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The authors of this chapter assert that the workplace is a legitimate learning environment, their study demonstrating the inter-relationship between learning and work. An analysis of competency standards reveals a number of incorrect assumptions about the process of training. It is noted that although workplace trainers play an important role in the transfer of skills and knowledge, workplace trainer competency standards do not encompass all the competencies required, the emphasis on training rather than learning implying lack of relevance to particular workplace contexts. The authors' study demonstrates the wide use of informal workplace training, and points to a need for further studies about how training and learning in the workplace (particularly of the informal kind) occur so that a suitable policy direction can be developed.