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Occupation

222431 Training and Development Professional

Latest release
Consultation draft: Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO)
Reference period
July 2024
Released
25/07/2024
Next release Unknown
First release

222431 Training and Development Professional

Plans, develops, implements, and evaluates training and development programs to ensure management and staff acquire the skills and develop the competencies required by an organisation to meet organisational objectives.

Adult education teachers, RTO teachers and trainers, TAFE lecturers and teachers, and VET trainers and assessors are excluded from this occupation. Adult education teachers, RTO teachers and trainers, TAFE lecturers and teachers, and VET trainers and assessors are included in Occupation 252231 Vocational Education Teacher.

Alternative titles

  • Learning and Development Consultant
  • Training Coordinator
  • Training Officer

Specialisations

  • Education Officer (Air Force and Army)
  • ICT Trainer
  • Training Systems Officer (Navy)
  • Workplace Trainer and Assessor

ANZSCO skill level

This occupation has a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

Australia

  • Skill Level 1: Bachelor Degree, higher qualification, or at least five years of relevant experience

New Zealand

  • Skill Level 1: Bachelor Degree, higher qualification, or at least five years of relevant experience

Main tasks

  • Identifies training needs and requirements of individuals and organisations
  • Sets human resource development objectives and evaluates learning outcomes
  • Prepares and develops instructional training material and aids, such as handbooks, visual aids, online tutorials, demonstration models, and support training reference documentation
  • Designs, coordinates, schedules, and conducts training and development programs that can be delivered in the form of individual and group instruction, and facilitates workshops, meetings, demonstrations, and conferences
  • Liaises with external training providers to arrange delivery of specific training and development programs
  • Monitors and performs ongoing evaluation and assessment of training quality and effectiveness, and reviews and modifies training objectives, methods, and course deliverables
  • Gathers, investigates, and researches background materials to gain an understanding of various subject matters and systems
  • Writes end user products and materials, such as user training, tutorial and instruction manuals, online help, and operating and maintenance instructions
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