Staff Training

For information on the training room, see Training (Room)

In order to keep your Hospital running smoothly it is mandatory to properly train your Staff so they are prepared for an ever growing demand of special qualifications, as new Patients bring in a whole collection of Illnesses that need to be treated.

Training not only allows for better treatment but can also aid your Research efforts.

Staff Training
After your Staff has gained lots of experience on their job, they'll be ready for Promotion. Additional training is required to give them new qualifications and raise their abilities.

Training Staff requires the Training room, the number of trainees you can educate at once is determined by the amount of Trainee Desks placed inside.


 * To start a training course, click on the lectern, or drop a suitable member of staff into the room. Staff will also request training when they're ready.
 * In the training screen, select the qualification you want staff to learn, assign a trainer, and select the staff you wish to send on this course. When you're ready, click the start button.
 * Once Staff starts their training they will put their work tasks on halt, if all Janitors are busy learning new skills your hospital may start to drown in litter.

Training Staff is optional and can be delayed.

Trainers

 * If you have a Staff with a particular qualification, they can train other Staff in it. They can even train staff in a different profession. A Nurse with the Diagnostics qualification can train Nurses and Doctors.
 * If none of your Staff have a particular qualification (Mitton University administrators, take heed!), you can hire a Guest Trainer to visit your hospital and provide training.
 * Not all Qualifications are immediately available. Some need to be unlocked or researched.

Cost

 * If you hire a Guest Trainer, the cost is $10,000 as an initiaplus $5,000 per Trainee.
 * If your Trainer is on-staff, the fee is waived. Frugal!

Learning Speed

 * Different traits and qualifications affect the speed of the learning process.
 * Teacher Masterclass qualification gives +50% Learning Speed and +50% Teaching Speed.
 * The Fast Learner trait gives +50% Learning Speed bonus.
 * The Teacher trait gives +50% Teaching Speed bonus.
 * The Stupid trait gives a -50% Learning Speed penalty.

Qualifications
The higher the initial qualifications of your Staff, the higher their hiring cost will be