On-The-Job training

On-The-Job training (OJT) is an alternative to the traditional classroom training that has been used to provide job skills. Training is provided by the employer, at the workplace, while the employee is performing the job and receiving a salary. The advantages for the employee is they begin working and receiving income right away, receive training that is real world, hands on and job specific.

On-The -Job Training is provided by the employer direct to the employee on the job site. In return for the training the employer can receive up to a 50% reimbursement of the employees salary (not including fringe benefits) for the period of the training. Training must be for extraordinary training costs incurred by the employer, meaning that the training cannot be training that the employer would regularly give to all newly hired employees and it must job specific. During the OJT must receive a wage and benefits equal to that received by other employees performing a similar job. Following completion of the OJT period, the employee/trainee must be offered full time employment, by the employer at job and salary equal to or higher that for which training was provided.

The following material is used by the Westchester Putnam Workforce Investment Area to screen employers as potential OJT training providers.