Training/Education Manager

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Work Tasks

• Plan training activities for new employees
• Help workers improve their job skills and learn things needed to move to better jobs within the company
• Find out what training is needed by meeting with supervisors and giving surveys to workers
• Work for industrial, finance, insurance, and real estate firms, the government, labor groups, and service industries including business, health, social, management, and educational services
• Work with forms, training schedules, job descriptions, demonstration models, surveys, visual aids, and training handbooks

Salary, Size & Growth

• $85,000 average per year ($40.75 per hour)
• A large occupation (231,900 workers in 2010)
• Expected to grow rapidly (2.2% per year)

Education/Training

• Minimum for Entry: A 4-year degree
• Employers Prefer: A master's degree in human resources or training and related work experience
• Skills/Courses: Many employers provide training in office software programs. Others train workers to run specific machines. Knowledge of these programs or machines plus skill in teaching is important. Work experience in a specific area might be more important to an employer than a degree in a certain subject.