How Do I Create a Workload Assessment Sheet for Hiring a Trainer? Need Guidance!

Dear All,

I am a training manager and I need to hire a trainer. I discussed this with my boss, and he wants me to send him a Workload Assessment sheet. I have no idea what it is. All he explained to me is to send him a list of my workload with the duration for each.

I believe the assignment of workload units will necessarily be somewhat subjective. So, how should I mention the duration?

Please find attached the list of my current workload.

Please guide.

With much thanks,
Regards,
Kavita

Hello Kavita. Here is how you can reduce the level of subjectivity. For one week, keep a diary of your daily activities. To manage the level of detail, break up the entries into 15 minute segments. At the end of the week, categorize the activities.

At the same time, maintain a daily todo list of the all of the activities that need doing. Segment these into these priority levels: high, medium, low and urgent. Include daily operational activities all the way up to planning activities. “Urgent” may not be a high priority, but need doing immediately, such as returning an important phone call.

At the end of the week, with your diary entries and your todo list, also construct a list of all of those high priority activities that did not get done because you were doing urgent low priority tasks. An example might be constructing next year's training calendar or reviewing suppliers for quality. Note the impact on the organization for these missed priorities.

I hope this helps.

Les Allan

Author: From Training to Enhanced Workplace Performance

http://www.businessperform.com

Dear Les Allan,

Thank you very much for your valuable insight and guidance. It's indeed of great help to me. I'll be in action next week onwards. I hope you won't mind if I touch base with you on the same. Would you mind giving me your email id? Please ignore if you don't want to. Thanks for your time.

Regards,
KK03