Course Duration - 3 Days

The LPG Facilitator Training course is a three-day programme designed to develop confident, effective facilitators who can teach gas-related technical knowledge and practical trade skills to learners from a wide range of educational, cultural and professional backgrounds.

The programme focuses on more than simply knowing the technical subject matter. It develops the ability to explain complex concepts clearly, structure learning effectively, engage different types of learners and create a training environment in which practical competence can be developed safely and consistently.

Participants are introduced to proven facilitation methods, learner-centred teaching strategies and practical techniques specifically suited to vocational and trades-based education.

This programme is suitable for:

• LPG practitioners moving into a training or facilitation role

• experienced tradespeople who want to teach technical skills

• existing facilitators who want to strengthen their delivery methods

• instructors working in vocational or technical training environments

• training-centre personnel

• industry professionals responsible for internal skills development

• organisations wanting to develop their own LPG trainers

• facilitators working with learners from mixed educational or language backgrounds

Strong subject knowledge is beneficial, as the programme focuses primarily on how to teach technical and practical content effectively.

The programme develops practical facilitation capability in areas including:

• communicating technical concepts clearly and confidently

• adapting explanations for learners with different levels of prior knowledge

• teaching practical trade skills in a structured and understandable way

• breaking complex technical procedures into manageable learning steps

• selecting appropriate teaching methods for theory and practical training

• using demonstrations effectively

• encouraging learner participation and questioning

• checking understanding throughout a lesson

• explaining calculations and technical principles in accessible ways

• managing mixed-ability groups

• supporting learners who struggle with technical terminology or academic language

• using examples, analogies and real-world scenarios to improve understanding

• structuring lessons around clear learning outcomes

• maintaining learner engagement during technical training

• providing constructive feedback

• identifying when a learner has understood a concept versus simply memorised it

• creating a safe and professional practical-training environment

• managing group dynamics and difficult classroom situations

• adapting delivery for adult learners

• using questioning techniques to assess understanding

• developing confidence when presenting to groups

• reinforcing safe working practices through effective instruction

• encouraging practical problem-solving rather than rote learning

• maintaining consistency across repeated training sessions

• reflecting on and improving personal facilitation performance

The programme places particular emphasis on vocational education, where learners must be able to understand a concept and then apply it correctly in a practical environment.

This is a three-day training programme that can be delivered online or in person.

Online delivery uses instructor-led sessions, presentations, facilitated discussion, learner exercises and practical teaching demonstrations that can be conducted remotely.

In-person delivery provides additional opportunities for live demonstrations, group exercises, simulated teaching sessions and direct observation of facilitation techniques.

Training includes:

• instructor-led presentations

• facilitated group discussions

• teaching demonstrations

• lesson-planning exercises

• practical communication exercises

• learner-engagement techniques

• simulated training sessions

• peer feedback

• scenario-based facilitation exercises

• questioning and assessment techniques

• methods for teaching theory alongside practical trade skills

• strategies for working with learners from varied educational backgrounds

• methods for simplifying technical language without losing technical accuracy

Participants are expected to take an active role throughout the programme rather than simply observe.

Assessment is continuous throughout the three-day programme.

Participants are evaluated on their ability to communicate, structure and present technical topics in a manner appropriate for vocational and trades-based learning.

Assessment may consider:

• clarity of communication

• accuracy of technical explanations

• ability to structure a lesson

• use of appropriate teaching methods

• learner engagement

• questioning techniques

• ability to explain difficult concepts

• adaptation to different learner needs

• use of demonstrations and practical examples

• presentation confidence

• response to learner questions

• ability to provide constructive feedback

• overall facilitation effectiveness

Candidates may be required to prepare and deliver short training sessions or technical presentations so that their facilitation ability can be observed and developed throughout the course.

The emphasis is not simply on presentation skills, but on whether the candidate can help another person genuinely understand and apply a technical concept.

The programme is particularly suitable for organisations that want to develop their own internal technical trainers or establish local facilitator capacity.

Gas Uni can adapt the course around:

• the technical subjects participants will be expected to teach

• the experience level of the facilitators

• the educational background of the intended learners

• local language and communication considerations

• organisational training methods

• practical workshop environments

• specific LPG programmes or curricula

• train-the-trainer initiatives

• national or institutional workforce-development projects

For organisations developing broader LPG training capability, Facilitator Training can also form part of a larger train-the-trainer and curriculum implementation programme.

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Phone: +27 (0)83 250 2934