Typical tasks and duties

Training and Development Professional (includes ICT) may perform the following tasks:

• identifying training needs and requirements of individuals and organisations
• setting human resource development objectives and evaluating learning outcomes
• preparing and developing instructional training material and aids such as handbooks, visual aids, online tutorials, demonstration models, and supporting training reference documentation
• designing, coordinating, scheduling and conducting training and development programs that can be delivered in the form of individual and group instruction, and facilitating workshops, meetings, demonstrations and conferences
• liaising with external training providers to arrange delivery of specific training and development programs
• promoting internal and external training and development, and evaluating these promotional activities
• monitoring and performing ongoing evaluation and assessment of training quality and effectiveness, and reviewing and modifying training objectives, methods and course deliverables
• gathering, investigating and researching background materials to gain an understanding of various subject matters and systems
• advising management on the development and placement of staff, and providing career counselling for employees
• Qualification(s) assessed at AQF Bachelor degree or higher degree with a highly relevant field of study and at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant employment in the last five years; Or
• Qualification(s) assessed at AQF Bachelor degree or higher degree with an additional qualification at least Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Diploma level in a highly relevant field of study and at least two years of post qualification highly relevant employment in the last five years; Or
• Qualification(s) assessed at AQF Bachelor degree or higher degree without a highly relevant field of study and at least three years of post-qualification highly relevant employment in the last five years;