How to become a training or Staff development professional
Official title: Training/Staff development professional
Also called: Corporate training officer, Staff development professional, Staff training organiser, Training and development officer, Training development professional, Training executive, Training officer, Learning and Development Specialist, Learning and Operations Manager, Learning Consultant/Learning Solutionist, Staff training organiser, Training executive
Training/Staff development professional plans, develops, implements and evaluates training and development programmes to ensure management and staff acquire the skills and develop the competencies required by organisations to meet organisational objectives. He/she prepares and develops instructional training material and aids such as handbooks, visual aids, online tutorials, demonstration models, and training reference documentation. He/she may analyse organisational training needs or evaluate training effectiveness.
Main tasks
- Identifying 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 training and development programmes 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 programmes
- Promoting internal and external training and development, and evaluating these promotional activities
- Monitoring and performing ongoing evaluation and assessment of internal and external training quality and effectiveness, and reviewing and modifying training objectives, methods and course deliverables
- Gathering, investigating and researching background materials to gain an understanding of various subject matters and systems
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $53,880 a year. The middle half earn $45,012 to $74,052 a year.
- Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How much does a training or Staff development professional earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $53,880 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $45,012 to $74,052.
Will AI change the work of a training or Staff development professional?
Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026