No two businesses are created equal and as a result cookie-cutter one-size-fits-all training programmes often don’t cater for your business’ unique needs or align with your organisational culture. Instead of investing in programmes where 50% of the content is not relevant to your staff or your business why not invest in a customised programme which targets your specific needs and addresses the unique skills shortages and challenges your company faces? You shouldn’t have to compromise on a training programme that is an almost fit or that “kind of” meets your requirements. There is another solution – customise!

The benefits of implementing a customised training programme rather than a generic course are vast and as such it is often a more desired option for the following reasons:

• Improved Skills Levels: At the start of the process a training needs assessment is conducted. The training is then built to address the specific requirements detected. The content and exercises bridge the gap from the current state to the desired state where key learning outcomes can be measured. The attendees will then be able to transfer what they have learned directly to the workplace resulting in improved productivity and performance.

• Practical Application: Training is only truly effective when a learner can identify with what they are being taught and apply it back to their own situation or workplace. In a customised training programme case studies, scenarios, examples and exercises are pertinent and applicable to the learners’ actual work environment which helps them to clearly understand how the theory can be practically applied.

• Flexibility and Convenience: Customised training programmes are extremely flexible and their components are determined solely by what you as the client need and expect from it. Time, subject matter, audience, location and duration can all be tailored to best meet the needs of the group for which the training is being conducted.

• Operational Solutions: Often customised training is the perfect medium to look for solutions to problems the company is facing. Practical tools, methodologies and applications that arise from the training can be taken back to the workplace to be incorporated into policies and procedures or used to train new staff members. An added benefit of customised training is that the material is the intellectual property of the client, not the training facility.

• Better Return on Investment: Although there are costs involved with the original creation of the customised course these are outweighed by the cost of having your staff attend an all-day course where only a few hours were relevant to them.

• Strengthened Teams: A sense of teamwork is encouraged through group brainstorming exercises. As the content is customised to the company’s specific needs the team is strengthened through their combined effort to find solutions to problems the company is facing.

• Greater Sense of Achievement: Staff will feel motivated and accomplished on completion of the course as they will see the value that the course has offered them. If, however, they attend a course which is not applicable to their role or which they feel cannot be practically applied – they may feel dejected by the time they have wasted.

At Compuscan Academy we understand the value and benefits of customised training and undertake each project with determination and commitment. Despite the fact that our specialities lie within the credit and micro-lending arena – we can assist in developing a course on almost any subject by employing the services of a subject matter expert.

Recently Compuscan Academy was contracted by several important players in the industry to customise training programmes for their staff.

The customisation process is easy and hassle free. Firstly you will meet with a course developer to determine your specific needs. We design and develop training solutions in line with your business’ requirements and spend time in your organisation to ensure that we understand your workplace environment, terminology and training philosophy.

Once an analysis of your needs has been conducted you will be presented with a proposal that includes specifics about program delivery, dates and times of training, detailed training outline, cost and contact information. If you have any changes or concerns regarding the proposal – these can be amended until you are satisfied with the final draft. Nothing is set in stone and we will do our utmost to cater to all of your requirements.

For more information on our customised training programmes please feel free to contact Compuscan Academy on 021 888 6000 or email   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . You can also visit our website www.compuscanacademy.co.za to learn more about our products and services.