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4. Mentoring

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What the Why this is important How to do it
mentor does

Builds a Reduces anxiety and puts the trainee at ease Greet your trainee
relationship with
the trainee If they seem anxious, say
something like…
“Don’t worry about trying to
learn everything at once.
You’ll have plenty of opportunities
to practice”

Identifies the Ensures the trainee has his/her notes · Today or the next topic we
training module are going to cover is …
· The trainee will be less anxious if he/she has a
written guide to refer to during the session. This will · You will need your manual
be important later when he/she practices the task on or notes for the ____________
his/her own topic and a pen or pencil.
· The trainee will be less likely to ask you to
repeat something or a step
You could ask…
Checks for prior skills, knowledge and experience
“When and how did you use this
· You do not want to bore the trainee with equipment?”
unnecessary details or skip over something that he/she
doesn’t know
Does not assume the trainee knows certain steps/tasks
or doesn’t know certain steps/tasks
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