Who is it for?
The Modern Trainability Testing Certificate is designed for anyone involved in selecting or developing:
- Apprentices and trainees.
- Career changers and returners.
- Participants on reskilling or upskilling programmes.
Typical delegates include Learning and Development specialists, resourcing and talent professionals, HR consultants and psychologists who want to extend their understanding beyond conventional psychometric tests.
Course content
- Understanding the background to trainability testing.
- Key milestones in the development and use of trainability tests.
- The fundamental differences between trainability and ability.
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Key features of trainability:
- Learning takes place during the assessment.
- Real work-related tasks are used.
- Job preview and self-selection considerations.
- Analysing the training need and defining what “success” looks like.
- Balancing training success with subsequent job performance.
- Principles of trainability test design and development.
- Collecting evidence and validating your trainability test.
The emphasis is on practical tools and frameworks that you can use to build or refine your own trainability assessments.
Benefits
- Deeper understanding of selection and development beyond ability tests alone.
- Insights from a Course Director who has developed trainability tests.
- Direct connection to the pioneering work of Sylvia Downs, with whom the Course Director trained and worked.
- 24/7 worldwide access – no travel or attendance requirement.
- Study at your own pace alongside other commitments.
- Continuous assessment and detailed feedback.
- Practical coaching sessions via webcam.
- Email and telephone support from experienced practitioners.
- Free 2 hours consultancy follow-up from KCP to support real-world implementation.
