Will AI replace Training and Development Specialists?
AI reaches most of this job’s work.
61/100
Very high exposure
More exposed to AI than 93% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 21% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 77% of the work
What the job involves
Design or conduct work-related training and development programs to improve individual skills or organizational performance. May analyze organizational training needs or evaluate training effectiveness.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(4)
- Obtain, organize, or develop training procedure manuals, guides, or course materials, such as handouts or visual materials.
- Design, plan, organize, or direct orientation and training programs for employees or customers.
- Assess training needs through surveys, interviews with employees, focus groups, or consultation with managers, instructors, or customer representatives.
- Evaluate training materials prepared by instructors, such as outlines, text, or handouts.
Within reach(12)
- Present information with a variety of instructional techniques or formats, such as role playing, simulations, team exercises, group discussions, videos, or lectures.
- Offer specific training programs to help workers maintain or improve job skills.
- Monitor, evaluate, or record training activities or program effectiveness.
- Develop alternative training methods if expected improvements are not seen.
- Keep up with developments in area of expertise by reading current journals, books, or magazine articles.
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Out of reach(4)
- Evaluate modes of training delivery, such as in-person or virtual, to optimize training effectiveness, training costs, or environmental impacts.
- Coordinate recruitment and placement of training program participants.
- Schedule classes based on availability of classrooms, equipment, or instructors.
- Develop or implement training programs related to efficiency, recycling, or other issues with environmental impacts.
Also called
Training Specialist · Technical Trainer · Workforce Development Specialist · Computer Training Specialist · Corporate Trainer · Job Training Specialist · Trainer · Apprenticeship and Training Representative
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics