Vincent Boccara

Training Design Oriented by Works Analysis

This chapter presents an approach to training design oriented by a holistic real-world works analysis based on several works of research. This approach proposed to design training in order to make people able to deal with real-world work situations, rather than only to know and apply exogenous standards. Two main axes of progress in the design of vocational training are identified and could develop into guidelines in order to train people to deal with work situations. (1) The approach requires project management in order to use participatory methods, including end users (trainers and trainee) and integrate a works analysis. (2) The approach needs to move from classical teaching-learning methods to “active” methods, which often imply transformation of both the trainer and the trainee’s activity. Examples from previous research in training design are presented to illustrate the argument.

How Holistic Approaches of Activity Analysis in Ergonomics Renew Training Design

This communication presents the benefit of holistic approaches of work analysis in ergonomics and professional didactics in the field of occupational training. The research-intervention processes discussed have the originality aiming to conduct jointly learning questions, conditions of training and prevention of occupational risks. Its specificities are presented from three research-interventions in the field of aeronautics industry, agriculture and education. We stress questions that are emerging, such as the design of digital tools for training, the importance of subjective commitment at work and the identity transformations and we precise how the holistic approach advocated, based on a model of operator development that articulates mastery of tasks and work and the construction of health and safety over the long term, may be used to treat these questions.