Identification

• For technical trainers, job descriptions should include job title, location, department (containing the position), a name to whom the technical trainer would report, management status (Y/N), exempt or non-exempt status (E/NE), salary, employment type (full-time, part-time or contract, the date the job posted, and the last job revision date. They should also explain the job summary (essential job functions/key responsibilities), education and job experience (the minimum requirements), and preferred skills or additional skills.
  
  

Roles and Responsibilities

• Essential job functions vary for technical trainers, depending on an organization's needs. Technical trainers may be required to develop computer software and programming applications; work with project managers to conduct a training needs analysis and course evaluation; prepare system training databases for training courses; assemble user guides and cheat sheets, and ship them to the customer; and create test data for training via funding spreadsheets, manual funding data, release spreadsheets, and payment data spreadsheets.
  
  

Qualifications

• According to careerbuilder.com, some of the minimum requirements for technical trainers include a bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, education, instructional design, information systems, technology, or certification as a technical trainer; experience with related responsibilities for three to five years; preferred skills such as knowledge and development of Java, C, C++, C#, and/or Perl programming languages; excellent presentation and classroom management skills, help desk training, or excellent communication skills.
  
  

Salary

• Salary depends on experience and geographical location.dollar sign image by Brent Walker from Fotolia.com
  
  The salary for technical trainers generally depends on the required job responsibilities and geographic location positions. Based on results from salary.com, the average national salary range for technical trainers is $41,415 to $94,647.
  
  

Job Opportunities

• There are many opportunities available for technical trainers nationwide. Positions are available on a full-time, part-time or contractual basis. In some cases, job responsibilities for technical trainer positions are similar to those of either instructional designers or technical writers. These lateral skill career paths give technical trainers the ability to apply for jobs to broaden their skill base. Advancement opportunities for technical trainers include project management.