Helpful Tools & Resources
4 Needs Assessment Templates to Guide Your Learning Solutions
By now, you already know the value that a Training Needs Assessment can do for your training. Asking the right questions, from the right people, and collecting accurate, hard data is where it gets tricky. I have found 4 training needs templates that are free to download that your company's L&D team may find helpful.
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1. Individual Needs Analysis Outline from SHRM
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has created a template form for your employees to define their existing skills and their competency levels in each one. This type of needs assessment is very useful for the design phase of training development, so you can ensure the learning objectives of your course are aligned with the existing skill level of the learner.
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2. Excel training needs assessment from skillshub
If you prefer to work in spreadsheets, this template from skillshub enables you to evaluate the skills levels of individual employees while combining the data in one place for an overall needs assessment.
The template is already formatted to help you identify which skills you should focus on in your learning and development strategy. It’s particularly useful for conducting a training needs assessment for individual teams or functions in the business.
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3. Training needs assessment toolkit from Training Folks
This needs analysis comes as a complete toolkit, so you get a checklist, tools for data gathering, and guidance on the six phases of training needs assessment. The idea is that the toolkit walks you through each phase of needs analysis from competency assessments to strategic org-wide analysis. It might be overkill for simple needs assessments, but it’s a great tool for those who are just getting started and are looking for a predefined process to follow.
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4. Training needs analysis PDF from 360Learning
While you won’t find a template here for individual needs assessments, fillable word documents, or customizable spreadsheets, this handy one-page PDF from 360Learning provides insight and guidance into how you can conduct an effective and useful needs analysis.
The checklist-style process guides you through building organizational support for your needs assessment, right through to measuring the business impact of your learning solutions after the fact.
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If you prefer, contact us and we will handle the training needs assessment for your organization and provide you with a clear and precise report of our findings and our recommendations for creative learning solutions.
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