of the type of
customized, private training PII provides, visit our
Customized Course Options page.
- Specific Workshops
The most common customization option in private
courses is to use your processes and procedures in the
workshops, examples, and exercises. To accomplish this
usually takes a few extra weeks of planning and
coordination, but usually is no extra cost. In several
cases, we have worked with a client for a few months to
develop a company-specific exercise (such as a large
case study for incident investigation training); but
most clients find our generic examples, exercises, and
case studies to be fine for their training needs.
- Confidentiality
Since the attendees in your private course will only be
from your company, they can freely discuss your
company’s unique problems. This can result in a great
deal more interaction of issues important to your
company, compared to attending a public course offering.
(The PII instructor will sign an appropriate secrecy
agreement if necessary.)
- Follow-on Hands-on Training
Another good reason to have private training is to
keep our instructor around for a few more days or a
couple of more weeks to coach your students through
their first implementation in “real time” of what they
have learned. We all know that classroom training has
limitations; the on-the-job that our instructors can
provide overcomes these limitations. And with proper
coordination, the coaching phase of the training can be
combined within the same roundtrip, thereby saving you
additional travel expenses.
Types of Private Courses
Onsite Training: If you want a course customized
for your needs or if you have a number of individuals who
need the same training, let us provide a course for you
at your site. This option focuses all the discussion and
example problems specifically on the issues faced by a
specific facility, maximizing the benefits to your workers.
Regional Training: If you have a number of
facilities in one region of the country and want to save on
travel costs, let us provide a course for you at a central location.
You get all of the advantages of a private course (material
customized to your company) and substantial cost savings
through reduced travel costs and lower course costs.
Helping you Decide if Private Courses are Right for Your
Specific Need
Are you undecided? Just give us a call at 1.865.675.3458
and we will discuss all the options for meeting your
training needs. The meter is not running, so feel free to
call. You can also e-mail Mr. Bridges at
wbridges@piii.com
to have him review your needs.
PII provided more than 50 private courses to more than a
20 organizations during the past year. Private courses
are contracted by trade associations, corporations, and
individual facilities. Industry sources suggest checking
references before selecting a training provider. We suggest
that you check at least 3 references. PII can provide a
substantial list of confidential references for specific
course topics, upon request. Call us at 1.865.675.3458 for
more information.
The best way to decide if PII’s training is the best
option for your company is for you to send one or more
“scouts” to a course open to the public (such as those
offered in Knoxville, TN, USA or in Dubai, UAE, or
elsewhere). This is a very low risk option since you can
then apply one registration fee towards the purchase of a private course of
the same type and duration, when it is later offered specifically for your
company.
PII has provided customized, private
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