Training & Development Specialists

Also called: Corporate Trainer, Job Training Specialist, Learning and Development Specialist (L and D Specialist)

Career Cluster: Business Management & Administration
What they do:
Design or conduct work-related training and development programs to improve individual skills or organizational performance. May analyze organizational training needs or evaluate training effectiveness.
On the job, you would:
  • Present information with a variety of instructional techniques or formats, such as role playing, simulations, team exercises, group discussions, videos, or lectures.
  • Obtain, organize, or develop training procedure manuals, guides, or course materials, such as handouts or visual materials.
  • Evaluate modes of training delivery, such as in-person or virtual, to optimize training effectiveness, training costs, or environmental impacts.
Knowledge icon KNOWLEDGE

Math and Science
  • psychology
Education and Training
  • teaching and course design
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
Business
  • customer service
  • human resources (HR)
Skills Image SKILLS

Social
  • teaching people how to do something
  • understanding people's reactions
Basic Skills
  • talking to others
  • using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things
People and Technology Systems
  • thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
Abilities Image ABILITIES

Memory
  • remember words, numbers, pictures, or steps
Ideas and Logic
  • come up with lots of ideas
  • notice when problems happen
Verbal
  • communicate by speaking
  • communicate by writing
Personality Image PERSONALITY

People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.

They do well at jobs that need:
  • Innovation
  • Adaptability
  • Social Orientation
  • Achievement Orientation
  • Cooperation
  • Intellectual Curiosity
Technology Image TECHNOLOGY

You might use software like this on the job:

Video conferencing software
  • Cisco Webex
  • Zoom
Web platform development software
  • Django
  • PHP
Computer based training software
  • Common Curriculum
  • Moodle
Education Image EDUCATION

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Bachelor's degree usually needed SEARCH ALL PROGRAMS & MAJORS SEARCH COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.


Salary:
High: $120,190.00
Median: $65,850.00
Low: $37,510.00
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