Online tutor

You will:

• help students develop their subject knowledge and study skills
•  create engaging courses and learning materials tailored to students' needs
•  assess students' work and give constructive feedback
•  keep parents up to date with their children's progress
•  teach individual students or small groups

• knowledge of teaching and the ability to design courses
• the ability to create the best conditions for learning or teaching new things
• knowledge of media production and communication
• the ability to use your initiative
• customer service skills
• the ability to come up with new ways of doing things
• to be flexible and open to change
• the ability to work well with others
• to be able to use a computer and the main software packages confidently

You can get into this job through:

• a university course
• a college course
• working towards this role
• applying directly
• private training

You could work in other areas of online education with an education company, like:

• course development
•  tutor management
•  consultancy

You could also set up your own tutoring service.

With the right qualifications, you might move into schools teaching, further education or work-based training.