The use of job aids is a hot topic in training design. The use of job aids is a strategy in a "blended learning" approach to training design.
Learners can and will create their own job aids. These may be as simple as a "cheat sheet" of common procedures. Training programs provide opportunities to formalize the dissemination of job aids.
Job aids can include any kind of automation. For example, the proliferation of various mobile devices hasаled toаopportunities for job aids for workers who are on the go while performing their jobs.
The main point to be madeаis that in corporate training, the primaryаgoal is to makeаtrainees more efficient at their jobs. Job aids can enhance your ability to increase the efficiency of learners, while at the same time reducing the number of hours spent in formal training.