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tcrs of rr disk dri le,
technical clucation
i s bccom ing an
increasing[ cr;t ical fac.or in busincss
success.:\ lrhoughhe \ 'en neturc ol IT
con!ract ing hls cnsured rhlt rru've
lcarned o learn. ot even,onesso uckv' l 'he
uorld of businesss f i l lcd t ith peo-ple s'ho necci to ge t up to spccd on
eren rhing lrom object-oricntcddelel-
opmenr to inrranet bridging.Somconc
ha' ro reachpcuplc rl l rh:rr r, :rr tuf i-
an d rrho bcttcr thrn contractorsi
Help Wanted, \s long as t lre compurer industn
lieeps oll ingour net producrs nd rech-
r r o lug i c . .hc r c r l l r e d (n , r r r t l l r r e la t
ed education. r 's us r a natuail csulrof
rhe grorvrh n softrrare ndustr\ '."sals
Crnrhia J. [: ]orle, echnicalplecenrenr
consulrant t ClearPoinr ixrsultantsrnPeabodr \ l lssachusetrs.Bo\ c, $hos€
compan,v pecializcsn placing niner",
sa_vshat thcrc rren r enough solicl ech-
nical rainers o n-rcct l ient ncccls.
In the Arlanra area.Jo e trpshas: a
consulrant br \ \ ' inrer, \ \mln (bntract
Sen ces, has identif iecl r lrr rrends
apparenth fucling the rrainingmarket.
"Companies arc bcginning to rrain
exisringsrafT Ior more," srls Llpshar."Good documcntation is l ocf 'ullv
absenr rom mosrdelelopmenrprojccts.
and the knotlcdge kind of rvllks ou t
the door \ rh rhc conrractot hc sa)s.
Upsharvalso leels rhat contract ing
companicsarc increasinghusing train
ing as an inccntive or compenl lolaltr:
"tbu don'r reall l care sho s taking a
chunk of vour pavcheck," avs 'pshas,
"so i t n igh t r s l el l bc t h i s cu r ren t
uum par l \ \ I ' I r , las hc r ' r t t - i r r d i r r r
conrracrs." nr 'cst ing in ct lucarion for
conlraclors s bccomingeatsieror con-
sult ing f irnrs s rraining ncreases on-
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!ractors'skil ls nd, n t ime, makes hem
mors emplovable.
Then rhcrc s rhe educarion ap .Th c
gro$ h of rhc Internet has reallv
opcned up a nes'eraofcomputing, one
rlhcrc complcs heterogeneousnliron-
m enr \ r c rap id l \ ep lac inghe ing l c -
p la t t u rmupc ra t i uns I o ld . Vanag ing .
operaring,aDd developingsoflwarc in
this cnvironnrent equiresan expanded
technical rcpertoire-and a constantl lchangingonc. I t also cquirescontinu-
ing edLrcarion.
What Trainers DoContracrorsnterested n (orking as
rechni,: l l rrainer: nil l f ind a raricl of
carecr oprions.onc of the more com-
n ron i r ocun r rac r i r h r r a in ing cn t c r r .
The trainingcenrerscheduleshe class,
en ro l l shc . r r r dcn t s . ndequ ips hc ah .
\bu shr-r\up and rcach rhe appropriate
curriculum. lbsser last rom.r ferl dars
ro a rrcck.rn d parment rs br rhe dar: l ir
teach a vcndor-approved course, voumuir bc ccrrif i(d 15x uainea rom rhar
To be a good trainer, you'll
need to be a technical expert
on the subject you want to
teach. You'll be expected to
handle questions that pop
up during a class, as well as
troubleshoot any problems
in the lab environment.
vendor \ l icrosofi authorized trainrng
and educetion centers IATECs) an d
Novell authorized education cenrers
tNAECrt. for example. r i l l require on-
trac!ors o be cer! if ied.
Anorhcroption s to teaclr t collcgcs
and universit ies. here is an increasing
pushh r t he com lu t e f ndus ln r o h r i ng
up-ro-rhe-minureT training o the col-
lcgc levcl, and rhe efforts seem ro be
succceding.Opportunit ics are openingup for contraccrainers o leachor advisc
on cum pu t e r u r r i cu lum . .pec i l l l r r r
communi!,v nd cechnical olleges.
On- . i t e t r i r i n i ng o r bus ine r . cs n , . l
o rg i r r r i / . a t i r ) r r .on r i nue i o be a s t r ong
m l r ke r i i ) r r r ; i nc r ' , and i r i ' one rha t
Up . h r r | r r pssucccss f u l l qo rexam I le .
af!er a rccen! developmenr projccr,
t hc com pen \ tha t h i r ed UpshaN
er t endcd h i ' r t c r so he cou ld t r a in
stPTtfitfl0[T[0tfiqq/
exist ing staff in objecr-orienred naly-
sis and design.
RatesRarc5 or (ra;ningseem eir lt consir-
tent actoss he countn: Paul Rectol
recrui! ing manager for NervData
Srraregics n Dallas. reports rhat hr '
companv ay s ontracl ralnefsbetween
Sl00 and 51.200 pe r day. The"e ar e
high-end people, he savs,cert if ied by\licrosoft or Polersoft.
\ l a r r hc r r Chan . or rnc r o f I n r r ep id
Nettork Conceprs n i\,lairland,Florida,
rrarels outside of his a.ea or manv of h rs
conrracrs.He does primarih \ l icro:oft
an d orell training. n. l cpons arh ate"
ranging from $400 co $800 per da-v or
Novell classc:, nd from $500 ro SI,ZUU
for Microsoft training."Because here are
more trainers. atrs arc coming do$n.- '
sals Chan. "\\har I'r,e had to do i s shifr
m,vself o the highcr end stuff," he savs.
[ 'psharr rcpurts that t fainers n the
{rlanta area, r elseuherc, vil l f ind tharrare" an basedon rhc (\pe of rraining
and the instrucror's credentials.
Po*'crbuilder trainers earn $75 an hour,
PeopleSofrn rhc higlr$li0sor S90r.an J
a seniorSAP rainerca ncommand$150
an hour or more.
Skills You'll NeedTechnical raincrs ome from \ariou\
backgroundr. ncluding sofi lare engi-
neer\. customer \uppofl pcofle. and
technicalrvriterswho havedone the more
technicalproduc work, "lfthey are com-
fortable standing up in front of a class,and rher hale the abil in to be arriculare
and think on [heir feet, lhev can also
make oo d echnical16inq15."2r5 erle.
To be a good raincr. ou'l l need o be
a technical experr on the subject you
\\'ant to teach. You'll be expected to
handlequesrions ha r po p up during a
class, s $,ell as troubleshoot nv prob-
lems n rhe lab environment.Bur conr
Iruref knolrrhu\ i i only one lralf of thc
equation.You need !o be a peopleper-
son oo . f r ou l r cn t . t hcn ra in ingp rob -
abh isn for rou. A lot of [sould-bc
trainersl reallv don't have anl idea horvmuch people nteracrion he) are going
ro be gerring.Or rhe ridiculou: ques-
rions rhat rLrrnup. For cxirn)ple. ome-
bod,v points a! lhe mousc and says,'\ \rtrac's
thisi ' A Iot of patiencean dpeo-
ple skil lsare needcd,"sa,vs ector
Another thing vou'l l need s packing
sk i l l r . l os r r r a ine r .psndqu i rea h i r o f
r ime r sirerasar' rom homc.Chanerri-
mates he takes about 24 trips a vcar and
admits hat ihe e\tensire rralel c:rn rc
rvearing.ftou re ocatedn r majormcr-
ropolitan area, vouma\ bc able ro avoid
lifc on rhe rr ing. Or to u ca n augmcrlt
class essionsrith $ork \o u can do f ion)
home,suchascourse evelopmenr,
To rn crur our rkil ls as a trr incr lo -
mighr considerpufi ing on an infbrmal
sem ina r f tuo. or o in ingToa . rm ls t c t r
to honeyourpresen!4t ionkil ls.YoLr ay
also wanr ro do as Upshau,does, andadr, isc ormer contract ingclients that
\o u re mo\ing inro rraining.a. rrcll .rs
spread rhe n€$s ro professional col-
leaguer.t r lso help. ro read ot of books
ahour earning nles. pre'cntrt ion skil ls.
and rrarning ssues.\nd no. ir rvouldn
hurr to cake "rrain rhe trr inc." class.
Bo rh r r a ine rs nd t hose rho h i r .
!hem agree tha! !he besr technical
rrainersare able to blend thcir human
relat ions kil ls \ ' irh hands-on echnicrl
expe r i cncen a ra r i c t ro f bus ines . n r i -
r onm cn t s . e t ' s see . . . r r horou ldhc r .
jus rhar kind c,l 'broad-baredlork espc-riencel Oh, _ves,ontractors.
Antt llnrtnn L a Jircl,tn', ltuvuci.; ,ottl
t', ltnolalg urit' r /'aso,/ in Il itsrot-.la/,ttt.
Nottl Carnlina.
There'snosingle 00kou anum o or nfor-I malionna careersa echnicalrainer
Manyardwarend oftwareendors0oflercoursesboutow o bea traineror heirpartic-
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o ind ut boutiem,our
estbet s ovisit iat companyb eb iteorcall hesupportnd ducationepartment.ouanalsoconsidernrollingnone rmoreollegelasseson hepdnciplesf eaching.
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