The main challenge in technical training is that by nature, it’s fairly prescriptive. It will often be a precursor to gaining an accreditation; typically Microsoft, Cisco and VMWare training. The same applies if designing training for specific manufacturing, data-entry or engineering processes. So, it’s necessary to follow the instructor manual, use the set material and complete the set exercises. The main problem with this is that it can feel a little bit dry and it also can feel as if we’re just reading from the manual or following a process.
Of course, you may be designing technical training for your own in-house processes so need to start from scratch.