Earlier this month we released our new eBook "How to Build a Customer Training Team." We covered common roles found on training teams and why each one is important.
In this post, we'll specifically discuss the Training Operations role and why it's important.
Training can be a highly logistical function within an organization. The role of Training Operations is to oversee day-to-day responsibilities for the department, including scheduling and booking resources, managing student registrations, reconciling reports with finance, coordinating curriculum development, and other special projects as required. In some organizations the Training Operations manager is also responsible for data and technical systems, including administering the LMS. He/she also manages software integrations and automatic information flow between training and other business units.
Job requirements for a Training Operations professional include:
- Monitor and evaluate training programs, processes and workflows for quality and effectiveness; make recommendations for improvement.
- Manage instructor schedules, coordinate class starts at multiple locations, and manage training equipment and materials including interaction with vendors.
- Design and prepare educational aids and materials.
- Oversee technical implementation of ILT events.
- Assess instructional effectiveness and summarize evaluation reports determining the impact of training and how it affects KPIs.
- Partner with internal stakeholders and subject matter experts regarding instructional design.
- Maintain updated curriculum database and training records.
- Conduct regular evaluations to identify areas for improvement in program offerings.
“As the Service Operations Manager, I oversee all logistics related to Instructor-Led Training globally. A large part of this job includes collecting all metrics associated with classroom delivery as well as professional service engagements. Analyzing these metrics I am able to help MapR determine where we are most profitable and markets we should grow in and which courseware we should be focused on creating. This role requires many hats as I am both customer facing as well as supporting Training and Professional services.”
- Jacklyn Flores, Worldwide Services Operations Manager, MapR
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