Jobs in Training - how to get started

[Kevlarhead]

I was looking for a bit of advice re. working in training.

I'm not career switching, I've just spent a substantial amount of time at work assisting with IT training, or being the tame geek that people call on to solve their problems.

I like doing this, and I seem to be reasonably good at it (as far as I can tell), and was looking for work in this area.

I was thinking about just trying to get a weekend job, a Saturday morning job that I could do in addition to my usual job, to give me chance to see if I could hack it without much risk.

Can anyone tell me if this is at all practical, or if there are any specialised job sites dealing with roles like this?

Kevlarhead I just did a very quick search on fish4jobs, which isn't specialist at all, using 'IT trainer' here. I'd have a browse through those jobs and look at what kind of skills/experience/qualifications they are looking for.

At first glance some want NVQs or other qualifications, but quite a few want training experience or the kind of communication skills need to design and deliver training courses in an engaging, informative way. Have you done much designing or just helping deliver courses?

I'm not sure there'd be much in the way of weekend or Saturday jobs doing that tbh.

A google of 'training jobs' brought up these links including some specialist training recruitment sites.

This search was for IT training jobs, lots there as well.

To be honest I was thinking about adult education classes: the MIL went to one nearby us, and discovered that most of the class assistants were simply the last tranche of people to pass the course, without any skills or knowledge much beyond what they'd read in the course handouts.

When the bar's set that low, it's hard not to feel tempted...

Yes you are right - I used to work in adult ed and many class tutors had recently completed the same courses and were just one step ahead of the students - especially in IT! The college was always taking people on to teach classes for just a couple of hours a week. I would say def worth approaching your local fe college and register your interest. Also those "Do IT" centres seem to take on a lot of people on short term contracts/odd hours - depending on how many students they have.