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Training Needs
Assessment Tool
(T-NAT)
Looking for a quick way to uncover your employees’ most critical training needs?
Introducing the Training Needs Assessment Tool (T-NAT), a quick means of learning
your employees’ most critical training needs. Through a simple, 5-step process, T-NAT
helps individuals compare their present skill and knowledge levels with those required by
their jobs — and prepare an action plan for improvement.
The Training Needs Assessment (T-NAT) is precisely what the name
implies - a vehicle for analyzing and documenting an individual's
training requirements as compared to his or her present knowledge or
skill level for performing a specific job. The goal of the analysis is
to identify an individual's training needs and develop an action plan
for satisfying those needs. The T-NAT provides an easily understood
format that allows managers and employees to compare their perceptions
and develop a priority list of needed training activities.
T-NAT is versatile, it can be used for:
- On-the-job training by supervisors
- New employee orientation
- Career development or outplacement
counseling
- Follow-up to performance
appraisals
- Part of a larger training needs
assessment program
How the
T-NAT is Constructed
The
T-NAT has been divided into five distinct parts. The sequencing of
these parts provides a logical approach to identifying training needs
and training activities.
- Part 1 -
Skill/Knowledge Listing
- Part 2 - Rating
Ability Level and Job Need Level
- Part 3 -
Identifying Training Needs
- Part 4 -
Interpreting the T-NAT
- Part 5 - Preparing
Your Training Action Plan
The Facilitator Guide
includes background, interpretation, scoring instructions, and
suggested uses for the instrument.
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