Headquarters Training

This position was created following of the enactment of the department policy on workforce development and first began functioning in September 2002. This position acts as a liaison between the DOTD/LTRC Technology Transfer and Training Section and Headquarters Sections to assist Section Heads and designated Section Training Coordinators in providing employees of their respective sections the training prescribed by the training programs governing their positions. The concept of this position in many ways parallels that of the District Training Coordinator.

At this time the emphasis is on taking measures to ensure that all employees are informed of and understand new training requirements and to assist Section Training Coordinators in providing all training that is currently available to employees in advance of initial deadlines.

• Advises all Section Training Coordinators of new developments in the
  Education and Training (ETRN) system and employee training programs.
• Trains Section Training Coordinators in the use of the Education and Training
  (ETRN) system, a mainframe computer training record keeping system, in order to generate training reports, document employee training and research employee records.
• Conducts semi-monthly testing sessions for self-study courses. Schedules
  individual testing to accommodate employee work schedules.
• Reviews requests to allow college credit or other training to substitute for
  required training, and makes determination as to equivalency.
• Reviews training records of those employees being considered for merit increase or position change whose training is incomplete and recommends appropriate action depending on the reason for the deficiency.