# Personnel Actions & Recordkeeping Bootcamp

Canonical URL: <https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/personnel-actions-recordkeeping-bootcamp>

## Overview

This bootcamp equips federal human resources professionals with the foundational to working-level skills needed to perform core HR functions accurately and in full compliance with OPM regulations. Combining four integrated courses, participants develop practical proficiency in maintaining Official Personnel Folders, navigating the OPM Guide to Processing Personnel Actions, calculating service computation dates, and processing the full range of federal personnel transactions. The five-day Processing Federal Personnel Actions course anchors the program, supported by three focused one-day courses that build essential competencies in recordkeeping, action preparation, and service computation.

Throughout the bootcamp, participants engage in applied exercises grounded in realistic federal HR scenarios, working directly with OPM reference guides, Standard Form 52 requirements, and service computation date methodologies. The program covers appointment processing, pay and classification actions, position changes, separations, and adverse action procedures, while addressing documentation standards, nature of action coding, and the compliance expectations that define professional conduct in federal human resources. By the end of the program, participants are prepared to handle the full spectrum of personnel recordkeeping and action processing responsibilities with accuracy and regulatory confidence.

## What you'll learn

- Identify the structure and content requirements of the Official Personnel Folder and apply OPM recordkeeping standards to maintain accurate, compliant personnel files.
- Apply the OPM Guide to Processing Personnel Actions to prepare and review personnel action requests with precision.
- Distinguish nature of action codes and legal authority citations applicable to common federal personnel transactions.
- Calculate service computation dates for leave, reduction in force, and retirement eligibility using OPM-prescribed methodology.
- Apply creditable service rules governing breaks in service, non-creditable periods, and military service credit.
- Identify the regulatory basis for federal appointment types and prepare Standard Form 52 requests for competitive and excepted service appointments.
- Process pay-related personnel actions including promotions, within-grade increases, and pay adjustments in accordance with applicable regulations.
- Apply procedures for reassignments, position changes, and other mid-career personnel transactions.
- Process separation and adverse action transactions in accordance with applicable statutes and OPM guidance.
- Recognize documentation requirements and audit standards that support compliant personnel administration.
- Demonstrate working-level proficiency in federal HR procedures across recordkeeping, action preparation, service computation, and personnel action processing.

## Curriculum
1. **The Guide to Federal Personnel Recordkeeping Course**
2. **Using the Guide to Federal Processing Personnel Actions Course**
3. **Calculating Service Computation Dates Course**
4. **Processing Federal Personnel Actions Course**

## Schedule
- Jun 15, 2026 – Aug 28, 2026 — Live Online
- Jul 14, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026 — Live Online

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $2999