The document discusses training for trainers in Spain. It notes that training for trainers is increasing yearly and aims to strengthen skills for the labor market. Most training is for updating knowledge rather than technology skills. The majority of participants are aged 31-45, with more male than female trainers who work internally at companies or private centers. Looking ahead, the document recommends reinforcing trainer training plans, defining trainer roles and competencies, and establishing a professional certification for trainers that includes experience not just education.

1. Training for Trainers in the framework of
the Training for Employment in Spain
1Presentation 2 Aims
Training in Employment We need to strengthen the training in Employment:
The processes of learning for work and thus create competition optimize organizational competitiveness and quality employment, facilitating the crea-  For the improvement of the educational process will be limited if not power generation system skills.
tion of opportunities for everyone.  Why go to a production model in which skilled labor will increase (from 73 to 82%) and unskilled labor will decrease (from 27 to 18%),
The Tripartite Foundation for Training in Employment, which belongs to the State Public Sector, is one of the bodies that carried out the organizational which will require an ongoing effort to adapt to ensure professional competence and social cohesion.
and institutional participation structure of the subsystem of vocational training for employment. It has a tripartite nature and its board of trustees is
formed by the Public Administration and the most representative employers' and trade union organizations.
The Tripartite Foundation for Training in Employment is in charge of promoting and coordinating the execution of public policies in the field of Vocational
Training for Employment. The purpose of Vocational Training for Employment, which is one of the subsystems of Vocational Training that exists in Spain,
is to provide training mainly to employed workers in order to improve their professional skills and personal development and to promote the competiti-
veness of companies.
To achieve these goals, the Foundation finances different activities such as Training courses in companies and Individual Training Leaves, Training
plans aimed on a priority basis at employed workers and Innovation and research activities to support training.
It is in the framework of these activities that the Foundation promotes the training for trainers that can be developed through different ways:
 Specific Training for trainers courses in companies. Course Participants "Training of trainers"
 General Training for trainers courses. 16.000
 Research studies on the role of trainers in vocational training.
14.000
3 Main Results
12.000
10.000
8.000
The Tripartite Foundation brings
6.000
TCC: Training courses in companies
TPW: Training Plans Workers
Continuing Education and Training Budget (CVT) 4.000
1.800
2.000
1.600 1.545
1.506
0
1.427
TCC 2006 TCC 2007 TCC 2008 TCC 2009 TPW 2006 TPW 2007/08
1.400
1.294 1.303
Participants in the training of trainers. Application of ICT's for training
Million Euros
1.227
Participants in the training of trainers. General contents
1.200
Participants trained on the contents of training the trainers
Source: Tripartite Foundation for Employment Training. Data as of 30/04/2010
967
1.000
800
Participants in Trainers of Trainers courses and economic activity (in%)
600 30
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Forecast 2010
Source: Conference “Develop strategies of training for employment, impact of learning, quality and competitiveness”
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Trained Participants (Supply & Demand - Side) Evolution of training companies which provides learning activities to 20
its workers and coverage rates (2004-2009)
3.500.000
250.000 16
228.663
3.000.000
201.030 14 15
1.280.571 200.000
2.500.000 12
TCC: Training courses in companies
10
2.000.000 150.000 137.038
598.868
10
TPW: Training Plans Workers
8
1.500.000 817.215
100.000 88.946
680.318 6
1.000.000 1.998.458 61.802
33.095 4
1.562.710 50.000
500.000 934.212
1.148.637 32.130 5
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596.459
0 0 0
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Forecast 2009
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Training companies
0
Trained Participants (Demand - Side)
Trained Participants (Supply - Side)—2007-2008 Provisionals Figures
Coverage rate (right scale) Education Social care Agriculture Transport Construction Trade Banking Industry Horeca Services
services
Source: Conference “Develop strategies of training for employment, Source: Conference “Develop strategies of training for employment,
impact of learning, quality and competitiveness” impact of learning, quality and competitiveness” TCC 2006 TCC 2007 TCC 2008
Source: Tripartite Foundation for Employment Training. Data as of 30/04/2010
4 Conclussions
Training for trainers in the framework of the Tripartite Foundation for Employment Training activity. Training for trainers
Every year the participation in training for trainers courses is increasing. This participation is concentrated mainly in courses for improvement or upda- Changes arising from the new role of trainers are more oriented towards the development and competences required by the labour market, assuming
ting knowledge and competences (88%), and only 12% receive TIC specific training. functions of management and personal training.
If we consider the training for trainers courses in companies, the data show that the companies, that belong to the following economic sectors ( educa-  Acquisition of skills and competences in TIC´s to enable them to use new methodologies of training.
tion and training, trade, hotel and catering and other services); are the companies that develop mainly this kind of training for their workers. Other needs of development of the figure of the trainers are:
In the case of the TIC specific training, it is especially significant in the educational and training sectors.  Accreditation of the trainer’s experience.
Present Profile of trainers  Creation of a common standard of qualification of trainers.
The majority of trainers are 31 and 45 year old, with a slight predominance of men trainers, with upper secondary studies, who also play a role of inter- Proposals for the future can be summarized in:
nal trainer in their companies, or in private centers essentially mainly in continuing training for workers. They lecture the training mainly at the classro-  To reinforce the training plans for trainers.
om.  To define roles, functions and competences of the professional profiles of trainers.
Trends  To create a Professional Certificate, that includes not only the training but also the experience.
Training in Employment
 Open a process that makes the current lineup is directed to achieve impact in the workplace. Training of Trainers: Number of Participants in Courses
 Develop learning methodologies based on the customization of processes might achieve impact and reduce the cost / time participant in the
70
activity significantly. Enhance the learning to learn.
ITC: Information Technology and Comunication
 Get direct access to micro-and specifically their workers and their managers and individual workers to enter custom processes of learning or 60
self-study. 50
 Develop a dynamic map of skills to meet real-time quantitative and qualitative evolution to guide the learning process and provide a reliable
and continuously updated information to the National Qualifications Catalogue. Training 40
Training Needs 30
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Source: Study on the characteristics of the trainers in continuing education (C20050348)
 Development strategies of training for employment: impact of learning, quality and competitiveness. Carlos Gómez Plaza. Managing Director of the Tripartite Foundation for Employment Training
http://www.fundaciontripartita.org/index.asp?MP=58&MS=230&MN=2&TR=A&IDR=1&iddocumento=2236
 Estudio sobre las características propias de los formadores en Formación Continua. Informe de síntesis. Estudio financiado en el marco de las iniciativas de Acciones Complementarias 2005 (C20050348 y C20050408)
Study on the characteristics of the trainers in Continuing Education. Synthesis Report. Study funded under the activity of Innovation and research activities to support training, 2005.
http://www.fundaciontripartita.org/almacenv/webpubpro/textbase/aacc02/anexos/20050348.pdf (Spanish)
 Evaluación del papel de los tutores y los formadores en las diferentes modalidades formativas. Estudio financiado en el marco de las iniciativas de Acciones Complementarias 2009. Pendiente de publicación (C20090332 y C20090061).
Assessment of the role of tutors and trainers in training modalities. Study funded under initiatives Complementary Actions 2009. Not yet published (C20090332 and C20090061).
 Foro de reflexión sobre la aplicación de las TIC’s a la Formación Profesional para el Empleo. Estudio financiado en el marco de la iniciativa de Acciones Complementarias 2009 (C090442)
Forum for discussing the application of TIC`s to Vocational Training for Employment. Study funded under the initiative of Complementary Actions 2009 (C090442).
 The Tripartite Foundation for Training in Employment.
www.fundaciontripartita.org / evaluacion@fundaciontripartita.org