Description:
Ensure your agency fully complies with all current and applicable veterans' preference laws, rules, and regulations. Understand who meets the definition of veteran; who is entitled to preference in employment in the competitive and excepted services; and the circumstances under which veterans' preference applies, including competitive appointments, noncompetitive appointments, and merit promotion.
Duration:
1 day
Level:
Intermediate
Who Should Attend?
Anyone who adjudicates veterans' preference claims or performs delegated examining work.
Credits:
0.6 CEUsLearning Outcomes:
- Know the circumstances when veterans' preference applies.
- Identify the types of veterans' preference, including veteran, spouse, widow/widower, and mother.
- Correctly adjudicate veterans' preference claims.
- Apply veterans' preference to competitive and excepted service appointments.
- Apply special appointing authorities for veterans in the following: Veterans' Recruitment Appointments (VRA); 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans; Disabled veterans enrolled in a VA training program; and Veterans Employment Opportunity Act of 1998.
Available Sessions:
| Guaranteed-to-Go | Session Code | Start Date | End Date | Location | Tuition | |
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| Guaranteed-to-Go | Session Code STAF8607-006 | Start Date Rolling | End Date Dec 30, 2025 11:45 PM EST | Location On Demand | Tuition $699.00 | |
Guaranteed-to-Go
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Session Code STAF8007-001 | Start Date May 16, 2025 9:00 AM EST | End Date May 16, 2025 4:30 PM EST | Location Virtual | Tuition $699.00 | |
| Guaranteed-to-Go | Session Code STAF8007-002 | Start Date Jun 06, 2025 9:00 AM EST | End Date Jun 06, 2025 4:30 PM EST | Location Virtual | Tuition $699.00 | |
| Guaranteed-to-Go | Session Code STAF8007-008 | Start Date Jul 01, 2025 9:00 AM EST | End Date Jul 01, 2025 4:30 PM EST | Location Virtual | Tuition $699.00 | |
| Guaranteed-to-Go | Session Code STAF8007-003 | Start Date Jul 11, 2025 9:00 AM EST | End Date Jul 11, 2025 4:30 PM EST | Location Virtual | Tuition $699.00 | |
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Guaranteed-to-Go
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Session Code STAF8007-004 | Start Date Aug 08, 2025 9:00 AM EST | End Date Aug 08, 2025 4:30 PM EST | Location Virtual | Tuition $699.00 | |
| Guaranteed-to-Go | Session Code STAF8007-009 | Start Date Sep 03, 2025 9:00 AM EST | End Date Sep 03, 2025 4:30 PM EST | Location Virtual | Tuition $699.00 | |
| Guaranteed-to-Go | Session Code STAF8007-005 | Start Date Sep 12, 2025 9:00 AM EST | End Date Sep 12, 2025 4:30 PM EST | Location Virtual | Tuition $699.00 | |
| Guaranteed-to-Go | Session Code STAF8007-006 | Start Date Oct 17, 2025 9:00 AM EST | End Date Oct 17, 2025 4:30 PM EST | Location Virtual | Tuition $699.00 | |
| Guaranteed-to-Go | Session Code STAF8007-007 | Start Date Nov 06, 2025 9:00 AM EST | End Date Nov 06, 2025 4:30 PM EST | Location Virtual | Tuition $699.00 |
Day One
Introduction
- Pre-course Assessment
Definitions and History of Veterans' Preference
Applicable Laws, Rules, and Regulations
- Types of veterans' preference
- Adjudicating veterans' preference claims
Veterans' Preference in the Competitive and Excepted Services
- Applying veterans' preference
Special Appointing Authorities and Entitlements for Veterans
Veterans Preference and Reduction-In-Force
Summary
- Post-course Assessment
Other Recommended Courses:
- Calculating Service Computation Dates (STAF7602)
- Behavioral Job Interviewing to Hire the Best (STAF8012)
