Group
Occupation

222431 Training and Development Professional

Latest release
OSCA - Occupation Standard Classification for Australia
Reference period
2024, Version 1.0

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 Literacy / Numeracy Teachers, RTO teachers and trainers, TAFE lecturers and teachers, and VET trainers and assessors are excluded from this occupation. Adult Literacy / Numeracy Teachers are included in Occupation 259931 Adult Literacy / Numeracy Teacher. 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

Skill level: 1

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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