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- Verified digital certificate of completion
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- Credits: 0.8 CEUs
This course is self-paced. For live online or in-person instruction, take Adjudicating and Applying Veterans' Preference.
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.
This course has a prerequisite
Students should have prior experience with federal hiring processes, including familiarity with competitive and excepted service appointments, category rating, and the application of laws and regulations governing veterans’ preference in staffing decisions.
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Full tuition: $699Due before the class starts
This course includes
- 6 hours of project-based training from experts
- Answers from real instructors
- Verified digital certificate of completion
- Learn at an accredited institution
- Credits: 0.8 CEUs
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Adjudicating and Applying Veterans' Preference Course (Self-Paced) Curriculum
What You'll Learn at a Glance
- 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.
Course Syllabus
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
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