Career Development Technician
Competency-based
ONET: 13-1071.01
2
Years
58
Skills
331h
Related instructions
Classroom instruction topics
- Career Coaching Do’s and Don’ts Insights from a College Career Coach Coaching for Results
- Corporate Training Conflict Resolution
- Corporate Training Soft Skills
- Corporate Training Business Writing
- Corporate Training Coaching and Mentoring
- Corporate Training Communication Strategies
- Corporate Training Teamwork and Team Building
On-the-job training
- Communicate Professional Knowledge
- Apply relevant theory and research about adult learning and motivation.
- Apply basic principles of group work and facilitation cooperative learning, conflict resolution and behavior management.
- Apply strategies of community consensus-building, mobilization and advocacy.
- Apply “best practices” from a workforce development approach.
- Communicate with client directly and through the Expression of Attitude
- Effectively communicate with client and facilitate discussion both one-on-one and in group settings.
- Demonstrate effective listening skills by listening to what other people are saying and asking appropriate questions
- Apply skills helping skills principles (e.g., confidentiality, problem solving, and conflict resolution and referrals).
- Demonstrate concern about the well-being of others interest in feelings and experiences of others; support the self-esteem of others.
- Demonstrate a belief in the potential and empowerment of all clients.
- Demonstrate awareness of commonalities and differences (such as gender, race, ethnicity, class and religion) among adults of diverse backgrounds and appreciation of differing talents, sexual orientation, and faith.
- Demonstrate knowledge of negotiating skills by addressing clients concerns and arriving at a win-win solution.
- Maintain appropriate “boundaries” (such as roles responsibilities, relationships and confidentiality) with adults.
- Demonstrate leadership qualities.
- Challenge self defeating attitudes of clients in a supportive manner.
- Assessment/Individual Planning
- Observe and talk with clients to assess individual goals, interests, concerns and competencies, and to do so with an appreciation of their community context.
- Prepare next steps with client in achieving individual career goals.
- Select, administer and interpret standardized assessment instruments for assessing individual interests and competencies.
- Track and evaluate participant progress, revise individual service strategy plans as appropriate, and coordinate necessary resources.
- Demonstrate knowledge of personal money management by assisting client with setting realistic financial goals and developing a plan to achieve those goals (e.g., spending plan, record of daily expenses and understanding fixed and variable expenses).
- Demonstrate ability to recognize individual strengths and barriers which may affect career activities.
- Demonstrate knowledge and awareness of usefulness of formal assessments.
- Program Design and Delivery
- Apply “best practices” models to the design, implementation continuous improvement and evaluation of organizational programs and practices to make it more effective.
- Initiate, enable, and sustain group interactions and relationships through the completion of an ongoing activity or project.
- Design and implement social and cognitive developmental opportunities for client (e.g., critical thinking skills and reasoning ability).
- Foster and promote multi-cultural understanding.
- Design and implement life skills classes and workshops on job readiness.
- Assist client in acquiring positive decision making skills.
- Relationship to Community
- Demonstrate a willingness to search for and retain information about communities with cultural and economic backgrounds different from their own.
- Maintain relationships and demonstrate working knowledge of non-center partner organizations.
- Demonstrate an awareness of the array, mission and referral processes of community agencies and organizations that serve adults and families.
- Administrative Skills
- Maintain records (e.g., case notes, program data and other statistical records related to job placement and retention.
- Demonstrate ability to write effective reports, case studies, notes and letters.
- Demonstrate knowledge of time management strategies.
- Demonstrate knowledge of team development (e.g. identifying roles of team members.)
- Demonstrate knowledge and application of appropriate technologies to the task at hand (e.g., specific computer applications, internet).
- Demonstrate knowledge and application of program objectives.
- Workforce Preparation
- Assess career interests through the use of appropriate instruments, e.g., interest inventories, personality measures multiple aptitude or achievement batteries combined instruments.
- Assess job readiness of clients through the evaluation of interview skills, job keeping skills, and social skills.
- Conduct career readiness training which includes workshops and courses that cover career topics such as resume writing, interview skills, job hunting, job keeping skills and completion of applications.
- Demonstrate ability to recognize strengths and barriers which may affect career training activities.
- Career Exploration
- Assist clients with development of Career Development Plan.
- Utilize current labor market information, and other post-secondary information materials which assist clients identify individual preferences and skills.
- Assist client with making informed decisions about future career goals by utilizing computerized career information delivery system.
- Apply knowledge of education, training and resources that provides information about job functions, salaries, requirements and future outlooks.
- Resource Development
- Create and maintain relationships with the educational systems, (e.g., secondary, post secondary and others).
- Conduct community assessments and identify under used resources to assist in providing employment, training and support services resources.
- Assist clients with services available through One Stop Centers.
- Coordinate employer outreach with other workforce development agencies in the community and utilize employer advisory councils for education and workforce preparation programs.
- Employer Relations
- Coordinate job search activities with employment service staff, employer, and client creates and maintains relationships with employer to insure client job retention.
- Demonstrate conflict resolutions skills to resolve problems with employer and client to increase client job retention.
- Have working knowledge of employer needs and concerns.
- Monitor on the job performance to ensure client’s succession the workplace.
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