Current Issue 13thFebruary 2016 - 19 February 2016, i.e. No. 45
 
CAREER GUIDE


CAREER AS A CORPORATE TRAINER
By
 

Gaurav Kumar & Anu Suneja

A new form of training is emerging these days in which the trainer facilitates learning by simply drawing analogies from the workplace and relates them to outbound activities such as raft building and orienteering and business simulation games. The future preference should be for ‘blended learning’ which, as its very name suggests, is a blend of traditional instructor-led classroom training and learning online. The areas of corporate training include the following fields.

BIOINFORMATICS

  1. Fundamentals and Cases in Bioinformatics
  2. Immunoinformatics
  3. Chemioinformatics & Rational Drug Designing
  4. Bioinformatics Advance module
  5. Computer Aided Drug Designing
  6. Bioinformatics in Protein Modeling, Drug Designing & Immunoinformatics
  7. Advance Bioinformatics in Drug Designing & Immunoinformatics
  8. Drug Designing

BUSINESS COMMUNI- CATIONS AND PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS

  1. Business and Technical Writing
  2. Delivering High-Impact Presentations
  3. Improving Performance Using Emotional Intelligence
  4. Foreign Languages
  5. Qualitative Research with NVivo
  6. English Grammar and Vocabulary
  7. Public Speaking and Group Discussion
  8. Job Relevant Role-Plays
  9. E-mail Writing and Communication
  10. Proactive & Assertiveness
  11. Attitude Development and Presentation Skills
  12. Job Relevant Role-Plays
  13. Team Leadership & Motivation
  14. Writing and Delivering Presentations
  15. MS Office and Applications

INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

  1. Accounting and Taxation
  2. Advanced Problem Solving
  3. Business Administration
  4. Business Financial Analysis
  5. Investments and Returns Analysis
  6. Growing Customer Relationships
  7. Global Enterprise & Competition
  8. Management Training
  9. Marketing Fundamentals
  10. Market Research
  11. Operations Research
  12. Organizational Behavior
  13. Quantitative Business Analysis
  14. Insurance Policies and Administration
  15. Quantitative Techniques

CLIENT SERVER & DATABASE TECHNOLOGY

  1. Database Applications and Software Packages
  2. Client/Server Technology
  3. Client/Server Computing & Networking
  4. Client/Server Programming with Distributed Objects
  5. Data Mining, Warehousing and Business Intelligence
  6. Database Design & Administration
  7. Relational Databases
  8. SQL Database Servers

CLINICAL LAB SCIENCES

  1. Clinical Chemistry
  2. Clinical Pathology
  3. Clinical Pharmacology
  4. Infectious Diseases
  5. Molecular Genetics

COMPUTER SCIENCE & PROGRAMMING

  1. Programming in C, C++, C#, C#.Net and Java
  2. Data Structures and Implementation
  3. PERL Programming
  4. NET Technologies
  5. Object-Oriented Programming Using C++
  6. Rational Application Developer (RAD) Framework
  7. Software Quality Assurance and Software Testing
  8. Software Configuration Management
  9. Microsoft Technologies
  10. UNIX Operating System & Shell Programming
  11. Linux Operating System & Shell Programming

CREATIVE ARTS AND MULTIMEDIA

  1. 3D Computer Animation
  2. Graphic Design Multimedia and the World Wide Web
  3. Instructional Design for Interactive Media
  4. Adobe Director & Shockwave
  5. Adobe Cold Fusion
  6. Adobe Flash
  7. Multimedia Applications
  8. Multimedia with Lingo Scripting
  9. QuarkXPress
  10. Adobe After Effects
  11. Adobe Illustrator
  12. Adobe Photoshop
  13. Advertising Design
  14. Computer Animation
  15. Computer Graphics & Illustration
  16. Designing and Developing Interactive Media
  17. Desktop Publishing: Layout & Production
  18. Desktop Video Production
  19. Digital Imaging and Photography
  20. Flash for Internet Developers
  21. Rich Internet Applications Using Flash

INTERNET & WEB DEVELOPMENT

  1. E-Commerce, E-Banking and E-Governance
  2. Web-Based Programming and Scripting Languages
  3. ASP, PHP, PERL, PYTHON, CGI, JSP, COLDFUSION
  4. CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
  5. DTDs (Document Type Definitions) and Schemes
  6. Form Design and Processing
  7. HTML/DHTML, XML, XPATH, SVG, XSLT
  8. JavaScript, VBScript, JScript, MooTools, AJAX
  9. Intranet Development
  10. Intranet Network Interface Design
  11. Streaming Media for the Web
  12. Website Database Implementation
  13. Website Development
  14. Website Design
  15. Website Server Administration

PHP BASED CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

  1. Joomla
  2. Drupal
  3. Wordpress
  4. Mambo
  5. PHPCMS
  6. Frog CMS
  7. SilverStripe
  8. TYPO3
  9. Symphony

MANUFACTURING TECH-NOLOGY

  1. Basic Fluid Power
  2. Bearings and Lubrication Techniques
  3. Computer Aided Design and Drafting
  4. AUTOCAD, CATIA
  5. MATLAB
  6. Control Systems for Automatic Machinery
  7. Couplings and Motors
  8. Engineering Drawing
  9. Geometric Tolerancing
  10. Industrial Automation
  11. Industrial Safety Practices
  12. Industrial Maintenance
  13. Machine Control Systems
  14. Machine Tool Practices
  15. Manufacturing Control Systems
  16. Manufacturing Technologies
  17. Mechanical Drive Components
  18. Metric Measurement & Gauging
  19. PLC Programming
  20. Preventive/Predictive Maintenance
  21. Pro/ENGINEER
  22. Pumps, Compressors & Vacuum Systems
  23. Quality Assurance & Test Automation
  24. Semiconductor Manufacturing
  25. Shop Math
  26. SolidWorks
  27. Statistical Process Control
  28. Valves & Compressors
  29. XY Mechanical Movements

NANOTECHNOLOGY

  1. Bio-Catalytic Reactions in the Synthesis of Materials
  2. Practice and Discipline of Nanotechnology
  3. Industry Applications of Nanotechnology
  4. Carbon Nanotube Technologies (CNT)
  5. MEMS - Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
  6. Physical basis and principles of Nanotechnology
  7. Polymers and Organic Molecules
  8. Surface Science Aspects of Nanotechnology and Nanofabrication
  9. Practical Gas Chromatography: Packed & Capillary Columns
  10. High Performance Liquid Chromatography
  11. Advanced Development of Fullerene Chemistry Toward Potential Technological Platforms
  12. Semiconductors and Quantum Computing

NETWORKING & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

  1. Data/Telecommunications
  2. Digital Communications & Networks
  3. LAN/WAN Technologies
  4. Mobile Communications
  5. MPLS - Multiprotocol Label Switching
  6. Network Management
  7. Optical Networking (Sonet/SDH) Operations
  8. TCP/IP and Network Architecture
  9. Wireless Communications

Plastics Manufacturing

  1. Blow Molding
  2. Elastomers
  3. Extrusion Processing & Materials
  4. Injection Molding
  5. Molding Hydraulics
  6. Mold Design, Maintenance & Diagnostics
  7. Plastics Manufacturing & Design
  8. Plastics Part Design
  9. Plastics Process Controls
  10. Polymers
  11. Rotational Molding
  12. Rubber Technology
  13. Thermoforming
  14. Thermoplastic Elastomers

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

  1. Project Management: Planning and Scheduling
  2. Project Management: Resources and Budgeting
  3. Risk Management
  4. Microsoft Project
  5. Project Management Boot Camp
  6. Leadership Skills
  7. Improving Organizational Skills
  8. Negotiation Skills
  9. Business Law for Project Managers
  10. Advanced Microsoft Project
  11. Conflict Resolution
  12. Procurement & Contract Management
  13. Communication and Team Management

    
     The abovementioned list is not exhaustive. In addition to the above areas, many other subjects are covered in the corporate training in the corporate world which are added from time to time with the advancement in the subject area and technology.

JOB PROFILE AND KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREA (KRA)

  1. Creating presentations according to the course content.
  2. Creating examples for the Training and assignments.
  3. Coordinating activities of the Training department.
  4. To develop and provide excellent software training and maintain standard of training with regular evaluation.
  5. Preparing Training Manual, Assignments, Tutorials, Help Files
  6. Preparing Training Plan / Schedule
  7. Trainee Evaluation and User Certification
  8. Ability to procure and develop learning and other materials guide.
  9. To work on latest programming/designing languages and software packages.

JOB PROSPECTS

     The corporate trainers generally work as consultants to different organizations to provide expertise in critical areas to the employees of the organization. The career in corporate training is an excellent choice for professionals who like teaching and are willing to deliver training content with passion.

(to be Continued)

(GAURAV KUMAR, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Applications Chitkara University (Formerly Chitkara Institute of Engineering and Technology) Rajpura, Punjab E-mail : kumargaurav@gmail.com & ANU SUNEJA Lecturer, Department of Computer Applications. Maharshi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, Haryana)

 
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