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Description

Workplace Mentor: Onboarding, Passing On Your Trade and Assessing Progress

Deliver effective mentoring without losing entire days to it and without leaving the new joiner to learn by watching others work

  • 1 day — 7 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

The new joiner is placed at a workstation and discovers the job by observation. Instructions arrive as the work comes in, mistakes are corrected without being explained, and the mentor often takes the task back for lack of time. When review time comes, no one can say precisely what has actually been mastered.

This seven-hour day equips the mentor. Participants learn to prepare the onboarding and build a progressive learning path, to pass on a professional practice using a simple method, to give useful feedback after a mistake and to assess learning against observable criteria.

Learning objectives

  • Prepare the onboarding and integration of the mentee within the team
  • Build a progressive learning path over the duration of the placement
  • Pass on a professional practice using a structured method
  • Give useful feedback after a success or a mistake
  • Assess learning against observable criteria
  • Organise the working relationship with the training provider

What makes this programme different

Each participant builds the learning path of their own mentee
A knowledge-transfer session is role-played and then analysed by the group
The question of available time is addressed by sharing mentoring across the team

Programme

1The mentor's role and welcoming the mentee

Setting the framework from day one

  • The mentor's remit and the limits of the role
  • Preparing the arrival with the team and setting up the workstation
  • Running the welcome interview and the reference points to give
  • Sharing mentoring duties between several referents

2Passing on practical know-how

Enabling learning in the flow of work

  • Analysing an activity and identifying the key practices
  • Demonstration method followed by supported hands-on practice
  • Grading the tasks entrusted in line with progress
  • Treating mistakes as a learning opportunity
  • Safety instructions built into the knowledge transfer

3Follow-up, assessment and liaison with the training provider

Measuring progress and recording it

  • Regular milestone reviews and follow-up materials
  • Giving feedback on work that falls short
  • Observable criteria for assessing learning
  • Liaison with the training provider and the progress record
  • Preparing the end-of-placement review

Who is it for

Employees appointed as workplace mentors or apprenticeship supervisors, together with technicians and team leaders responsible for supporting a new joiner.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Dates & locations

24 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.