Certified Training and Development Professional

Training and development professionals are under continuous pressure to offer exceptional training services. The demands of their job can only be fulfilled through extensive knowledge of the main topics related to the training profession. This course will equip participants with practical knowledge to promote training within their organizations, link training to organizational objectives, analyze training needs, and select internal trainers and external consultants. In addition, the course focuses on different levels of training evaluation and the competencies required by training professionals.

Participants will learn by doing. Several practical group exercises are used to assist participants in applying theoretical knowledge to organizational settings.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Strengthen the strategic relationship between training interventions and organizational directives
• Combine appropriate methods to conduct a Training Needs Assessment (TNA)
• Customize an effective process to develop subject-matter experts into internal trainers
• Assess training vendors and their consultants
• Demonstrate the success of training programs using evaluation methods from Reaction to Return on Investment (ROI)

Training and development professionals involved in training needs analysis, coordinating and organizing training courses, and evaluating training results.

• Strategic alignment
• Training Needs Analysis
• Training vendors' assessment
• Training of trainers
• Training evaluation