ICT Trainer Career and Immigration options for Australia

Profile Title: ICT Trainer Career and Immigration options for Australia

Alternative Title:ICT Educator

ANZSCO Code: 223211 | Unit Code: 2232

Skill Level: Level 1 | Work Experience: 2 Years

Assessing Bodies: Australian Computer Society (ACS)

Skill Occupation List (SOL): STSOL

Specialization: Software Trainer

Profile Description: Analyses and evaluates information-based system training needs and objectives, and develops, schedules and conducts ICT-based system training programs and courses

Job Duties:

• Identifying technical training needs and requirements of individuals and organisations
• Setting human resource development objectives and evaluating learning outcomes
• Preparing and developing instructional training material and aids such as handbooks, visual aids, online tutorials, demonstration models, and supporting training reference documentation
• Designing, coordinating, scheduling and conducting ICT training and development programs that can be delivered in the form of individual and group instruction, and facilitating workshops, meetings, demonstrations and conferences
• Liaising with external training providers to arrange delivery of specific training and development programs
• Promoting internal and external training and development, and evaluating these promotional activities
• Monitoring and performing ongoing evaluation and assessment of training quality and effectiveness, and reviewing and modifying training objectives, methods and course deliverables
• Gathering, investigating and researching background materials to gain a full understanding of the ICT subject matter and systems
• Keeping up-to-date with new product version releases, advances in programming languages, application development software, and general information technology trends
• Writing end user products and materials such as user training, tutorial and instruction manuals, online help, and operating and maintenance instructions

Skill Level Description: Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a Bachelor Degree or higher qualification. At least five years of relevant experience and/or relevant vendor certification may substitute for the formal qualification. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).

Available Visa Options (As on February 2024):

• 190 - Skilled Nominated (subclass 190)
• 407 - Training visa (subclass 407)
• 489 - Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 489) - State or Territory nominated
• 482 - Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482) - Short Term Stream
• 187 - Regional Sponsor Migration Scheme (subclass 187)
• 494 - Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (provisional) (subclass 494) - Employer sponsored stream
• 491 - Skilled Work Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 491) State or Territory nominated

Registration or Licensing: Not Required

Industries: ICT Trainers are mainly employed in: Professional, Scientific and Technical Services; Education and Training; and Retail Trade

Education Profile: There are no educational attainment data available for this occupation.

Job Opening: Over the five years to November 2019, the number of job openings for ICT Trainers is expected to be low (equal to or less than 5,000). Job openings count both employment growth and turnover (defined as workers leaving their occupation for other employment or leaving the workforce).

Age Group: The main age group is 25-34 years (23.8 per cent) and the median age is 44 years (compared to 40 years for all occupations).

Gender: The female share of ICT Trainers is 40.9 per cent and 77.3 per cent of ICT Trainers work full time. Average weekly hours for full time workers are 39.2 (compared to 40.2 for all occupations).

Earning: In August 2014 (latest available data) weekly earnings full-time before tax (and not including employer superannuation) were $1,639 (compared to earnings for all occupations of $1,200).

Employment: Employment for this occupation rose strongly (in percentage terms) in the past five years and fell in the long-term (ten years). Looking forward, employment for ICT Trainers to November 2020 is expected to grow slightly.