City and Guilds Level 2 Introduction to Trainer Skills

Please note that this course is excluded from Grow Memberships.

The City and Guilds Introduction to Trainer Skills Course is designed to provide participants with a systematic approach to training. It is a comprehensive introduction to building the skills, knowledge, and abilities required to be an effective trainer.

On completion of the Introduction to Trainer Skills Course, learners will equip themselves, and their employer, with a member of staff who is able to plan, deliver, and evaluate effective training, no matter the content of the subject they are delivering.

The course is based on the training cycle, covering three main areas:

1. Planning (including session planning)
2. Delivery (participants will deliver a 10-minute session that they have planned)
3. Evaluation (self, peer group, and course evaluation).

This is an introductory qualification and is ideal for those with no previous formal training in the models and techniques for training and developing colleagues in the workplace. This qualification is not part of a framework. 

The knowledge and practical skills gained on the course will be assessed by a multiple-choice quiz and an observation of a session designed and delivered by the course participants, on which participants will receive formal feedback.

You will be introduced to a range of essential tips, techniques, knowledge, and skills covering:

• Planning, delivering, and evaluating sessions
• Setting ground rules
• Use of icebreakers
• The learning environment
• Training resources
• Gaining and maintaining attention
• Motivation
• Assessment

Anyone, in any role, who trains other employees in their organisation or candidates looking for a training qualification as an alternative to the 6502 Award in Education and Training (formerly PTLLS).

This course is suitable for trainers, teachers, managers, coaches, instructors, tutors, and supervisors. This qualification will help you in your day-to-day role but could also provide a first step towards training and development roles such as learning mentors, internal/external verifiers, and training officers and managers.

Meet Your Trainer

Jimmy Petruzzi is a university lecturer, world-renowned high-performance coach, hypnotherapist and NLP Trainer, an award-winning coach and speaker, bestselling author and radio broadcaster. He is the developer of Cognitive reprocessing and former editor for the British Psychological Society North of England Bulletin.