The need and content of training will vary as per the level of the employees. You may broadly divide the employees as:
1. Operatives;
2. Supervisors;
3. Middle management; and
4. Top management.
The design of training will differ for each category.
As far as the first category is concerned, the design should basically be based on the process flow in the manufacturing activity. Each process can be broken into various activities. For example, in the machine shop, let us take a work center - 'turning'. Each activity involved in turning, such as preparation of material for turning, clamping the piece in the lathe, setting the proper feed and speed, etc., should be noted. Against each activity, you should note down what knowledge is required to perform that activity, what skill is required to perform it, and what attitude (if any) is required to perform it should be noted. All this should be with reference to Safety. You should then decide whether and to what extent this Knowledge, Skill, and Attitude can be imparted by training. This will be the first step. The next step will be to decide upon the learning events based on your above analysis. Against each learning event, you have to then decide what will be the training method and how much time is to be allotted for each event. The completion of these steps will give a good design of training for that particular category. This is a very elaborate procedure. To complete the design, you should also decide about the method of assessment, validation measures (to see whether the training helped in achieving the objectives) as well as faculty. While designing, you should also take into account the various constraints such as time, money, facilities, etc.