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Training, consulting services: Part of tertiary sectors its significance

The proven and effective approach of improvising the efficiency of organizational relationship building and the performance of the staff and team members is generally achieved through systematic training either by in-house training or by enrolling in a training center. This process is an effective method to bring about positive changes in an organization. Although training and consultancy services have meanings and definitions that differ theoretically, and practically they are closely related to human resources and business management.

While training can be said to bring about changes through instruction and learning where development is associated with the progress of the organization. Features of training have connections to ancient civilizations, where certain things were taught in order to achieve and accomplish the desired goals. The next phase in the evolution of training was by the method of trial and error, that is a method or strategy would be proposed and implemented to see how it works out and modifications were later brought about to correct the flaws or it would be totally removed if it work. However, this was replaced by the semi-modern era, where new training methods such as television, computers, analysis of case studies, and voluntary role-playing came into extensive usage and became actively integrated into almost all industries. The later part of the 20 century gave way to allied research topics, and then evolved team training, cross-training, and individual bespoke training.

Then in the next phase, the concept of analysing the impact of training was conducted to find out if the process needed any more amendments or would be good enough to achieve the desired goals. The intention of bringing into focus this aspect was to find out how the employees who underwent training perceived and implemented the concepts taught in the training programs. Nevertheless, this new concept encouraged the gathering of information for the evaluation, of the implemented training sessions. The inclusion of cross-cultural training, individual employee bespoke training led to the framing of novel and innovative training programs which grew increasingly popular, thereby influencing the employees with the concept of lifelong learning.

Training centres like the training masters further developed these concepts into more sophisticated and advanced methodologies and meticulously framed training that offers customized training in segments like WSQ food hygiene course, people and performance management, cleaning service, effectiveness management, leadership training, and much more.

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Food and Beverage Safety and Hygiene Courses

As a part of the national qualifications system for the Food and Beverage industry, the WSQ food hygiene course Singapore was launched in the year 2006. This course was designed by the Singaporean government to upgrade the skills of workers employed in the F & B industry. It is a fast-paced course, lasting 6 hours of coaching followed by a 1.5-hour long assessment.

A Statement of Attainment is allotted to the participants that successfully complete the training along with the assessment. This certification will help the trainees fulfill the pre-requisites to operate at a food stall or a shop, in short, an entrance level qualification for food and beverage preparation and handling.

What does the course comprise of?

The WSQ basic food hygiene course entails practicing good personal hygiene, using safe ingredients during food preparation, handling food items safely, storing the food safely, maintaining overall cleanliness in the work environment by cleaning utensils, the equipment being used, storage area and service area.

Once the basic food hygiene course is completed, the trainee will possess the skill set and the knowledge that is required for the food and beverage hygiene and safety industry and he will be able to practically apply this training at his workplace. This training basically prepares the participants in food handling and food preparation in a commercial food preparation environment.

Personal Hygiene

The food hygiene refresher course places emphasis on maintenance of personal hygiene by its participants and the trainers also teach it as a part of the course material. The areas covered in the course are:

Hand washing procedures

Importance of personal hygiene in the industry

Prevention of food borne maladies by maintaining good personal hygiene

Working at a food station only in good health

Environmental public health food regulations

Using only wholesome and safe food ingredients during preparation

Wash and clean the food ingredient as per requirement

To prevent contamination of food, practicing safe defrosting

Preventing cross contamination by separating and labeling meat grinders used for processing pork, mutton, and beef.

Handling high risk food and ready to eat food carefully

Maintaining food hygiene during transportation

Course Assessment

The WSQ food hygiene course comprises of an assessment with a written examination, a practical performance test and the last round is the oral assessment. Once the assessment is successfully completed by a candidate, he will be certified competent for the F & B industry.

Personal hygiene is mandatory for course enrollment such as during the training the participants should have tidy hair, clean fingernails, and attend the course neatly attired. All the individuals who are willing to make a start in the preparation and handling of food such as kitchen managers, chefs, supervisors, sous chefs, kitchen assistants, cooks, food stall assistants or any food and beverage handler who wants to work in a licensed food establishment can enroll for the course.

Arise Pte Ltd is helping Singaporeans fulfill all the prerequisite norms of the food and beverage industry with a certified Statement of Attainment allotted to the participant upon the successful completion of the basic food hygiene course.

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Concept of cleaning and the progression of the cleaning sector

Eliminating of undesirable elements, like dust, living or no living infective agents, and impurities that carry microbes, from any surface, objects like liquids or solids, or the environment, on the whole, is very much necessary to ensure better living conditions. In general, although the process seems to be done for visually appealing purposes, the other side is done to maintain hygienic surroundings. The process of cleaning is carried out in different methods, and several organizations and livelihoods are dedicated to this kind of maintenance activity.

Basically, the process can be categorized as exterior cleaning and interior cleaning. While in the process of exterior cleaning, refers to cleaning any outside part which may be a building, structure, monument, etc. this process includes the restoration procedure, plus the removal of litter on the outside of the specified building or any civil structure. The process of exterior cleaning plays an important role in environmental care, architectural maintenance, and a great deal of public safety.

Cleaning is done in two main ways one domestic and other commercials.  Commercial cleaning is carried out by companies that use a wide variety of cleaning approaches, including various chemicals and equally advanced equipment to speed up and facilitate the cleaning.

While the interior cleaning and its scope may include all internal cleaning of the area and routine cleaning of the floor, internal wall, ceilings, lighting, and domestic furniture. In some cases, it also involves the cleaning of amenities and washing facilities too. Cleaning of kitchen, cleaning of machinery and other devices where periodic cleaning is carried out as and when required. The commercial cleaning sector is quite competitive; in order to stay in the race and survive today’s commercial cleaning companies offer comprehensive training to their employees old and new alike.

However, with time, there have been a lot of advancements and improvisations to stay on par with the ever-advancing cleaning technology. Valuing the environmental concerns a lot, companies have upgraded themselves and their workforce with the latest equipment, technology, and know-how.

Likewise, Training Masters Workforce Institute Pte Ltd is a workforce skills qualifications Approved Training Organisation. The organization provides WSQ environmental services assessments, leadership and people management courses. Offering professional training courses, workshops for staff, and special training sessions by the industry’s best methods Training Masters Workforce Institute Pte Ltd has been a pioneer organization to offer and impart proper training to candidates.

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Training and Development: Outlook, Innovation and Strategies

The term training and development in a broad perspective collectively may be used to depict education and activities within an organization. In this process, providing necessary and useful information and instructions, regarding the performance of specific tasks related to the company, thereby enhancing the knowledge and skills of employees.

The main difference between the two terms training and development is quite distinct, training is that initiative taken by the management of the company with an intention to meet the current need of relevant knowledge that an employee needs, in order to carry out the designated job duties in a much better way. On the other hand, development is that change or initiative that is taken by the employee or any similar individual with the objective to improvise and upgrade themself to meet the needs of the organization. While training happens to be a short-term learning process specifically meant for carrying out specific activities pertaining to the job and its necessities, development is believed to be a continuous process where the employee changes and upgrades himself in a positive way.

Training in a way is essential and one of the best ways to evaluate an employee. It prepares the employee for any upcoming challenges and can serve as a pre-emptive step to equip employees for predicted or unpredicted changes in the segment. Training in technical organizations refers to a systematic learning method where employees are taught technical aspects and knowledge in connection to their jobs, especially about the use of particular machines, and software and how to carry out specific tasks assigned to them and increase efficiency. Overall, training and development are parallel activities and are considered the main functions of the HRD department, which ensure the upgradation of the workforce and team thereby enabling them, ready to face any challenges. In this regard, there are certified institutes that offer consistent training in various skills that are needed for organizational development.

Training Masters Workforce Institute Pte Ltd or for short is a Workforce Skills Qualifications WSQ Approved Training Organisation. Apart from offering consultancy services, it also offers Leadership and People Management training courses, WSQ Environmental Services assessments and comprehensive assessments as well. Being the foremost training and consultancy institution offering professional training courses and workshops for employees in various sectors, it has been scaling great heights in the segment since its inception in 1991.

Training Masters (Singapore) Pte. Ltd has been a pioneer in catering to the changing market needs in the professional training and consultancy sector with facilities to carry out training in professional training courses like leadership and management, leadership training best Leadership Training Courses, and much more. Incorporated in Singapore in April 2001 as a full-fledged training institute, Training Masters Workforce Institute Pte. Ltd is a well-equipped establishment with a full range of training facilities to cater to the industry requirements. Having been re-structured in 2001, as a new entity, Training Masters has effectively educated more than 90,000 candidates, both in WSQ and other certifications, in Singapore and the Asia Pacific region.

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Outlooks for training in organizational development

The concepts of training and development are based on ethics that have a clear and steadfast intention of improving the efficiency of the staff and other workers within the organization, its team members, and all the concerned individuals within the organization. The term training can be categorically defined as the process of augmenting one's knowledge through the systematic study of concepts and the comprehension of such aspects for future practices. Development is the result that takes place with the proper usage of one’s knowledge for positive progression, which may be individual or organizational and is associated with the advancement of long-term individual and organizational objectives.

In this sector, terminologies like training and development have been generally associated with subject matters pertaining to staff education, human resources development, and knowledge management. In the initial stages, when the concept of organizational training services was still new, the training methods too were traditional, where most of the training was carried out through theoretical-based learning and conceptualization. This was because there wasn’t enough research done in this segment, and much of the theories were framed according to the trial-and-error-based studies that were available then. The advancement of scientific concepts brought about a drastic change in the theories, processes, and methodologies of training, and the use of audiovisual aids like television and computers transformed the scope and perspectives of training and development to a great extent.

This change also brought about a lot of innovations in the processes, like cross-cultural training, proper emphasis on the progress of the individual, the usage of new methods to frame training schedules, and so on. Further, the training also underwent incorporation with a system of assessment to find out to what extent the learners have received the training and the projection of benefits that would be achieved in the case of implementing those theories. With the advent of more scientific and methodical approaches in the sector, training programs and the collection process of relevant data for evaluation institutes like the Training Masters Workforce Institute Pte Ltd, a WSQ Approved Training Organisation (ATO), particularly skilled and equipped with training programs and devices that are required to groom and advance individuals in specific areas like Leadership and People Management, Environmental Services Industry and other similar training courses. Being the first training center of this kind, it offers authentic training courses, workshops, and assessments.

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Commercial Cleaning: Technologies, Methodologies, and Equipment

Commercial Cleaning involves a comprehensive assortment of cleaning methodologies, cleaning compounds, and equipment. In a general sense, cleaning jobs encompass both internal and external cleaning and all the routine cleaning like floor cleaning, tile and partition wall cleaning, suspended or false ceilings, window cleaning, deep cleaning of washing facilities such as toilets and wash rooms, and any other specified areas. There are certain jobs, like carpet cleaning and vacuuming, that require special skills as well. Although commercial cleaning happens to be a skill-based job and a highly competitive segment, cleaning companies that undertake cleaning jobs on contract have to arrange specific training in this division for fresh recruitment due to the non-availability of any specialized courses for the cleaning industry as such. Understanding of cleaning chemicals by identifying their purpose and assessing the risks involved in their usage.

While any sort of training improves the efficiency of individuals and teams, it is also associated with bringing about speedy changes at organizational levels. Skillset development is a vital aspect that leads to the progress and accomplishment of long-term organizational and employee goals. Nevertheless, training and development are technically in some way associated with talent management, which passively impacts overall skill improvisation and allied talents. In contemporary times, new training methods, such as the use of properties and methods like computer-aided case studies and role-playing cross-cultural training sessions, help individuals or employees augment their talents and polish their skills in an organized and systematic way.

With the passing of time, skillset training and grooming have taken on different forms, like elaborate training systems and simple training systems, which primarily encompass practical training, theoretical education, and personality development. In a training session, participants undergo all the forms with a definite agenda. While training has become more specific, allowing it to become more flexible and enable active learning prospects, it actually comprises exploratory or discovery learning, project or job management training, and guided study. The Waste Disposal Management Training Program covers the knowledge and skills required for the disposal of refuse in public residential estates. In addition to these, aspects like employee orientation, improvising professional-skills training, technical or on-the-job training, and health-and-safety training are also included as integral parts of the training sessions.

Training Masters Workforce Institute Pte Ltd., with official approval from the Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ), offers professional training to staff and individuals pertaining to the industrial and environmental services industries. As a fully-fledged training institute, the center is well equipped with all the necessary tools and devices, equipment, and facilities needed to carry out the full range of training needed for the cleaning industry.

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Effectiveness of training curriculums in skilled and professional areas

In a general sense, the accomplishment of a methodical training programme can be forecasted by certain specific assessments that are governed by a set of pre-set criteria that logically analyse whether the needs were met or not, the method of execution of the training, the motivation imparted to the trainees, their cognitive abilities, and so on. While the effectiveness of training is typically gauged by considering a team-level analysis, studies that are used to investigate the impacts on organisations are also considered a yardstick to conclude with a final inference. Training experts are all equipped with the required toolsets to carry out needs assessments, conduct analyses, and develop training programmes that are tailor-made to suit the prerequisites of the organisation.

A properly structured programme is first developed using a range of training procedures; necessary training materials are then devised; and then the programme is executed along with a proper and relevant guideline to carry out the training programme. Basically, training and development specialists have a bright viewpoint and are in general known as organisation development consultants. These consultants, especially when the training is being conducted on a large scale, frequently conduct periodic assessments to gauge and structure the training, how it should be executed, and so on. Nevertheless, if the training structure is not strategic and focused on specific targets, it may not fetch positive results. So, the training programme must be very meticulously planned and executed. These days, these kinds of training sessions are being carried out in most of the sectors, and there are a number of instances where these training sessions have brought about a lot of improvisation and development in those particular industries.

While this system is extensively practised, certain sectors, like the cleaning sector, are an area that most of us would not take seriously and do not feel that any training is necessary in this section. But conversely, it is one such field where proper training and guidance will fetch really good results and a great deal of improvisation and development. All the same, there are institutions that conduct training sessions, particularly in the cleaning sector. One such organisation is the Training Masters Workforce Institute Pte. Ltd. As a reputed WSQ approved training organisation, the institute provides training in environmental services, leadership, people and performance management through training courses and relevant assessments. Training Masters has also been one of the first training and consultancy firms to offer professional training courses and workshops for staff in the commercial and industrial environmental services industry as well.

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Progressive integration and transformation of learning methodologies

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Nowadays there has been a drastic transformation in the education sector wherein the system has eventually advanced from its traditional approach to a more thoughtful and justified methodology where it allows learners to take well-judged decisions and carry out activity-based studies which are logical and precise. Although a few of the orthodox educators find this to be of not much benefit and tend to drift away from the new approach, the contemporary educators and the new era learners do find this approach a more effective and easily reached method. Amidst this, scholastic associations are no doubt encouraging learners to also take an active role in both the education systems that are available at their institutes owing to the well-known fact that in order to be on par with the fast-paced learning environment, it requires knowledge of both from the grass root level and also the high and advanced levels.

 

 In order to bring the much-needed changes in the curriculum for the maximum benefit to the learners, universities and educational institutions now have progressively integrated environmental education into their programs. This methodology which is technically referred to as using the environs as an incorporating perspective for learning involves the environment as a basic framework for education principles. This apart, in addition to integrating environmental curriculum in classroom learning, which acts as a valuable resource, also supplements the hands-on outdoor learning as well. Along with acquiring traditional classroom knowledge, these activities and learning methodologies also help the learners to address and alleviate any likely deficit conditions and encourage improved actualities. While environmental learning has been deliberated as a supplementary or optional subject in the traditional curriculum, the current policies insist schools and similar educational organizations implement and improvise ecological education programs thereby providing learners with an in-depth appreciation of the surroundings. According to this methodology, implementation at the fundamental school level, conservational education can certainly become an enrichment curriculum, which is supplemented by field trips, and participation in outdoor civic amenity schemes.

 

Likewise, the environmental curriculum can be a focused subject at the secondary school level and can be carried out as a part of student interest groups. For further knowledge gained at the undergraduate and graduate level, it can be considered in its own ways like environmental science, policies that govern it, ecology, human cultural programs, and so on. The main advantage of this method of environmental education and learning is that it is not restricted to the in-class lesson plans; on the other hand, learners can acquire knowledge about the environment in various ways. Operative packages that stimulate a holistic approach, led by example, using workable carry-outs, certainly encourage students to bring education to the next level. Hence the aspect of environmentally based modern education involves training students to succeed in a viable culture and by building this kind of strong relationship with nature, learners can acquire skills and knowledge to be successful in the present-day world. There have been quite a few institutes that recommend and offer consultancy services pertaining to this kind of education and they also extend training sessions to the learners as well.

One such organization is the Training Masters Workforce Institute Pte Ltd, basically, a WSQ-approved training organization, it provides WSQ environmental services, leadership, and people management training courses and assessments and has been one of the first training and consultancy service firms to offer professional training courses and workshops for staff in the commercial and industrial environmental services industry and is a leading organization in the area of workers education and training in and around Singapore.