Section 388-112-0062. What is on-the-job training?  


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  • (1) Effective July 1, 2012, on-the-job training is a method of training when the long-term care worker successfully demonstrates any or all of the personal care or infection control skills included in the core basic training while working with a resident versus in a practice training setting.
    (2) On-the-job training is provided by a qualified instructor as defined in WAC 388-112-0380 who directly observes, coaches, and reinforces skills training for up to two long-term care workers at a time. The instructor providing the on-the-job training:
    (a) Does not have to be the instructor who has taught the core competency training;
    (b) Cannot be someone whose primary job duty is providing direct care to residents; or
    (c) Cannot be the immediate supervisor of the long-term care worker receiving the on-the-job training.
    (3) The person overseeing on-the-job training must:
    (a) Submit DSHS required forms and become an approved instructor for the core competency of basic training; and
    (b) Verify on a DSHS approved skills checklist the long-term care worker's successful completion of the demonstrated skills.
    (4) For the person receiving on-the-job training, the hours spent in on-the-job training may count for up to twelve hours toward the completion of basic training requirements.
    (5) The training program shall offer department approved on-the-job training as part of the seventy hour training.
    [Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520. WSR 13-02-023, § 388-112-0062, filed 12/20/12, effective 1/20/13.]
RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520. WSR 13-02-023, § 388-112-0062, filed 12/20/12, effective 1/20/13.

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388-112-0380,