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The following documents are all Adobe Acrobat .pdf's. Contact marilyn@tryability.com for other formats.

GAP Job-Skill Training

This was a challenging project with aggressive deadlines to create job-skill training for new hires. See the project details for more information.

You can see representative pieces of the following documents by contacting marilyn@tryability.com. These documents cannot be posted here because of their proprietary nature and availability to potential competitors. You can view these samples individually by request.

Handoff Document
This details exactly how the successful results were acheived, with information for any similar future work.

Project Tracking
This is a document used to track actual vs. estimated hours, updated on a weekly basis.

Consultant Checklist
This is the checklist Marilyn developed for her staff to make sure they covered everything when going over a client document.

Coaching Document
These coaching documents were the backbone of the project's success. Most of the training had to happen in coaching sessions; these documents made sure all the important information was covered in the right way.

Their quality was credited with higher grant awards from the state. Authors of these documents and coaches were given workshops from Ability in their use.

Intel/Teradyne Technical Training

These courses were approved by Intel and developed to their specifications for their vendor, Teradyne. See the project details for more information.

Job Aids (Word)
These troubleshooting job aids were so effective they were adopted by the manufacturing and field engineering groups after we created them for the training. These are from an advanced-level maintenance course to repair PC-board inspection machines.

Instructor Lesson Notes1 (Word)
This is the instructor information that goes with a specific lesson. Instructors were to review it beforehand, but the course can basically be taught from the student materials, except for certain exercises. This is an operator safety lesson.

Lesson Content1 (PowerPoint)
This is what is taught in this lesson on operator safety. Theory is taught using the slides in the classroom; activities with the system are done at the system using the student books (no slides). The student books contain these Notes page view of the content. PowerPoint was used at client request.

Lesson Exercises1 (Word)
This is the practice sessions and skill check for the lesson on operator safety.

Instructor Reference (Word)
This is the overall instructor guide for a technical training course, mid-level maintenance & repair. Instructors were engineers and needed information about how to train effectively. Each lesson in the course also has its own instructor notes.

Instructor Lesson Notes2 (Word)
This is the instructor information that goes with a specific lesson. Instructors were to review it beforehand, but the course can basically be taught from the student materials, except for certain exercises. This is a lighting repair lesson.

Lesson Content2 (PowerPoint)
This is what is taught in this lighting repair lesson.Theory is taught using the slides in the classroom; activities with the system are done at the system using the student books (no slides). The student books contain these Notes page view of the content. PowerPoint was used at client request. Note: this is a large file.

Lesson Exercises2 (Word)
This is the practice sessions and skill check for the lighting repair lesson.

Project Plan (MS Project)
This is an initial project plan to scope timeline/costs/staff.

Intranet Training

This was a project to develop a variety of training for the Trust for Public Land (TPL)'s new intranet. They had a wide range of staff and skills to train. See the project details for more information.

TPL Editing Job Aid (Word)
This is a job aid to help intranet editors look for the right things when they're editing a posting.

TPL Intranet Course (PowerPoint)
This course has similar content to the E-Learning courses; it's intended for staff with various levels of intranet experience to learn about this new intranet. This course was designed to be delivered either in the classroom or (with minor changes) over a Web-x conferencing session.
Note: this is a large file.

ABILITY TRAINING INC. SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA,
510-832-4552 marilyn@tryability.com

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