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Informal job-related training
Informal job-related training (measured by the 2003 AETS as “self-directed
learning”) is training that involves little or no reliance on pre-determined
guidelines for its organization, delivery or assessment, i.e. it does not lead
to any formal qualification or certification. It must be undertaken by the
participant with specific intention of developing job-related skills or knowledge.
This is the first time the AETS has included substantive questions on this type
of informal training.
The 2003 Adult Education and Training Survey asked respondents if they had
done any of a series of activities either for the purpose of developing job
skills or to gain job-related knowledge. These activities included: seeking
advice from someone knowledgeable, using the Internet or other software, observing
someone performing a task, consulting books or manuals, or teaching themselves
different ways of doing certain tasks.
To aid accurate recall of these activities, respondents were asked if they had
engaged in any of these activities during the four weeks preceding the survey.
In comparison, respondents were asked to report participation in formal job-related
activities over the course of 2002. As a result, participation rates for these two
forms of job-related training are not directly comparable
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