A human resource manager is usually responsible for the management of the human resources of the organisation. In performing their role, an important HR activity as carried out by them is training to employees. Training is a process whereby employees are taught about the organisation’s processes and functions, and necessary abilities and skills are imparted to them so that they can efficiently carry out their responsibilities. However, in the entire process, it is the HR trainer that aims at guiding the employees and helps them in enhancing their overall capabilities. Thus, the role of HR is therefore to develop organisation’s assets in a way that enable them in contributing positively in achieving the organisational goals. In this entire process, HR trainer’s competency is highly important and crucial from the point of view of ensuring better overall development of employees. There are certain basic skills and competencies essential to HR manager and these are analysed as follows (Phillips, 2012).
There are certain core competencies that must be possessed by the trainer in order to perform his/her role in an efficient manner in the organisation. According to Mitchell (2006) the core competency of the HR trainer can be regarded as the skills that will always allow the trainer in sustaining his/her profession. There are various such studies in the past explaining the core competencies that must be possessed by a HR trainer. A study by Gauld and Miller (2004) is aimed at analysing the competencies held by effective workplace trainers and the performance of the study has revealed findings that the experience of trainers as training is the key competence that must be possessed by them. The experience of trainers as teacher is quite crucial in this respect. The past experience helps a trainer in better facilitating the learning opportunities to the employees of the organisation (Richard, 2009).