Learn all about the types of training for employees

Faced with technological change, the need to acquire new skills and the expectations of employees in terms of internal mobility, sustainable employment or retraining, the types of training used have diversified and enriched, by integrating different teaching methods and formats.

But what are these types of training? What are their advantages for the company as well as for the employee? And above all, how a training platform how does Didask make it possible to effectively implement a training plan adapted to each need, each position and each organization? Follow the guide to find out everything.

Definition: what is employee training?

Employee training refers to all the actions implemented by a company to strengthen, update or develop the professional skills of its employees. It can be mandatory, voluntary, initial or continuous, and aim at technical, behavioral and professional knowledge as well as professional.

The objective? Improving work performance, strengthening employee safety, retaining talent, facilitating internal mobility, supporting professional retraining or validating achievements via a training contract or recognized certification.

What are the advantages of a training plan for employees?

Setting up adapted types of employee training has many benefits:

• For the company: better productivity, rapid increase in skills, response to legal obligations, strengthening safety at work, greater attractiveness and competitiveness in a changing professional environment.
• For employees: personalized learning, career development, personal development, job retention, professional recognition and the acquisition of new knowledge.

And to ensure the success of this training plan, LMS tools like Didask play a central role, by facilitating the creation, management and monitoring of training programs, regardless of the objectives sought.

The main types of training for employees

1. Integration training

The first step in a new employee's career, integration training (or Onboarding) allows you to discover the corporate culture, the tools, the security rules, the procedures and the key contacts of the organization.

With the Author tool from Didask, you can easily create an interactive welcome module, customized according to the position or the team.

2. Continuing education

It concerns all employees, at all levels, throughout their professional life. It aims to maintain, strengthen and adapt skills in the face of changing working methods and tools.

The Adaptive learning offered by Didask makes it possible to individualize learning according to the level, achievements and real needs of the employee.

3. Online training (e-learning)

Flexible, economical and effective, online training is ideal for combining skills development and flexibility. It can be synchronous or asynchronous.

Thanks to Didask training catalog and to its AI assistant, you can offer adapted and engaging courses independently, with personalized support.

4. Face-to-face training

Always very popular for certain technical or security-related training, face-to-face training allows direct exchanges, practical workshops and collective learning.

Didask helps to combine face-to-face and digital, with online modules to extend the experience.

5. Work-based training (FEST)

La FEST is based on learning in real working conditions, at the very heart of the learner's position. It promotes the anchoring of knowledge through concrete professional actions.

The Educational AI by Didask makes it possible to offer personalized and contextualized resources according to the missions of the collaborator.

6. Dual training

The work-study program combines periods in a company and in a training center, via an apprenticeship or professionalization contract. It is an excellent tool for developing skills for young people or people undergoing professional retraining.

The LMS tool by Didask allows a fluid educational follow-up, with courses adapted to each work-study student.

7. Validation of acquired experience (VAE)

The VAE allows you to have the skills acquired during your professional career officially recognized, via a certification or a diploma.

Didask offers diagnostic, upgrade and support modules, integrated into tailor-made programs.

8. Certified training

It is a type of training that leads to a recognized title. It reinforces the attractiveness of employees on the labour market and secures their job.

Thanks to his AI assistant, Didask helps you build certification courses that are consistent, engaging and aligned with the requirements of business standards.

9. CPF training (Personal Training Account)

Employees can mobilize their CPF to follow a training course of their choice, in connection with their job or their professional project.

The employer can also supplement this CPF as part of a joint organization of the skills development plan.

10. Professional retraining training

It allows the employee to change jobs, in particular through specific programs or long training courses. This type of learning can be done online or in person.

The Didask authoring tool allows you to create courses adapted to profiles in conversion, with progressive goals and continuous evaluations.

How does Didask support employee training?

With Didask, every company has an all-in-one solution to create, adapt and deliver all types of training employees, regardless of objectives, audiences or constraints.

Here's how the platform sets itself apart:

• An intuitive authoring tool: to create your own content without using external service providers.
• An AI assistant to design effective educational activities based on cognitive science.
• A catalog of Didask training courses written by our expert partners and constantly enriched to be inspired or integrate ready-to-use modules.
• An adaptive learning approach to adapt to each employee.
• A centralized platform to monitor training actions, measure the impact on work and continuously improve the methods used.

Key steps to implement effective training

Implementing successful training requires a structured method. Here are the main steps to follow to effectively support your employees:

1. Identify needs: analysis of skills gaps with managers and employees, in line with company objectives.
2. Define educational objectives: What professional skills should be developed? These goals will guide the entire journey.
3. Choosing the right types of training: online, face-to-face, work-study, VAE, or hybrids, depending on the profile of the learners and the constraints of the position.
4. Create or select content: via Didask's training catalog, or thanks to the authoring tool and its educational AI, which facilitate the design of effective and interactive modules.
5. Communicate with employees: explain the challenges, promote skills development and encourage commitment.
6. Evaluate the impact: thanks to the Didask LMS tool, monitor the results, measure the transfer of learning in a work situation and optimize training using adaptive learning and the AI assistant.

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Training your employees means investing in the future of the company. But for this approach to be truly effective, it must adapt to the different profiles, professional objectives and operational constraints of companies.

Thanks to its innovative LMS platform, its educational artificial intelligence tools and its training catalog, Didask offers an agile, tailor-made and efficient response to the challenges of professional training for various employees.

Whether you are an HR, manager, employer or training manager, Didask accompanies you at every stage to design programs that are engaging, scalable and focused on the employee experience.
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