Mike Andes says outdoor technicians hate long training videos and computer quizzes. They learn best in groups doing hands-on field work where they can use what they learn right away. Redesign training to be interactive and experiential, not systematized to save manager time.
You are going to suck the energy out of your team of technicians. If you're talking about technicians, it's going to suck their energy out. If you do it more of a group environment, mix in hands-on training, you will likely be able to keep them engaged. But most people that are getting hired for outdoor activity are not the same person that sits behind a computer for 3 hours taking quizzes and watching videos. I would strongly recommend anytime I hear, I want to make, I want to save my manager time when it comes to hiring, I almost always have seen that end up being a very rough road. What I like to think of it is I am trying to systematize the training, but I need to meet the trainee where they want to be trained. And for most technicians, if you want them to actually absorb the information, they've got to go out and do it. I can watch all the videos in the world about mowing grass, but until I get on the mower and I feel the way things are operating, it's tough. That being said, there's a lot of knowledge that you could probably get in an hour or less
