The Competent Trainer Standard — a standart, elaborated by International Board of Standards for Training, Performance and Instruction. IBSTI, 1988, Bamngton.
According to The Competent Trainer Standard, the trainer must:
- Have the ability to determine the group’s need for training and adapt the course materials to the specifics of the company’s work and identified training needs;
- know the audience and its expectations;
- make sure that everything necessary for training is ready, available, and works;
- have the ability to establish trust with the audience, to inspire the trust of the group;
- be able to manage the learning process: manage the discussion, track group dynamics, etc.;
- demonstrate effective communication skills;
- possess the skills of effective self-presentation (special attention to “body language”);
- have the ability to “grasp the essence”, be able to formulate clearly thoughts; encourage dialogue;
- To be able to evoke enthusiasm of students, their positive thinking, to inspire the application of knowledge;
- to be able to use and combine various methods (mini-lectures, discussions, case studies, written exercises) and teaching tools (video, modern business games);
- be able to use office equipment: PC, projector, multimedia projector, video recorder, video camera;
- have the ability to analyze, to assess how students are coping with tasks;
- be capable of self-assessment, be able to assess the accuracy of the setting formulations to assignments for learners, the sequence of presentation, assess whether the learning objectives can be achieved;
- be able to present an information received during the preparation and the training accurately and correctly in written or oral form with the analysis (interpretation) and evaluation of learning outcomes.