Free form template
Training request form template. Every request arrives with a reason.
Employees name the course they want, what they expect from it, how it fits the company’s goals and when they want to start. Every request reaches you in the same format, in one place.
Free plan: 100 responses a month and up to 50 surveys, no credit card.
The template’s real survey on a phone.
- 14 ready questionsAbout 4 min on a phone.
- Yours to changeQuestions, answers and logic.
- A ready reportA chart for every closed question.
- Export on every planCSV, Excel and SPSS.
A request in a chat message leaves out the reason. This form asks for the goal, the business case and a start date every time, and a manager can decide in one read.
The 14 training request form questions in this template.
Who is asking, what they want to learn, and how to reach them. Replace the example courses with your catalog.
The employee
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Requestor name
Why ask it. Who the request is from. Make it required so every request has a name on it.
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What’s your department?
Why ask it. Lets each department head find their team’s requests. A dropdown with your departments makes the report group them.
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What’s your position?
Why ask it. Shows whether the course matches the role.
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How many years of experience do you have in this field?
Why ask it. Helps you choose between a beginner and an advanced course.
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What’s your educational level?
Why ask it. Shows whether the employee meets a course’s entry requirements. Delete it for internal courses that have none.
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Have you ever taken similar training courses?
Why ask it. Keeps you from paying twice for the same skills. Add a logic rule that asks which course when the answer is Yes.
The training
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Which training course would you like to take to improve your professional skills?
Why ask it. Four common courses to start from. Replace them with your catalog. Add an Other option if employees may suggest outside courses.
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What would you like to achieve with this training course?
Why ask it. The employee’s goal in their own words, the line to check after the course.
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Strategic alignment: How does the training align with the company objectives?
Why ask it. The business case, written by the employee. It is the answer a manager reads before approving the budget.
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Desired start date
Why ask it. Lets you group requests into course dates and plan the budget by quarter.
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What results do you expect?
Why ask it. What success looks like. Compare it with the employee’s feedback after the course.
Contact details
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Phone number
Why ask it. For quick questions about the request.
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Your email
Why ask it. Where the decision and the course details go.
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Links to your social media accounts
Why ask it. Rarely needed for an internal request. Keep it if a course provider asks for a professional profile, otherwise delete it.
How to set up a training request form from this template.
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Copy the form
Click “Use this template”, then sign up free or log in. The form is copied to your account with all 14 fields. The copy appears in your survey list as a draft.
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Make it yours
Put your course catalog in question seven, turn the department into a dropdown, and add a logic rule that asks for the earlier course when someone answers Yes.
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Share it with employees
Put the link on the intranet or the HR page, embed the form on an internal site, or print the QR code for the office.
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Review the requests
The courses requested most lead their chart. Export the requests to Excel or CSV to plan the training budget.
How to review training requests.
Which courses are in demand
The chart for the course question shows which ones employees ask for most. Book group sessions for the top ones.
When to schedule them
Desired start dates show when demand peaks. Export the requests to Excel, CSV or SPSS on any plan and sort them by date.
Which requests to approve
Read the goal, the strategic alignment and the expected results together. On Basic and higher plans, filter the requests by course or by years of experience.
How to keep training requests useful.
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Keep the catalog current
Update the course options each quarter so employees choose from what you actually offer.
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Make the key fields required
Name, course and the business case should never arrive empty.
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Say when they will hear back
Tell employees in the invitation who reviews the requests and when.
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Follow up after the course
Run a short feedback survey after the training and compare it with what the employee expected.
More training request questions you can add.
Not in the template. Add any of them in the builder in a few clicks.
Budget and approval
- What is the estimated cost of the course?
- Who is your direct manager?
- Will the training take place during working hours?
Format
- Do you prefer online, in-person or blended training?
- How many hours a week can you spend on the course?
- By what date do you need the new skills?
After the training
- How will you share what you learned with your team?
- Which project will you apply the new skills to first?
- How will we know the training paid off?
Free tools for your results
- Weighted score calculatorScore each request on alignment, cost and urgency to decide which to approve first.
- Survey length calculatorHow long the fourteen fields take, and what deleting a few saves.
- Completion rate calculatorThe share of employees who open the form and send it.
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Questions about this template
What questions should a training request form ask?
Who is asking, their department, role and experience, which course they want, what they want to achieve, how it supports company goals, when they want to start and how to reach them. This template asks all of it in fourteen fields.
Can managers approve requests in the form?
No. The form collects requests, and the decision happens outside it. SurveyNinja has no e-signature, so record approvals in your HR system or in the exported spreadsheet.
Can employees attach a course description or a quote?
Yes, if you add a file upload question. File upload works on Basic and higher plans.
Can I put the request for training form on our intranet?
Yes. Embed it on an intranet page, share the link in the team chat, or print the QR code for the office.
Collect training requests in one place.
Add your courses and put the link on the intranet.
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