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Training and Development Manager

Plan, direct, or coordinate the training and development activities and staff of an organization.

Annual openings

81

Median wage

$139,980

Typical education

A minimum of a Bachelor's degree plus work experience

Growth 2026–2032

+11%

Median wage source: Colorado BLS OEWS (2025).

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Career requirements

What does this career require?

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Typical education

A minimum of a Bachelor's degree plus work experience

Credential requirement

No certification is required or expected for this job.

Work experience

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. Work experience as a Supervisor is highly valued.

Employer competency information

Feedback from employers identifies the following competencies as being critical to support a successful move up to the Manager level

  • Planning & Organizing — Plan and organize the successful completion of tasks and projects for multiple teams; set expectations for team members and hold them accountable.
  • Personnel & Human Resources and Interpersonal Skills — Understand behaviors (Psychology) of team members; motivate, empower and get a diverse team to work well together; lead and manage staff; deal with others with fairness and integrity; and hire and fill skills gaps effectively.
  • Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, & Decision Making — Continue to elevate these skills for use in activities that cross teams, including strategic thinking and vision setting across an organization.
Employers have identified that while we are showing Training & Development activities as reporting to Human Resources, they could instead report to Operations. There could also be an Organizational Development role. For example, in IT, training could be internal training or the training of users in the use of computer solutions.

Is this work a fit?

What the work actually feels like

How people in this career tend to spend their time, the interests it draws on, and a look at a typical day.

Automation exposure

Low exposure

Tasks here lean on judgement and people skills that are hard to automate.

A typical day

  1. Analyze training needs to develop new training programs or modify and improve existing programs.
  2. Evaluate instructor performance and the effectiveness of training programs, providing recommendations for improvement.
  3. Plan, develop, and provide training and staff development programs, using knowledge of the effectiveness of methods such as classroom training, demonstrations, on-the-job training, meetings, conferences, and workshops.
  4. Confer with management and conduct surveys to identify training needs based on projected production processes, changes, and other factors.
  5. Conduct orientation sessions and arrange on-the-job training for new hires.
  6. Train instructors and supervisors in techniques and skills for training and dealing with employees.
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