Description

The ICT Trainer needs to examine and determine the information based system's requirements and needs. They, then prepare an objective and plans the schedule and carries out the training course and programs.

Who is an ICT Trainer in an organization?

These days, having IT skills is a must in organizations. Therefore, it is expected from all employees that they can use the software packages and information systems that are being used in their organizations/companies. For example, email systems, spreadsheets and word processing packages are some of the applications mostly used in all organizations. As a result, there is a tremendous need for an ICT trainer. The trainer provides training to the staff of an organization about the use of such applications. The professional provides sufficient training to the employees by designing efficient training courses on these software applications.

In other words, these professionals are computer experts that work as a resource for the entire company regarding the correct use of current software applications. Their zeal and willingness to learn new technology and eloquent communication skills make their work interesting and easy to handle.

ANZSCO, the Australia New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations provides the description of this occupation. You can find the description under the code 223211. The assessment authority of the RPL application for the job role of an ICT trainer is the Australian Computer Society, ACS.

Skill Level

1

Alternative Titles

ICT Educator

Specializations

Software Trainer

Skill Assessment Authority

ACS (Australian Computer Society)

Occupation Lists

ICT Security Specialist is mentioned in the following lists

• Combined Skilled Occupations List (STSOL MLTSSL)
• Short Term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL)
• RSMS Occupations List (RSMSL)

The occupation does not feature in the following list

• Labor Market Testing Required for 457 List (LMTL)
• Medium Long Term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL)

Visa Provision

Since the occupation features in STSOL, the candidates can apply for the following visas

• Skilled Nominated 190
• Skilled Regional Nominated 489

The candidates can also apply for employer sponsor visa under GSM Program. An important thing to note is that since the job features in STSOL, the job may not always be in demand. As a result, candidates trying to move to Australia for the job should prefer checking the employer sponsor rather than the online assessment list.

Required qualification for ICT Trainer 223211:

The candidate needs to have a bachelor’s or higher qualification in fields that are related to ICT such as information technology, computer science, human resources, business and management.

Otherwise, they need a minimum of five years of work experience.

Some organizations may need on-the-job training besides a formal qualification.

They may also produce relevant certification from a vendor and use it for formal education (University degree).

Required skills:

The job profile incorporates different types of technical and professional activities that include the resolution of complicated issues, deep research and investigation and designing. Therefore, the candidate must represent their business and personal skills in the RPL application for a positive assessment from the Australian Computer Society. The personal skills they are required to have to fulfill the job role are below:

• Excellent communication skills, both in written and verbal
• Coordination and organization
• Influential presentation skills
• Time management skills
• Ability to motivate others
• Confident personality with a passion for teaching

Roles and responsibilities:

ANZSCO has provided examples of roles and job duties of an ICT Trainer so that an applicant can have a crystal-clear idea of the tasks they need to fulfill. So, let’s know the main roles and responsibilities the professional fulfills:

• The professional identifies the training needs and requirements of organizations and individuals.
• They set human resource development objectives and assess learning outcomes.
• Professionals prepare and develop instructional training material and aids like visual aids, handbooks, online tutorials, demonstration models and supporting training reference documentation.
• The trainer coordinates, designs, schedules and conducts ICT training and development programs that can be delivered in the form of individual and group instruction. In addition, they facilitate workshops, meetings, demonstrations and conferences.
• They liaise with external training providers for the arrangement of the delivery of specific training and developments programs.
• Professionals promote internal and external training and development and assess these promotional activities.
• The professional monitors and performs an ongoing evaluation of training quality and effectiveness. In addition, they review and modify training objectives, methods and course deliverables.
• They investigate, gather and research background materials to attain a full understanding of the ICT subject matter and systems.
• Professionals keep up-to-date with new product version releases, advances in programming languages, application development software and general information technology trends.
• The professional writes end user products and materials like user training, tutorial and instruction manuals, online help and maintenance and operating instructions.

Description

The ICT Trainers in Australia need to check all the information based system and prepare a strategy accordingly. They develop schedule and objectives and carry out the training programs and courses.

Tasks

• Examining and identifying the needs of the organization and individual
• Planning the human resource development objective and providing learning outcomes
• Modelling and designing the instructional guidance and helps like handbooks, online tutorials, for training reference documents
• Working with vendors, service providers, network experts to prepare development training and examining the activities
• Collecting information regarding the existing system and bringing updates to the system after complete understanding
• Preparing end user documentation and materials like instruction manual, online help, user training, guidance and maintenance programs
• Monitoring and evaluating the current performance of the system and bringing about modifications in the system based on the changes required

Skill level

The candidates applying for this job position should have the following skills

• Bachelor's degree or higher qualification
• Relevant 5 years of experience or vendor certification
• Some of the firms may even ask for the job training certificate

Occupation in the group

English Requirement

A minimum of the following score in the exams is required

• IELTS- 7 (L, R, W), 6 (speaking), 6 (overall)
• OET- B (all sections)
• TOEFL iBT- L:12, R:13, W: 21, S:23, L93
• PTE Academics- 50 (L, R, W), 65 (Speaking), 65 (overall)

Exceptions

• Australian Graduate Exceptions can apply in some states and territories
• Priority Skilled List may be an essential requirement in some states or territories
• Candidates from countries like UK, Canada, US, Ireland and New Zealand do not need to provide the IELTS or OET score.

However, the candidates may require to send the IELTS equivalent or higher result to meet the essential firm requirements

Closely Related Core ICT Units

Additional Closely Related ICT Units