How many times has someone in your business explained the same process, walked a new employee through the same procedure or delivered the same training session?

Once? Probably not. If you manage a team, you'll know that training is rarely a one-off activity.

People join, roles change, policies are updated and procedures evolve. Every time something changes, someone needs to communicate it, explain it and make sure the team understands. And that takes time.

Training has a cost beyond the training session

The obvious cost of staff training is the time spent in a classroom, meeting or online course. But there's another cost that's often overlooked: the time spent preparing, repeating and maintaining training.

Managers become the go-to people for explaining processes. Experienced employees are pulled away from their work to help new starters. HR and L&D teams spend hours updating presentations and coordinating sessions.

For frontline businesses, scheduling can be particularly difficult. Employees may work different shifts, locations or operating hours, making it challenging to get everyone through the same training.

Research from Lingio's 2024 State of Frontline Worker Training report found that 75% of surveyed HR, L&D and business managers struggled to schedule time for employees to complete training. Businesses usually value their training, but delivering it consistently often takes considerable effort.

What if you didn't have to start again every time?

Imagine creating a structured training lesson once and making it available whenever an employee needs it. When a policy changes, your team updates the lesson rather than rebuilding an entire presentation. When a new employee joins, they can work through the relevant training without relying entirely on a manager to deliver every piece of information.

That's the idea behind SkillsVR's Education Virtual Assistant, EVA.

EVA helps businesses turn existing knowledge and documents into interactive training experiences. Lessons can include explanations, questions, guided activities and assessments, with different personas supporting the learner throughout.

Once published, training can be accessed across desktop, mobile and VR. Learning records also provide visibility into employee activity and assessment results.

Give your managers their time back

Good training will always require thought, oversight and involvement from people who understand the business. Technology won't replace that expertise. But it should reduce the repetitive work around it.

In 2027, spend less time explaining the same information and more time helping employees develop the skills they actually need.

Discover how EVA helps businesses create and update staff training in less time.