Free tool · for HR managers & team leads
Training-Needs Analysis Starter
A training-needs analysis (or training needs assessment) compares the skills your team needs against the skills it has. This free TNA template lets you try the method on a small board: rate each person on each skill from 0 to 4, set the level the role requires, and watch the cells color themselves into a skills-gap heat map. Download it, fill it in, and see where the training needs are — then rank and cost them with the full workbook.
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What it does
- Rates each person on each skill with a simple 0–4 proficiency scale, against a Required level you set.
- Colors every cell by level so a wall of cells reads as a gap heat map, and counts how many skills each person is below target.
- Comes pre-loaded with a small fictional team so you can see the method working, then overwrite it with your own.
- Opens in Excel, Google Sheets, and LibreOffice — no macros, no signup, nothing saved anywhere but your own file.
Own it, don't rent it
Ready to rank and cost the gaps?
This free board shows the gap method on a small grid. The full Training-Needs Analysis Workbook adds the piece that turns a gap list into a plan — every skill ranked by priority (gap × weight), a ranked and costed training plan with owners and dates, a budget rollup, and three plain-English guides plus printable worksheets, in one owned spreadsheet (Excel, Google Sheets, or LibreOffice).
A one-time purchase you keep and reuse across your whole team — the structured workbook between a blank spreadsheet and a rented per-seat learning platform.
A planning and record-keeping template, not HR, legal, safety, or compliance advice, and not a certification of anyone's competence. The example team is fictional and illustrative. Free to use; please don't resell or redistribute.