Education programmes of job
Nature of work
Training and development manager has general activities and tasks in all types of organizations and firms such as- setting and planning human resources major goals and strategies
- developing and implementing firms' policies that are related to firms' working conditions
- evaluating staff performance in all departments
- supervising training courses for new staff members and developing managers and workers skills
- setting general and specific requirements and skills of each position
- Training and development manager has also specific activities that should be done in all types of firms/organizations
- providing consultant services in HR field in general and in training and developing field in specific
- updating and developing working conditions that are related to staff performance
- developing and using new techniques in HR
- advising with training courses
- improving and implementing health and safety guidelines and ensuring that are as required .
Environment of work
- -Training and development manager practice his works in his own office which should be usually located next to other main managerial departments
- Training and development manager works from 8.00 to 3.00 daily and for a five-day weekly
- Human Recourses manager works with qualified team work and lead them in effective way
- Training and development manager should have good knowledge about all managerial specializations that helps to deal with their staff
- Men usually who practice this career, but the number of women who is working as a Training and development manager increasing
- Training and development manager may travel to visit organization’s branches or other organizations
- training and development manager must deal directly with recent and potential employees
Professional life
- Training and development manager may practice his work alone or may supervise team work in public/private sector
- a good experience in this field may give Training and development manager a good opportunity to develop and improve his qualifications
- Average salaries for this position around 18000SP and that may be by the beginning of this career
- after having good experience, Training and development manager may reach earlier experience and continue his postgraduate studies in Business Administration faculties
Getting the job
This work is available to all graduates from Economic Faculty (BA department)- Students mainly study the following subjects in BA department : Business Administration, Operations Management, Human Resources Management, Total Quality Management, Logistic Management, Operation Research, Financial Institutions Management, Service Institutions Management, and Managerial Information Systems
- it is better to Training and development manager to continue his postgraduate study to get master in Human Resources Management or PhD in the same field
Skills
Training and development manager should have general skills as following- good knowledge in working rules and conditions that are applied in the country
- good ability in using computer and understanding new ideas that are related to this work
- good ability in implementing managerial science
- good knowledge in health and safety knowledge cause they are related to HR in direct way
Training and development manager should have personal skills that helps him/her in achieving the work
- good ability in communication and negotiation
- good ability to work with big team work
- good ability to work under pressure
- good knowledge in working conditions
Sources and references
- Arabic Job Description 2008 : alolabor.org
- www.prospects.ac.uk