TRG 301 · Training and Instruction · Level 300 (Non-Commissioned Officer / Instructor)
A Royal Army College course in how to teach a soldier well.
Course length: 10 hours, studied online and asynchronously at the student's own pace, together with any in-person practical instruction and assessment the course requires.
Foreword
Knowing a thing and being able to teach it are not the same. The best signaller, medic, or fieldcraft soldier in the Army is not, by that fact, able to stand in front of a class and pass the skill on. Instruction is its own craft, with its own method, and a force that wants its skills to spread and endure must grow soldiers who can teach. This course builds the instructor.
It teaches the instructor's duty and duty of care; how to prepare a lesson with a clear aim and outcomes; how a lesson is structured from introduction to confirmed conclusion; how people learn, and the Commonwealth method of Explanation, Demonstration, Imitation, and Practice for teaching a skill; how to question, confirm, and give feedback that builds; how to demonstrate and drill a skill until it is owned, and how to choose and use training aids; how to reach every learner whatever their pace, and how revision and consolidation make learning last; and how to deliver with presence and avoid the common faults. It is grounded in recognised Commonwealth instructional practice, including the cadet-force instructional techniques and the systems approach to training.
An instructor is judged not by their own performance but by what their students can do afterwards. That is the whole art, and this course is where it begins.
Who this course is for
This course is for members who will instruct on the Army's behalf, and for those entering the Training and Instruction speciality. It assumes a subject one is competent in and benefits from LDR 301 · Junior Leadership.
What this course covers
| Lesson | Title |
|---|---|
| 01 | The Instructor's Duty |
| 02 | Preparing to Instruct |
| 03 | The Structure of a Lesson |
| 04 | How People Learn, and EDIP |
| 05 | Questioning, Confirmation, and Feedback |
| 06 | Teaching a Skill: Demonstration and Practice |
| 07 | Training Aids and Instructional Media |
| 08 | Reaching Every Learner: Individual Differences and Motivation |
| 09 | Revision, Consolidation, and Remediation |
| 10 | Delivery, Presence, and Common Faults |
How this course fits the catalogue
TRG 301 is the foundation of the Training and Instruction speciality, which also includes FLD 360 · Physical Training Instructor. It leads on to TRG 310 · Assessment and Course Supervision, TRG 320 · Practical Training Safety Officer, and TRG 410 · Course Design and Training Standards. It draws on LDR 301 · Junior Leadership and connects to ADM 220 · Course Records and Qualification Tracking (which records who is qualified to instruct). A soldier should normally hold both the subject qualification and an instructor qualification before being appointed to teach a course.
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