How much does a training specialist make?

In the US, pay can differ with experience and useful certificates, though certificates are usually optional. The employer’s industry and location matter too, and most specialists work regular business hours.

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. Excludes “Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary” (25-1194) and “Other Teachers and Instructors” (25-3000). Flight instructors are included with “Aircraft Pilots and Flight Engineers” (53-2010).

What's a typical day like?

They ask managers and workers what they need to learn, then build slides, videos, or hands-on exercises. They lead a classroom or online session, watch people practice, and check whether the lesson worked.

In the US, most earn a bachelor’s degree in HR, business, education, psychology, or communications and gain related experience in teaching or HR. Some employers accept extensive training experience instead; certificates are usually optional.

Usually a bachelor's degree (preparation level 4 of 5)

Good for people who like helping and teaching and figuring things out.

A training specialist’s “classroom” can be a pretend scenario: O*NET lists role-playing and simulations as ways to teach workers, not just lectures.