{"id":4788,"date":"2017-02-28T10:57:45","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T00:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/?p=4788"},"modified":"2017-05-23T20:18:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T10:18:01","slug":"top-10-skills-for-professional-trainers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/professional-development-training\/top-10-skills-for-professional-trainers\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Skills for Professional Trainers"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a professional trainer, the greatest measure of success is the success of the participants. Therefore, it\u2019s essential for a professional trainer to have a special set of skills designed to impact the course participants in the desired way.<\/p>\n

The Australian Skills Quality Authority states that the most vital skills a trainer needs are knowledge and practice of training and their subject.[i]<\/sup> Alongside these, a trainer also requires certain other essential skills, including those in communication, presentation, facilitation, and evaluation. Following is a list of the most important skills for trainers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Presentation Skills<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\nBe able to create presentations and deliver them clearly and confidently<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Facilitation<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\nKnow how to engage, manage and direct people and teams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Communication Skills<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/strong><\/td>\nCommunicate with clarity, precision and influence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Creativity<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n4<\/strong><\/td>\nUse creativity to handle situations on the spot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Measuring Results from Training<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n5<\/strong><\/td>\nIdentify and measure the different results of training<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Public Speaking<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n6<\/strong><\/td>\nTo speak to an audience with confidence and control<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Active Listening<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n7<\/strong><\/td>\nListen in a way to understand and respond suitably<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Continuous Learning<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n8<\/strong><\/td>\nEngage in learning continuously to develop skills further<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Organisational Skills<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n9<\/strong><\/td>\nOrganise tasks to save time and effort<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time Management<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n10<\/strong><\/td>\nPrioritise, set goals, and delegate for better productivity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Sources<\/p>\n

[i] https:\/\/www.asqa.gov.au\/news-publications\/publications\/fact-sheets\/meeting-trainer-and-assessor-requirements<\/a><\/p>\n

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For a professional trainer, the greatest measure of success is the success of the participants. Therefore, it\u2019s essential for a professional trainer to have a special set of skills designed to impact the course participants in the desired way. The Australian Skills Quality Authority states that the most vital skills a trainer needs are knowledge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4782,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[110,1735,1734,1733],"views":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4788"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4788"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4813,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4788\/revisions\/4813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}