SF-182 form: fill it in online, or download the PDF
Standard Form 182, officially the Authorization, Agreement, and Certification of Training, is how a federal employee gets training authorized and paid for by their agency. Fill it in here and we will route it to your approving official for signature, or upload one your agency has already signed and we will register you from it.
Download the fillable SF-182 PDF
Both are the real OPM form with live fields, not a copy we drew. Filling one in above is still the quickest route: we check it against your course and get you registered.
- LA83MCFN1ST3Unique Entity ID
- 99AA0CAGE code
- 47QRAA24D004KGSA Schedule contract
- Rev. 03/2020form version we accept
- Since 1921training government
Which one are you?
Complete your SF-182
Nothing here is submitted to your agency automatically. You will see exactly what has been filled in, and you choose who signs it.
Check this before it goes anywhere
Submitted
Upload a completed SF-182
PDF, PNG or JPEG, up to 3MB. We read the form, check it, and tell our registration desk. You do not need an account.
Got it
This page is for completing and submitting the form. For the fuller explainer, including who uses an SF-182 and how agencies handle one, see Understanding the SF-182 Training Form.
What you need from us
Section B item 1 asks who is delivering the training. These are the values, exactly as they should appear. Everything else on the form is about you and your agency.
For Section B of the form
- 1a · Name and mailing address of training vendor
- Graduate School USA, 1050 Connecticut Ave NW Ste 500, Washington, DC 20036
- 1c · Vendor telephone number
- 888-744-4723
- 1d · Vendor email address
- support@graduateschool.edu
- 1e · Vendor website
- https://www.graduateschool.edu
- 1f · Vendor point of contact
- Group training team, support@graduateschool.edu
If your office is setting us up as a vendor
- Legal name
- American Public Training LLC
- Doing business as
- Graduate School USA
- Unique Entity ID (UEI)
- LA83MCFN1ST3
- CAGE code
- 99AA0
- GSA Schedule contract
- 47QRAA24D004K
- NAICS
- 611430
Need a W-9, a certificate of insurance, or remittance details? Everything a procurement office asks for is on one page.
Finding your course and its dates
Section B wants the course title (2a), our course number (2b), and the start and end dates (3 and 4). Take all four from the course itself rather than from an old catalog, because course numbers do change.
Filling the form in on this page skips all of it: pick your course from the list and the title, code, dates, and cost fill themselves in.
What classes can you put on an SF-182?
Any of them. Around 500 Graduate School USA courses are open to federal employees on an SF-182, in classroom, live online, and self-paced formats, and every one of them can also be run privately for your office. These are the areas agencies send people to most.
- Federal HR90+ coursesStaffing, classification, employee and labor relations, benefits, retirement.
- Audit60+ coursesGAGAS, internal control, audit evidence and reporting for the IG community.
- Leadership and management60+ coursesSupervisor basics through executive development and the OPM ECQs.
- Financial management55+ coursesAppropriations law, budget formulation and execution, federal accounting.
- Acquisition and contracting35+ coursesFAR fundamentals, COR training, source selection, contract administration.
- Communication and writing30+ coursesBusiness writing, editing, briefing skills, and writing for the record.
- AI for government30+ coursesPractical AI skills for federal work, from first use to agency policy.
- Data and analysis25+ coursesExcel, Power BI, Tableau, Python, and statistics for federal analysts.
- Grants management20+ coursesUniform Guidance, the grants lifecycle, monitoring, and closeout.
- Project and program management15+ coursesPMP and CAPM preparation, federal project and program practice.
- Cybersecurity10+ coursesRisk management framework, security fundamentals, and awareness.
- Certificate programs25 programsMulti-course credentials. Each course takes its own SF-182.
Nothing here matching the requirement you are trying to meet? Tell us what it is and we will point you at the right course, or build one for your office.
How the form turns into an enrolment
- Get it approved first. We need the SF-182 at registration, not after. Section E has to be signed before the training happens, so start the internal approvals early; popular classes fill and seats are held for completed registrations.
- Send it to us. Upload it on this page or email it to support@graduateschool.edu. You can also register on graduateschool.edu and choose the funding document option at checkout, which asks you to upload the form there.
- We check it against the course. We confirm the title, course number, and dates match a session that actually runs, and come back to you rather than guessing if something does not line up.
- You are enrolled and your agency is invoiced. The invoice goes to the billing address on the form, against the purchase order in Section C. Nothing comes out of your pocket.
- Afterwards, close it out. We can provide a completion certificate for Section F and for your agency's training record.
What each section is for
- A
The trainee
Who is being trained: name, position, grade and series, work contact details, and the organization paying. Your agency's own numbering, like the agency code and station symbol, comes from your training office.
- B
The training
The vendor (that is us, above), the course title and number, the dates, duty and non-duty hours, the purpose and type codes, and any continuing education credit. Dates go in as yyyymmdd, so 4 January 2027 is 20270104.
- C
Costs and billing
What the training costs and how it gets paid, including the purchase order or requisition number your agency assigns and where the invoice should go.
- D
Supervisory approval
Your first-line supervisor, second-line supervisor, and training officer, as your agency requires. Not every agency uses all three.
- E
The authorization
This is the signature that matters. The Authorizing Official approving the training before it happens. An SF-182 without Section E signed is not an authorization and cannot be processed.
- F
Completion certification
Filled in after the training, to certify it happened. It is also labelled "Authorizing Official", which is why people sign the wrong one. Leave F blank when you send the form to us.
Questions we get
Who actually has to sign it?
At minimum, the Authorizing Official in Section E. That is the person with authority to commit your agency's training funds, which is often a division director or training officer rather than your immediate supervisor. Section D is for supervisory concurrence and your agency decides how much of it it uses. Section F is signed after the course finishes, not before. If you are sending us a form in advance, E is the one that needs a signature and F should be empty.
Do you need my Social Security number?
No. Item A2 on the paper form asks for it because some agencies key training records to it, but we never need it and never ask. If you fill the form in on this page there is no field for it at all. If you are sending a completed paper form and would rather redact it, that is fine with us.
Do I need a purchase order number?
Usually. Section C item 4 is what your agency's finance office pays the invoice against, and without it an invoice has nowhere to go. Your training or budget office issues it. If your agency pays by government purchase card instead, you often do not need an SF-182 at all.
Can one form cover several people?
No. One SF-182 covers one participant and one course. If you are sending several people to the same class, that is usually a private group booking instead: it is priced as a flat rate per class rather than per seat, so a group is materially cheaper. Email support@graduateschool.edu or price one against the GSA Schedule.
Can I use an SF-182 for a self-paced course?
Yes. Put the access window in the start and end date fields rather than a class date. Self-paced enrollments usually run for a fixed period from the date access is granted, and the course page states it.
My agency uses its own system, not the paper form.
That is fine. Plenty of agencies route training requests through their own LMS or eTraining system and produce something that is not the OPM PDF. Send us whatever it generates, as long as it names the course and carries an approval, and we will work with it. What we need from you is on this page either way.
What is the continued service agreement date?
Section B item 16. Some agencies require an employee to stay for a set period after training that costs above a threshold. Whether one applies, and for how long, is your agency's policy and not something we set. Your training officer will know.
What happens after I send it?
We check the form against the course and the session you named, flag anything that would stop the registration, and register you. You get a copy of the signed form for your own records either way. If something on it does not line up, such as dates that do not match a scheduled class, we come back to you rather than guessing.
When is an SF-182 required?
Your agency decides, but the usual trigger is your agency paying an outside provider for training. The form is what authorizes the training and commits the funds before it happens, which is why Section E has to be signed in advance rather than afterwards. Agencies often skip it for low-cost training bought on a government purchase card, and some ask for one even when the training is free so that the record exists. Your training officer sets the threshold, so check with them if you are not sure.
I am with the Army, Air Force, or Navy.
Defense training offices usually route requests through their own system rather than the OPM PDF, and what comes out of it may not look like an SF-182 at all. Send us whatever your system produces, as long as it names the course and carries an approval, and we will register you from it. If your office does want the paper form, both downloads above are the real OPM form with live fields.
Where do I send it?
Upload it on this page, or email it to support@graduateschool.edu. If you already registered and are sending the form afterwards, include your registration details so we can match it up. Questions about authorization, invoicing, or which course meets a requirement: (888) 744-4723, 8:00am to 6:00pm ET, Monday to Friday.
Can I use an SF-182 for anything other than training?
No. The form authorizes training: courses, workshops, conferences, seminars, and similar development. It is not a purchasing document for equipment, supplies, or non-training services, and agencies will reject it used that way.
Is there a dollar limit on an SF-182?
Your agency sets it. Many agencies use the SF-182 in place of a formal contract up to a threshold; the Department of Defense, for example, authorizes training payments up to $25,000 per SF-182. Above your agency's limit you may need a purchase order or a contract instead. We hold GSA Schedule contract 47QRAA24D004K, so your contracting office can also order against the schedule under FAR Subpart 8.4 rather than going to the open market.
Someone can no longer attend. Can I substitute another person?
Yes, before the class starts, but the paperwork has to follow: an SF-182 covers one named participant, so a substitute needs their own form or an amended one. If you are cancelling rather than substituting, tell us and your training office early. Late cancellations can carry a fee, and your agency may need to de-obligate the funds.
Should I put a credit card number on the form?
No. Do not write card numbers on an SF-182, and never email one. If your agency pays by government purchase card, that is handled separately from this form, and in many cases a purchase card payment means you do not need an SF-182 at all.
What holds a registration up
- No signature in Section E. An unsigned form is not an authorization, so it cannot be processed.
- Missing purchase order number. Section C item 4 is what finance pays against.
- Dates that do not match a scheduled class. Check the start date against the session you actually want, especially for a course that runs several times a quarter.
- A course code from an old catalog. Course numbers change; take the title and code from the course page.
- One form for a whole group. That is a private booking and it is billed differently, usually for less.
- Section F signed instead of Section E. Both say "Authorizing Official". E is the one that authorizes; F certifies completion afterwards.
Not sure which course to put on the form?
Tell us the requirement you are trying to meet, the skill gap, or the deadline, and we will point you at the right course, confirm it is on the GSA Schedule, and send you the exact title, course code, and dates to write into Section B. If you are sending more than one person, we will price it as a private class, which is billed per class rather than per seat and is usually the cheaper route.