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Total number of employees who completed the training events in the month

Dictionary: FDA recognizes that in order to stay current with rapidly evolving science and health information, it must institute a strong training culture across the agency. This measure tracks total training attendance throughout the fiscal year. If an individual attends multiple training events/courses in a single month, the individual is counted more than once in order to deliver a depiction of overall training attendance. Training events are categorized by technical, management/leadership, professional development or administrative training events, and are determined by the audience they serve (e.g., a scientist attending a writing skills course would be grouped under professional development while a writer attending a writing skills course would be grouped under technical).

• FY 2011
• FY 2012
• All

Footnotes

• Source of training measures data is from the Staff College SF-182 Database, CFSAN Internal Event Forms and sign in sheets.
• Some individual employees have participated in multiple training events within the same calendar month, which can result in an employee being counted more than once.
• The most recent calendar month may not include trainings of which an SF-182 has not yet been certified (minimum 30 day turnaround process post-course completion) and therefore may calculate a different total by the date of submission of the next quarterly CFSAN FDA-TRACK report.

Number of employees who completed the technical training events during the month

The total number of individuals attending technical training events/courses in a month is included in this measure. Technical training is defined as curricula that focus on refreshing and improving specialized skills that FDA personnel need in order to maintain a current workforce. The definition of “technical” varies with job function; FDA has a workforce with groups specializing in highly specific disciplines (i.e. toxicology, policy, engineering, etc.).

Fiscal Year - 2011

Time	Target	Number
Oct 2010	N/A	2
Nov 2010	N/A	1
Dec 2010	N/A	1
Jan 2011	N/A	3
Feb 2011	N/A	10
Mar 2011	N/A	33
Apr 2011	N/A	6
May 2011	N/A	2
Jun 2011	N/A	6
Jul 2011	N/A	2
Aug 2011	N/A	4
Sep 2011	N/A	6

Number of employees who completed the management/leadership training events training events during the month

The total number of individuals attending management/leadership training events/courses in a month is included in this measure. Training courses that focus on improving employees’ leadership, management, and team building skills are included within this training classification.

Fiscal Year - 2011

Time	Target	Number
Oct 2010	N/A	0
Nov 2010	N/A	2
Dec 2010	N/A	0
Jan 2011	N/A	2
Feb 2011	N/A	2
Mar 2011	N/A	0
Apr 2011	N/A	0
May 2011	N/A	0
Jun 2011	N/A	0
Jul 2011	N/A	1
Aug 2011	N/A	0
Sep 2011	N/A	0

Number of employees who completed the professional development training events training events during the month

The total number of individuals attending professional development training events/courses in a month is included in this measure. Professional development training is defined as events/courses that focus on attaining skills and knowledge for personal development and career advancement (e.g., communication, computer applications, certifications/licenses, etc.).

Fiscal Year - 2011

Time	Target	Number
Oct 2010	N/A	20
Nov 2010	N/A	1
Dec 2010	N/A	1
Jan 2011	N/A	1
Feb 2011	N/A	1
Mar 2011	N/A	40
Apr 2011	N/A	0
May 2011	N/A	23
Jun 2011	N/A	0
Jul 2011	N/A	0
Aug 2011	N/A	1
Sep 2011	N/A	3

Number of employees who completed the administrative training events training events during the month

The total number of individuals attending administrative training events/courses in a month is included in this measure. Training courses such as ethics, timekeeping, payroll, typical on-boarding, etc. are included within this training classification.

Fiscal Year - 2011

Time	Target	Number
Oct 2010	N/A	1
Nov 2010	N/A	0
Dec 2010	N/A	0
Jan 2011	N/A	0
Feb 2011	N/A	0
Mar 2011	N/A	0
Apr 2011	N/A	0
May 2011	N/A	0
Jun 2011	N/A	0
Jul 2011	N/A	0
Aug 2011	N/A	0
Sep 2011	N/A	1