ISO 30422:2022

Overview - What ISO 30422:2022 covers

ISO 30422:2022, "Human resource management - Learning and development", is an international guidance document for organising workplace learning and development (L&D). It covers both formal and informal learning that addresses immediate operational needs, long‑term organisational skill requirements, and individual career and life‑long learning aligned with organizational strategy. The standard is applicable to commercial and non‑profit employers of all sizes and to workers in different relationships with the organisation (employees, contractors, interns, volunteers). Administrative operations for L&D are outside its scope. Interactions can be face‑to‑face or delivered via online technology.

Key topics and technical guidance

ISO 30422:2022 provides a systematic process model for L&D using a plan–do–check–act (PDCA) approach. Key topics include:

• Organizational context for learning and development (alignment with strategy, priorities and resources)
• Identify learning and development needs (individual, team and organisational skills analysis)
• Plan learning and development (Clause 6: design of learner outcomes, methods and instructional approaches; includes formal and informal methods and e‑learning)
• Implement learning and development (Clause 7: facilitation, delivery, assessment and monitoring of learning activities)
• Assessment of learning (diagnostic, formative and summative assessment methods and tools)
• Evaluate L&D effectiveness and outcomes (Clause 8: measures, metrics and evaluation of impact on capability, engagement, retention and business outcomes)
• Annexes: Annex A lists commonly used learning methods; Annex B gives examples of L&D metrics.

The document also includes clear definitions (ability, competence, capability, learner outcome, facilitator, etc.) to support consistent terminology.

Practical applications and who uses it

ISO 30422:2022 is used to:

• Align L&D programs with organizational strategy and workforce planning
• Design competency frameworks and learning pathways
• Select appropriate delivery methods (classroom, coaching, e‑learning, blended)
• Establish assessment practices and meaningful L&D metrics
• Evaluate return on L&D investment and inform continuous improvement

Primary users:

• HR leaders and learning & development professionals
• Training designers, facilitators and assessment specialists
• Line managers responsible for team development
• HR consultants and organizational development practitioners
• Non‑profit and public sector L&D planners

Related standards

ISO 30422:2022 sits within the ISO HR/L&D family and references related work such as:

• ISO 30400 (HR management vocabulary/fundamentals)
• ISO 30401 (knowledge management)
• ISO/TS 30428 (workplace learning concepts)
• ISO 10667‑1 (assessment services)
• ISO 10795 (evaluation of learning)

Using ISO 30422:2022 helps organisations build systematic, measurable and strategy‑aligned learning and development programs that support capability, engagement and sustainable performance.