ACCA Applied Knowledge · Business and Technology · Learning and training at work
A manager wants a new accounts assistant to learn the payroll system by working alongside an experienced colleague who demonstrates tasks and then watches the assistant perform them. Which type of training is this?
This is on-the-job training. The assistant learns the payroll system at the workplace by observing an experienced colleague and then performing real tasks under supervision. Off-the-job training occurs away from the normal work setting, and distance learning relies on remote study materials.
- AOff-the-job training
- BOn-the-job trainingCorrect
- CDistance learning
Explanation
Learning by watching and then doing real tasks at the workplace under a colleague's guidance is on-the-job training. Off-the-job training takes place away from the work setting, such as a classroom course. Distance learning involves remote study materials, not working alongside a colleague.
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