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From the Training Office ...

Annual City Training Requirement

Bonus or no bonus, all full-time JPL employees need 24 hours of training per year (for part-timers and recent hires, see the table on the JPL Training Resources website: http://jplstaff.coj.net/training/city/prorated_training.html).

As of today, 17% of JPL's full-time staff are still short of the 24-hour minimum. This doesn't even count part-timers. These staff have less than two months to complete the necessary training. To see how many hours you have, go to the Training Management System (TMS) and select "PDP" or "PDP Planned Courses" from the menu. Then look for the Total Hours Completed.

If you need more hours ...

• Consider JPL Learning 2.0 (http://jpl2-things.blogspot.com/). It's worth 9 hours credit and you still have time to complete it before September 30.
• Click the Calendar in the upper right corner of the TMS window to see what City classes are being offered the next couple of months (http://inapps.coj.net/cojtrainingsystem/UIL/Administration/EmployeeDB.aspx).
• Check the NEFLIN calendar (http://www.neflin.org/registration.php), and
• Look for self-guided classes available from the Learning Resources page of JPL Neighborhood (http://jplstaff.coj.net/training/learning_resources.htm).
• For more suggestions, contact jpltraining@coj.net.

Find a variety of aids for using the TMS in the Training Resources section of JPL Neighborhood.

Responsibility for completing the required hours lies first with each individual staff member and second with their immediate supervisors. Last year, we had 100% of staff who met the requirement. Let's see how close we can get to that figure again.