Online Learning, completed in your own time at a location of your choice. Once you have signed up to your course, you have 60 days of access to complete your assessment.
Engage learners. Lead learning with confidence, from anywhere.
Overview
Our online Facilitate Learning Sessions course is designed for those who want to develop their training and facilitation skills with the flexibility to learn over time. Delivered over two months, this course allows you to build, apply, and refine your skills in real workplace settings while completing your assessment requirements.
Unlike traditional classroom-based training, this course combines guided online learning with practical application in your own environment, making it ideal for those already delivering or planning to deliver training in the workplace.
This course develops the skills needed to facilitate engaging, learner-led training sessions for adult learners. Through online modules and workplace-based practice, participants will learn how to create and maintain positive learning environments, respond to learner needs and barriers, apply adult learning principles, and plan and deliver interactive training sessions that support effective learning outcomes.
Key Learning Outcomes:
Prepare for learner-led, interactive learning sessions
Facilitate engaging training sessions for adult learners
Review and improve your own training delivery
Why Choose the Online Course?
Learn at your own pace over a 2-month period
Apply your skills in real workplace training sessions
Ideal for working professionals and trainers
No need to attend a scheduled classroom session
Flexible learning that fits around your schedule
Assessment Requirements:
To complete this course, learners must deliver training sessions in their own workplace and submit evidence as part of their assessment. This allows you to demonstrate real-world competency rather than simulated classroom activities.
Entry Criteria:
All students are required to have a level of written and oral English equivalent to NCEA level 1 (year 11) or IELTS 5.5 or higher, to be eligible to attend our courses. The person responsible for making bookings or authorising attendance on the course must agree to these Terms and Conditions prior to acceptance of their student(s) onto the course. Where a student does not meet our English language requirement a reader/writer must be supplied by the student or the person responsible for authorising the student’s attendance. The reader/writer cannot be another student attending the same course.
NZQA Unit Standards Included
Unit Standards - FLS
Unit
Level
Credit
Description
7097
6
12
Facilitate learner-led, interactive learning sessions for adult learners.
Everything you need to know about the Online Facilitate Learning Sessions course in New Zealand.
The Online Facilitate Learning Sessions course teaches participants how to confidently plan, deliver and review engaging learner-led training sessions for adult learners. Designed for workplace trainers, facilitators, supervisors and educators, the course develops practical facilitation skills that improve learner engagement, participation and knowledge retention. It includes NZQA Unit Standard 7097 and allows learners to study online while applying their skills in real workplace settings.
This course is ideal for anyone responsible for delivering workplace training, including:
Workplace trainers and Health and Safety trainers
Supervisors and team leaders
Assessors and adult educators
Technical specialists and subject matter experts
Learning and Development professionals
Anyone transitioning into a training or facilitation role
Whether you're new to workplace training or want to strengthen your facilitation skills, this course provides practical techniques you can apply immediately.
Yes. The course includes NZQA Unit Standard 7097 – Facilitate learner-led, interactive learning sessions for adult learners (Level 6, 12 Credits). This nationally recognised unit standard is valued by employers throughout New Zealand and successful learners receive nationally recognised credits on completion.
Yes. This flexible online course allows you to learn at your own pace from anywhere in New Zealand. After enrolment, you will have 60 days to complete the online learning and workplace-based assessment, making it ideal for busy professionals balancing work and study.
Participants develop practical skills to:
Prepare learner-centred training sessions
Facilitate engaging and interactive learning
Apply adult learning principles
Encourage learner participation
Create positive learning environments
Adapt training to different learner needs
Review and improve their own facilitation performance
Deliver workplace training with greater confidence and effectiveness
The course focuses on practical workplace application rather than theory alone.
Presenting typically involves delivering information to an audience, while facilitating learning encourages learners to actively participate, ask questions, solve problems and apply knowledge. Effective facilitators guide discussion, adapt to learner needs and create interactive learning experiences that improve understanding and long-term knowledge retention. This course teaches modern learner-led facilitation techniques widely used in workplace training.
No. You don't need a formal teaching qualification to complete this course. It is designed for people who currently deliver workplace training or are preparing to train colleagues. Supervisors, experienced workers and technical experts often complete this course to build confidence and develop effective facilitation skills.
Adults learn most effectively when training is relevant, interactive and connected to real workplace situations. Applying adult learning principles helps trainers improve learner engagement, increase participation, encourage problem-solving and improve knowledge retention. These approaches make workplace training more effective and lead to better performance outcomes.
Assessment is completed through practical workplace application rather than classroom simulations. Learners deliver training sessions within their own workplace and submit evidence demonstrating their ability to prepare, facilitate and review learner-led training sessions in real-world environments.
Safety 'n Action is one of New Zealand's leading providers of workplace health, safety and vocational training. This online course combines flexible self-paced learning with practical workplace application, allowing learners to develop real facilitation skills while achieving NZQA Unit Standard 7097. It is an excellent choice for organisations wanting to build capable workplace trainers and improve the quality of internal training programmes.