Training paths by role

Somebody got promoted, or transferred in, and now needs to be competent in a job they have not done before. These are the sequences we would put them through, in order, with the reason each course is where it is.

6role paths

40sequenced courses

1921training government since

500k+government employees trained

Every path can be run as a private cohort for one agency on your own dates, priced against the GSA Schedule. Any course can also be taken on its own.

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Ordered deliberately. The legal and procedural material comes before the technique, because that is the order in which a mistake gets expensive.

New federal supervisor

Someone who just picked up their first team, whether by promotion from within or by moving in from another agency.

Courses: 7
Total length: 122 hours
Open enrollment: $8,293

The first year is where conduct and performance problems get set up or headed off. This sequence front-loads the legal duties a supervisor cannot delegate, then moves to the parts of the job that make the team work.

1
Introduction to Supervision Course5 days (40 hours) · $1,8493 CEU
Start here. The whole of the supervisory role in one course, including what changes legally the day you become one.
2
The First 90 Days for New Federal Managers Course12 hours · $1,0491.2 CEU
What to do, and what not to do, in the window where your reputation is set.
3
Federal HR Compliance and Risk Awareness for Supervisors and Managers Course2 days (16 hours) · $1,1991.2 CEU
The HR rules a supervisor is personally accountable for.
4
Managing Employee Conduct and Performance Course2 days (16 hours) · $1,0491.2 CEU
Conduct and performance are different systems with different procedures. Confusing them is the most common and most expensive supervisory mistake.
5
Federal Employee Relations Course (Basic)2 days (16 hours) · $1,0491.2 CEU
How the employee relations system actually works when something goes wrong.
6
Coaching Conversations: GROW-Model for Government Supervisors6 hours · $1,0490.6 CEU
The conversation skill that prevents most of the above.
7
Leadership Communication Course2 days (16 hours) · $1,0491.2 CEU
Briefing up, translating down.

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New Contracting Officer's Representative

Anyone just appointed as a COR, or about to be, on a services or supplies contract.

Courses: 6
Total length: 19 days (152 hours)
Open enrollment: $8,379

A COR appointment is a delegation of real authority with real personal exposure. FAC-COR certification has continuous learning requirements, so this sequence is built to earn the appointment and then keep it current.

1
COR Essentials Course1 day (8 hours) · $9008 CPE
One day. What the appointment actually obligates you to do, before you sign the letter.
2
Contracting Officer's Representative Course5 days (40 hours) · $1,90040 CPE
The full course behind FAC-COR. Surveillance, documentation, and the line you cannot cross into constructive change.
3
Basic Contract Administration Course3 days (24 hours) · $1,42924 CPE
What happens across the life of the contract, from the other side of the desk.
4
Federal Contracting: Ethics Compliance and Enforcement Course2 days (16 hours) · $1,05016 CPE
Where CORs get into trouble, and how the enforcement side sees it.
5
Advanced COR Workshop Course5 days (40 hours) · $1,90040 CPE
For a COR on a complex or high-dollar contract, once the basics are routine.
6
Performance Work Statements Course3 days (24 hours) · $1,20024 CPE
Because most COR pain traces back to a requirement that was written badly.

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New federal HR specialist

Someone new to the 0201 series, or moving into HR from an administrative role.

Courses: 7
Total length: 26 days (208 hours)
Open enrollment: $10,493

Federal HR is not one job. This gets a newcomer to competent across the core functions, then points at the specialism they will actually be assigned.

1
Guiding Principles for Federal HR Course2 days (16 hours) · $6991.2 CEU
The merit system principles and prohibited personnel practices everything else is built on.
2
Federal Human Resources Management Course3 days (24 hours) · $1,3991.8 CEU
The functional map: what each part of HR does and how they hand off to each other.
3
Using Laws, Regulations, and Operating Guidance Course1 day (8 hours) · $6490.8 CEU
How to find the answer yourself, which is most of the job.
4
Introduction to Federal Staffing and Placement3 days (24 hours) · $1,8491.8 CEU
Hiring end to end.
5
Basic Position Classification Course10 days (80 hours) · $2,9996 CEU
Classification, the function that constrains everything else.
6
Processing Federal Personnel Actions Course5 days (40 hours) · $1,8493 CEU
The SF-50 and the Guide to Processing Personnel Actions.
7
Federal Employee Relations Course (Basic)2 days (16 hours) · $1,0491.2 CEU
What happens when the employment relationship goes wrong.

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New federal budget analyst

Someone new to a budget shop, or an analyst moving from program work into resource management.

Courses: 7
Total length: 19 days (152 hours)
Open enrollment: $8,073

Formulation and execution are separate skills on separate calendars. Appropriations law sits underneath both, and getting it wrong is an Antideficiency Act problem, not a rework problem.

1
Introduction to Federal Budgeting Course3 days (24 hours) · $1,19924 CPE
The cycle, the players, and the vocabulary.
2
Federal Budget Process2 days (16 hours) · $1,04916 CPE
How the request becomes an appropriation, and what Congress does to it on the way.
3
Federal Appropriations Law Course4 days (32 hours) · $1,64932 CPE
Purpose, time, and amount. The three questions every obligation has to survive.
4
Budget Formulation Course3 days (24 hours) · $1,19924 CPE
Building the request.
5
Budget Execution Course3 days (24 hours) · $1,19924 CPE
Spending it without breaking the law.
6
Budget Justification and Presentation Course3 days (24 hours) · $1,19924 CPE
Defending it, which is where most analysts are actually judged.
7
Antideficiency Act Course1 day (8 hours) · $5798 CPE
One day on the specific failure that ends careers.

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New government auditor

Someone joining an OIG, a GAO-facing shop, or an internal audit function.

Courses: 6
Total length: 16 days (128 hours)
Open enrollment: $6,994

Yellow Book governs the work, so the sequence starts there rather than with technique. Every course here carries CPE in Auditing (Governmental).

1
Basic Governmental Auditing Course5 days (40 hours) · $1,84940 CPE
GAGAS and the audit process end to end. The foundation everything else assumes.
2
Audit Evidence and Documentation Course2 days (16 hours) · $1,04916 CPE
What makes a finding hold up when it is challenged.
3
Conducting Performance Audits Course3 days (24 hours) · $1,19924 CPE
The work most federal auditors actually do.
4
Developing and Presenting Audit Findings Course2 days (16 hours) · $1,04916 CPE
The four elements, and how to write one that survives review.
5
Writing Audit Reports by Objectives Course3 days (24 hours) · $1,19924 CPE
The report is the product.
6
Government Auditing Standards: Review and Update Course1 day (8 hours) · $6498 CPE
One day a year to stay current as the Yellow Book moves.

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High performer being groomed for leadership

An individual contributor identified for advancement who does not yet supervise anyone.

Courses: 7
Total length: 21 days (168 hours)
Open enrollment: $8,639

The competencies that make someone a strong analyst are not the ones that make them a leader. This builds the second set before the promotion, not after.

1
Leadership Skills for Non-Supervisors Course2 days (16 hours) · $1,0491.2 CEU
Leading without positional authority, which is the actual test.
2
The Power of Influence over Authority Course1 day (8 hours) · $6490.6 CEU
How to move work you do not own.
3
Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Course2 days (16 hours) · $1,0491.2 CEU
The competency that separates people who get promoted from people who get passed over.
4
Critical and Analytical Thinking Skills Course2 days (16 hours) · $1,0491.2 CEU
Thinking well under time pressure.
5
Briefing Techniques Course3 days (24 hours) · $1,1991.8 CEU
Being credible in front of people senior to you.
6
From Peer to Leader: Successfully Navigating the Transition Course1 day (8 hours) · $6490.6 CEU
For the moment it actually happens.
7
Aspiring Leader Program10 days (80 hours) · $2,9956 CEU
Or do the whole thing as a structured cohort program instead.

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These are our recommendations, not a certification requirement. Where a real credential regime applies, such as FAC-COR for contracting officer representatives or the DoD FM Certification Program, the requirement itself governs and this sequence is built to meet it. Need a path for a role that is not here? Tell us the position description and we will build one.

Need a path for a role that is not listed?

Send the position description or just the job title, and how many people. We will map a sequence to it, with dates and a quote against the GSA Schedule.

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