Section 388-71-0932 - What is on-the-job training?(1) Effective July 1, 2012, on-the-job training is a method of training where the long-term care worker successfully demonstrates in the 70-hour home care aide basic training, the core competencies for personal care or infection control skills while working with a client on the job, instead of in a practice training setting.(2) A qualified instructor as described in WAC 388-71-1055, provides on-the-job training and directly observes, coaches, and reinforces skills training for up to two long-term care workers at a time. The qualified instructor who provides the on-the-job training:(a) Need not be the instructor who taught the core competency training; and(b) May be the immediate supervisor in a home care agency of the long-term care worker receiving this training.(3) The person who oversees on-the-job training must:(a) Submit DSHS required forms and become an approved instructor for the core competency of basic training;(b) Verify on a DSHS approved skills checklist or other department approved form, the long-term care worker's successful completion of the demonstrated skills; and(c) Not relinquish required duties to trainee caregivers when acting as a trainer.(4) The department must approve the number of on-the-job hours included in the 70-hour home care aide basic training.Wash. Admin. Code § 388-71-0932
Amended by WSR 21-18-081, Filed 8/30/2021, effective 10/1/2021Amended by WSR 23-01-022, Filed 12/9/2022, effective 1/9/2023Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520. 13-02-023, § 388-71-0932, filed 12/20/12, effective 1/20/13.