Factors that influence nonacademic staff perception about the usefulness on-the-job-training at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Melaka

On-The-Job Training (OJT) is an activity undertaken at the workplace which is designed to improve an individual's skills or knowledge. On-The-Job Training is a weli-established and well-used intervention designed to enhance individual skills and capabilities with the characteristics of being delivered on a one-to-one basis and taking place at the trainee's place of work requiring time to take place, including potential periods when there is little or no useful output of products or services being specified, planned and structured activity. On-The-Job Training used to be colloquially called 'sitting next to Nellie' - learning through watching and observing someone with more experience performing a task. The largest survey ever undertaken in the UK1 indicated that about half of the total training delivered across all industries and sectors consisted of On-The-Job Training. On-The-Job Training was the most popular method of learning. The findings were supported in annual Training and Development survey3 in which On-The-Job Training was perceived as a more effective means of learning than any other method. On-The-Job Training is dependent upon the trainer having sufficient knowledge and expertise to impart to the trainee. On-The-Job Training is important and the quality of OJT can be considerably improved through effective design.