Description:
Learn about the Guide to Processing Personnel Actions and how to use the Guide to document personnel actions. Understand how to prepare, process and approve Requests for Personnel Actions (SF-52) and Notifications of Personnel Actions (SF-50), the essential personnel records for Federal employees. Use the correct and appropriate forms, terminology, codes, remarks, processes and procedures that affect personnel actions.
This course is part of the Human Resources Management Certificate Program, which can be completed entirely online.
Students have 8 working days to complete all the assignments for this course—the 3 days before the virtual sessions, 2 days of live virtual instruction, and then 3 working days to catch up on anything not completed during the first week. A full 24 hours of coursework is required to complete the independent foundational content in Units 1 through 3.
Students who do not complete Units 1-3 assignments before the virtual sessions will not get full advantage of the content presented in those sessions. No remedial content will be taught in the virtual sessions. All assignments must be submitted by the date indicated in the Important Dates section of the course home page as the last day of access to the course. No extensions will be granted for this course.
Duration:
10 days
Who Should Attend?
Federal HR practitioners or others who simply want to broaden their understanding of HR actions processing.
Credits:
3.2 CEU'sLearning Outcomes:
- Use The Guide to Processing Personnel Actions and related references to complete the SF 52 and SF 50, including selection of the correct nature of action, legal authority, and remarks
- Make determinations on computing service computation dates, determining retirement coverage veterans’ preference, and waiting periods for within-grade increases, probationary periods, and career tenure
No sessions scheduled
Blended instruction consists of:
Unit 1: Basics of Using the Guide to Processing Personnel Actions
Unit 2: Case Files and Reference Review
Units 1 & 2: Final Test on Self-paced Content
Unit 3: Getting Ready for the Virtual Sessions
Unit 4: Digging Deeper into Processing Personnel Actions (Live Virtual Instruction)
Students have 8 working days to complete all the assignments for this course—3 days before the virtual sessions, 2 days of live virtual instruction, and then 3 working days to catch up on anything not completed during the first week. All assignments must be submitted by the date indicated on the course home page as the last day of access to the course. No extensions are authorized for this course.
