Core competencies of a trainer

A great interest seems to be welling up in our North American society in career education, educational accounting systems, continuing education, professional development seminars, and so on. Education for and acceptance of the concept of occupational competence has suddenly blossomed as a concern for professionals and paraprofessionals alike. There appears to be trouble today, as professionals, in determining the difference between what is now called career education and the vocational education programs of bygone years. Career education, in the literature these days, is something which begins in early childhood and continues throughout the adult years. Both the technologist and the professional may well have to go back to school during their working lives to maintain their currency.