Training & Development Specialists
Design and conduct training and development programs to improve individual and organizational performance. May analyze training needs.
Also called: Corporate Trainer, Job Training Specialist, Senior Instructor, Supervisory Training Specialist
Knowledge:
- teaching and course design
- customer service
- management
Skills:
- using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- teaching people how to do something
- understanding people's reactions
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- use rules to solve problems
- do two or more things at the same time
- pay attention to something without being distracted
- remember words, numbers, pictures, or steps
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need
- Cooperation
- Dependability
- Initiative
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
Technology:
Computer based training software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Captivate
- Articulate Rapid E-Learning Studio
Graphics or photo imaging software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Microsoft Visio
Web platform development software
- Hypertext markup language HTML
- JavaScript
