Occ. Code 1461100

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TRAINING 1, M-1	1461100
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TRAINING 2, M-2	1461200
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TRAINING 3, M-3	1461300
DIRECTOR TRAINING 1, M-1	1460100
DIRECTOR TRAINING 2, M-2	1460200
DIRECTOR TRAINING 3, M-3	1460300
DIRECTOR TRAINING 4, M-4	1460400

New York State Department of Civil Service

Classification Standard

Directors and Assistant Directors Training are responsible for the development and administration of an agency’s training and development program so that the agency’s workforce may more effectively provide services to its customers. They apply management, educational, adult learning, and multi-disciplinary methods, principles, and techniques in the development and administration of training and employee development programs.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TRAINING 1: second supervisory level; supervises two or more Agency Training and Development Specialists 2 or other professional training staff; typically serves as overall assistant to a Director Training 2 or 3.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TRAINING 2: second supervisory level; supervises two or more Agency Training and Development Specialists 2 or other professional training staff; typically serves as overall assistant to a Director Training 4.

ASISTANT DIRECTOR TRAINING 3: single position at the Office of Children and Family Services; third supervisory level. Supervises multiple positions of Assistant Director Training 2 in provision of training multiple office and local agency personnel.

DIRECTOR TRAINING 1, 2, 3, AND 4:

The characteristics distinguishing the four levels of Director Training are:

1. The size and diversity of the agency’s workforce. Considered in this factor is the number of employees, the representation of employees across bargaining units, and the geographic dispersal of employees.
2. The scope, complexity, and variety of the agency’s program. Considered in this factor are the nature and character of the agency and its mission, scope of services provided, program impact on the public, shortage occupations, relationships with localities and the Federal government, workload fluctuations, and frequency of program changes.

Directors Personnel supervise the performance of various personnel activities, such as position classification, recruitment, placement, and employee services, to staff, develop, and maintain an adequate and competent workforce.

Directors Staff Development and Training oversee clinically related staff development activities in a facility operated by the Office of Mental Health and the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.

Teachers plan lessons and curricula, instruct, and evaluate the performance and progress of clients who are in the care and custody of a State agency.

Agency Training and Development Specialists develop and present specific portions of an agency’s overall training and development program.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TRAINING 1, 2 and 3: assists the Director Training in all aspects of developing and implementing training programs to improve performance of agency operations; works with agency program managers and employees to identify and analyze short and long range training and development needs; maintains working relationships with other training organizations, educational institutions, consultants, and labor/management groups; assists in developing performance standards for programs and instructors and methods for evaluating results; assists in preparing and monitoring budget and expenditures; and supervises professional and support staff.

DIRECTOR TRAINING 1, 2, 3, and 4: under the general direction of a higher level human resources or program manager, plans, organizes, and directs training programs to improve performance of agency operations; meets with agency executive staff, program managers, and employees to identify and analyze training and development needs in the context of agency programmatic goals and objectives; develops and maintains working relationships with other training organizations, educational institutions, consultants, and labor/management groups; develops performance standards for programs and instructors and methods for evaluating results; provides advice and assistance to managers and supervisors to help improve employee or group performance and productivity; represents the agency with professional training associations; coordinates training activities with other State agencies and organizations; prepares and monitors budget and expenditures; and supervises professional and support staff.

Directors operate with a great deal of independence. Directors typically work under the general supervision of human resources or program managers. They receive only general direction and secure policy and program approvals to assure training and development objectives are consistent with agency goals.

Assistant Directors work under the supervision of Directors Training. They operate with considerable independence in assisting the Director in developing priorities, objectives, and evaluation criteria for training and development programs.

The work of Directors and Assistant Directors requires specialized training and experience. In developing training programs they are expected to be familiar with the programs of their agency and the goals and objectives of those programs. They must understand the concepts of organizational development and the effects of implementing those concepts. They must reconcile the training needs of the agency with resources available.

Directors and Assistant Directors communicate orally and in writing with a variety of individuals including their supervisors, agency program managers, supervisors and employees, subordinates, and staff from other State agencies and outside organizations. The purposes of their communications are to receive and give assignments and to receive and convey information about the development, execution, and evaluation of agency training and development programs. Effective working relationships must be established and maintained with these individuals to foster their assistance and cooperation and to ensure timely development and implementation of programs.

Directors and Assistant Directors supervise lower level professional training and support staff. They perform the full range of supervisory responsibilities.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TRAINING 1

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TRAINING 2

Promotion: one year of permanent service in a professional training position allocated to Grade 23.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TRAINING 3

Promotion: one year of permanent service in a professional training position allocated to M-1 or above.

DIRECTOR TRAINING 1

Promotion: one year of permanent service in a professional training position allocated to Grade 23.

DIRECTOR TRAINING 2

Promotion: one year of permanent service in a professional training position allocated to Grade 23 or above.

DIRECTOR TRAINING 3

Promotion: one year of permanent service in a professional training position allocated to M-1 or above.

DIRECTOR TRAINING 4

Promotion: one year of permanent service in a professional training position allocated to M-2 or above.

Date: 9/02 

NOTE: Classification Standards illustrate the nature, extent and scope of duties and responsibilities of the classes they describe. Standards cannot and do not include all of the work that might be appropriately performed by a class. The minimum qualifications above are those which were required for appointment at the time the Classification Standard was written. Please contact the Division of Staffing Services for current information on minimum qualification requirements for appointment or examination.