Federal Human Resources Group Training

Gain the knowledge, skills, and abilities classifiers need to do their work successfully. The focus of this course is on helping participants develop competence in applying various classification standards. It also provides participants with exposure to other topics important to federal classification programs, such as writing position descriptions and the Fair Labor Standards Act. 

Learn to classify and analyze General Schedule (GS) positions by mastering federal classification principles, procedures, and evaluation systems.

Learn the standards and procedures used under the Federal Wage System to classify and grade blue-collar positions using OPM guidance.

Refresh classification fundamentals and tackle more advanced issues through guided practice and sample exercises.

Learn to create accurate and comprehensive federal position descriptions that align with organizational goals and HR requirements.

Learn to use position management tools and techniques to optimize organizational performance and address common workforce challenges.

Enhance your classification expertise by tackling complex federal position evaluations and mastering desk audit techniques.

Master the principles of federal position classification, including interpreting standards, preparing descriptions, and managing classifications effectively.

Enhance your expertise in federal position classification by tackling complex cases and applying advanced techniques.

Learn the fundamental principles and policies governing federal employee rights and responsibilities, including performance management, discipline, and leave issues.

Learn how to apply FLSA rules and guidance to determine federal employee exemption status and compliance with wage-and-hour regulations.

This course provides federal professionals with a practical understanding of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and how it applies to federal workforce pay and compliance decisions. Participants learn how to interpret FLSA coverage, determine exemption status, understand the claims process, and apply statutory requirements in real workplace scenarios.

Start your federal HR career by building core technical skills in staffing, classification, labor relations, EEO, and HR data practices aligned with OPM competencies.

Become a trusted HR advisor to agency leadership. Strengthen advisory and analytical skills aligned with federal HR management competencies.

Elevate your strategic HR capabilities and serve as a high-value advisor to agency leadership by aligning workforce initiatives with mission objectives.

Gain the essential knowledge and federal‑specific procedures needed to accurately process personnel actions in the HR environment. Ideal for HR assistants and federal staff responsible for administering personnel changes.

Learn the fundamental principles and policies governing federal employee rights and responsibilities, including performance management, discipline, and leave issues.

Learn the fundamental principles and policies governing federal employee rights and responsibilities, including performance management, discipline, and leave issues.

Gain advanced knowledge of federal employee relations to effectively address complex workplace issues and advise management.

Gain the skills to confidently prepare and decide adverse and performance-based actions while meeting legal and procedural standards.

Learn practical strategies to address employee performance and conduct issues effectively in the workplace.

Understand the requirements of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to effectively manage leave requests and ensure compliance.

Develop the skills to evaluate, track, and improve employee performance in alignment with federal performance management systems.

Understand the fundamentals of federal labor relations, including collective bargaining, employee rights, and management responsibilities.

Build the in-depth knowledge of federal labor relations needed to advise management and effectively handle scope of bargaining, negotiations, grievances, unfair labor practices, and more.

Master the skills to prepare for and conduct federal labor agreement negotiations, including resolving disputes and applying effective bargaining strategies.

Learn about the fundamentals of collective bargaining and the rights and responsibilities of employees, management, and unions in the federal labor relations process.

Learn to accurately prepare, process, and approve federal personnel actions using the Guide to Processing Personnel Actions, including SF-52 and SF-50 forms.

Ensure compliance with veterans' preference laws by learning to adjudicate claims and apply preferences in federal hiring and appointments.

Master the process of calculating and updating Service Computation Dates (SCDs) for leave, retirement, RIF, and TSP purposes.

This one-day course teaches federal HR specialists how to establish, maintain, transfer, and safeguard Official Personnel Folders (OPF) and Employee Medical Folders (EMF) in accordance with OPM's Guide to Personnel Recordkeeping, including Update 14.

This course provides federal HR specialists and personnelists with the knowledge and skills to accurately select and document Nature of Action codes, legal authorities, and remarks when preparing the SF-52 and SF-50 using OPM's Guide to Processing Personnel Actions.

This course focuses on applying the rules of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) related to overtime, travel time, and compensatory time for federal employees. Participants learn how to determine compensable work hours, understand when travel counts as hours of work, apply regulations governing compensatory time off for travel, and recognize the process for filing and resolving FLSA claims.

Build and implement a mission-aligned workforce plan by analyzing workforce data, identifying skills gaps, and developing strategies to recruit, retain, and deploy talent effectively.

This course provides an overview of federal human resources management, covering compensation, hiring, employee engagement, and performance management.

Learn to handle Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) requests while balancing transparency and confidentiality.

To carry out the work of a federal HR practitioner, you must be able to find and use the applicable laws and regulations related to HR management, as well as the operating guidance issued by regulatory agencies overseeing federal HR, such as the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), to transmit additional information on day-to-day human resources management matters. This course helps you understand how policy is established, where to find federal HR law, regulations, and operating guidance, and how they work together. You will also learn to use these issuances to answer questions you will encounter in your daily work.

This course discusses the basic values—the foundation—for federal human resources management. These values must be expressed in every decision made regarding a federal employee and are implicit in the laws, regulations, and operating guidance that frame the federal merit system. Thus, this course covers and applies the principles that undergird federal HRM – the Merit System Principles (MSPs), Prohibited Personnel Practices (PPPs), and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO).

Enrolled students will learn how to design, track, and communicate performance measures in federal programs. Ideal for professionals seeking to improve accountability and data-driven decision-making.

This course provides an overview of federal human resources management, covering compensation, hiring, employee engagement, and performance management.

Learn practical strategies to address employee performance and conduct issues effectively in the workplace.

Learn the fundamental principles and policies governing federal employee rights and responsibilities, including performance management, discipline, and leave issues.

Master the principles of federal position classification, including interpreting standards, preparing descriptions, and managing classifications effectively.

Understand the requirements of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to effectively manage leave requests and ensure compliance.

Learn about the various types of sexual harassment and the kinds of behavior that may be interpreted as sexual harassment in the workplace. Recognize your role in preventing sexual harassment and your responsibilities when sexual harassment complaints are raised.

Develop the skills to evaluate, track, and improve employee performance in alignment with federal performance management systems.

Master the principles of federal position classification, including interpreting standards, preparing descriptions, and managing classifications effectively.

Develop consulting skills to build partnerships with management and provide effective HR solutions within the federal context.

This course introduces federal supervisors and managers to the legal framework governing human resources decisions, with a focus on compliance, risk awareness, and supervisory responsibilities. Participants learn how to prevent common violations and recognize when to engage HR, EEO, or Labor Relations before issues escalate.

This intermediate course prepares federal supervisors and managers to execute staffing, performance, and conduct actions confidently while minimizing legal, procedural, and workforce risk.

Develop the knowledge and skills you need to handle claims for the Office of Workers Compensation Program (OWCP) and federal disability retirement. Understand the features of each program and help your agency process claims quickly and accurately, reduce worker compensation costs and bring injured employees back to work.

Master the rules, regulations, and procedures to effectively counsel federal employees on CSRS, CSRS Offset, and FERS retirement benefits.

Build the expertise to advise federal employees on CSRS and FERS retirement benefits. This course helps HR professionals understand eligibility, service crediting, and TSP management to provide accurate and confident guidance.

Master the rules, regulations, and procedures to effectively counsel federal employees on CSRS, CSRS Offset, and FERS retirement benefits.

Gain a clear understanding of FEHB, FEGLI, FLTCIP, FSAs, Social Security, and Medicare to confidently advise employees and process federal benefits. This course equips HR professionals with the essential knowledge to interpret regulations and provide accurate guidance.

Gain essential knowledge to make informed decisions about retirement under the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS).

Understand CSRS retirement calculations, coverage options, and post-retirement benefits for federal employees covered by the Civil Service Retirement System.

Acquire the information you need to make fully informed decisions about retirement. Gain valuable retirement planning information related to the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS). Learn how Social Security benefits are calculated, and how your health and life insurance benefits carry over into retirement. Learn about Medicare and Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) withdrawal options. Receive an overview of financial, estate, and "life" planning.

Get tailored retirement guidance—including annuity computation, Social Security implications, and TSP withdrawal options—for federal law enforcement and firefighter personnel.

Understand the financial, insurance, and retirement benefits available under FERS if you are more than a decade away from retirement.

Build the expertise to advise federal employees on CSRS and FERS retirement benefits. This course helps HR professionals understand eligibility, service crediting, and TSP management to provide accurate and confident guidance.

Master the rules, regulations, and procedures to effectively counsel federal employees on CSRS, CSRS Offset, and FERS retirement benefits.

Understand the role of training and development in federal HR management to enhance individual and organizational performance.

Sharpen and improve your instructional skills and become a more polished presenter. Discover proven training techniques for large and small groups, in a variety of training venues, including methods for engaging remote participants. Practice using methodologies in addition to the lecture to enhance participant involvement and retention of learning outcomes. Experience hands-on engagement, including using a variety of instructional methods from presentation and demonstration to role-playing and game-playing. Develop a personal toolkit of training techniques and learn to evaluate your training success and return on investment.

Acquire essential methods to plan, build, and evaluate effective training and e-learning programs using instructional design principles.

Enhance your ability to deliver concise, impactful briefings tailored to your audience and objectives.

This course prepares federal HR administrators to manage CTAP, ICTAP, and RPL with confidence by applying eligibility rules, coordinating priority placement and reemployment processes, supporting displaced employees, and integrating career transition programs into compliant, effective workforce planning.

Learn to analyze, interpret, and present HR data to support evidence-based decision-making and improve organizational outcomes.

This course provides federal HR professionals with a foundational understanding of federal staffing and placement laws, regulations, and processes, from recruitment through merit promotion and in-service placement.

This course teaches HR practitioners how to evaluate federal job applicants by applying OPM's Qualifications Standards, including eligibility, minimum qualifications, and specialized experience requirements.

Learn to conduct effective job analyses and develop assessment tools that meet regulatory guidelines and improve candidate selection.

Learn to classify and examine federal wage system jobs accurately by applying job evaluation methods, pay-setting rules, and supervisory interview techniques.

Ensure compliance with veterans' preference laws by learning to adjudicate claims and apply preferences in federal hiring and appointments.

Master the process of calculating and updating Service Computation Dates (SCDs) for leave, retirement, RIF, and TSP purposes.

Understand and apply DoD-specific Reduction in Force procedures through mock scenario analysis and adherence to retention rules.

Understand the legal procedures, tools, and resources involved in managing a Reduction in Force (RIF) to minimize its impact.

Learn how to conduct a federal Reduction in Force with confidence, covering planning, retention factors, mock simulations, and rights-based decision-making under 5 CFR 351.

This course prepares students to identify job-related criteria in order to define quality categories, identify and assign job candidates to the proper category, recognize veterans’ preference entitlement and make selections of job candidates using this process.

This course provides practical knowledge and skills for performing federal recruitment and staffing support functions. Participants learn how federal hiring works, how to apply staffing regulations, and how to support the selection of qualified candidates within the federal merit system.

Adjudicators who are authorized by their agencies to handle suitability case processing and adjudication as delegated by OPM under Title 5 CFR, Part 731.

Develop the skills to evaluate, track, and improve employee performance in alignment with federal performance management systems.

Gain the skills to confidently prepare and decide adverse and performance-based actions while meeting legal and procedural standards.

Sexual harassment is not only illegal, it detracts from workplace productivity and professionalism. Learn about sexual harassment trends in the federal workplace, the various types of sexual harassment, how to determine sexual harassment, the laws, policies, regulations and guidance governing sexual harassment, and the process by which victims can address sexual harassment in the federal workplace.

Understand the key provisions of EEO laws as they affect federal employment. Learn about prohibited forms of discrimination; the federal EEO complaint process; and techniques for identifying and avoiding workplace discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. In addition, learn about the court systems, legal burdens of proof, and types of judicial relief related to discrimination against federal employees.

This course provides federal personnel with the knowledge to set and administer pay for General Schedule (GS) employees, covering a wide range of pay-setting rules and scenarios.

Apply FWS pay-setting rules to real-world scenarios involving appointments, promotions, within-grade increases, and wage schedule updates.

Learn how to set and administer pay for employees under the General Schedule (GS) in this extensive technical course. Implement and apply the complex array of rules and requirements, including those related to:New appointmentsReinstatement and reassignmentsTransfers and conversionsPromotions, changes to lower grade, and other pay changesRecruitment, relocation, and retention incentivesGrade and pay retention, severance pay, and movement between pay systems.Blogs and discussions are designed specifically for students. There is limited instructor assistance.

Learn how to set pay for employees under the Federal Wage System (FWS) in this extensive technical course. Implement and apply the rules and requirements related to:New appointmentsReinstatement and reassignmentsTransfers and conversionsPromotions, changes to lower grade, and other pay changesRecruitment, relocation, and retention incentivesSpecial qualifications, grade and pay retention, severance pay, and movement between pay systems.

Learn to use AI confidently in federal HR work to improve classification, hiring, and employee development while applying sound judgment to ensure fairness, accuracy, and compliance.

Use AI tools to analyze, draft, refine, and verify federal position classification work while applying human judgment, ethical safeguards, and OPM compliance standards throughout the process.

Gain a full overview of managing federal personnel security, from initial application through clearance adjudication and continuous evaluation.

Learn how to conduct effective personnel security interviews, including screening and adjudication, based on federal interview standards and reporting requirements.

Master the principles and procedures of personnel security and suitability adjudication to make informed determinations on security clearances and federal employment eligibility.

Learn how to apply adjudicative criteria to make clear, defensible suitability or clearance decisions in alignment with federal guidelines.

Master advanced adjudication techniques for evaluating complex security and suitability cases, including due process procedures and official decision writing.

Deepen your knowledge of federal suitability adjudication by applying adjudicative guidelines to complex cases with legal context and decision documentation.

Acquire foundational knowledge in personnel, physical, information, and cyber security program components relevant to federal security responsibilities.