Training and Development Specialists

Overview

Training and Development Specialists has a national median salary of $69,280 per year, with +10.8% projected job growth from 2025–2035. The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a bachelor's degree as the typical education needed to enter this occupation.

Description

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.

Work Values

• Relationships
• Achievement
• Independence

Work Styles

Responsibilities

Tasks

• 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.
• Offer specific training programs to help workers maintain or improve job skills.
• Assess training needs through surveys, interviews with employees, focus groups, or consultation with managers, instructors, or customer representatives.

Work Activities

• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Training and Teaching Others
• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
• Coaching and Developing Others
• Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
• Getting Information
• Providing Consultation and Advice to Others
• Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Developing Objectives and Strategies

Detailed Work Activities

• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
• Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
• Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.

T-A-S-K

Technology, Abilities, Skills & Knowledge

Education

Education Levels of Current Workers

The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a bachelor's degree as the typical education needed to enter this occupation. The chart below shows the highest level of education held by people already working in this field, ages 25 and older. It includes workers who earned more education than the job requires and workers who entered the field under earlier requirements, so the largest bar is not the entry requirement. For example, if someone finished a master's degree and then started working in this field, they are counted under “Master's degree” here, but the job itself typically asks for a bachelor's degree.

Certificates

Certifications applicable to Training and Development Specialists:

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