Any organization operating under the oversight
of OSHA, EPA, FAA, FDA or similar federal or state agencies
is required by those agencies to provide specific training
to certain employees on a recurring basis, and to certify
that the appropriate training took place. Records must be
maintained of training taken and when it was completed.
OPEN4’s
training module is as robust as many of the stand-alone applications
that only keep training information, require their own database,
and don’t interface with your HRIS system. OPEN4 integrates
training information with all other aspects of each employee,
providing a complete picture of an employee’s lifecycle.
It includes both internal and external classes, instructors,
course outlines, and class scheduling – all captured
and retained within the OPEN4 database.
There are
many advantages to OPEN4’s integrated approach to training.
OPEN4 already knows each employee’s job assignment and
therefore can specify the appropriate training for that job
and in what sequence the courses should be taken. Employees
may query the system through eSS (employee self-service) to
read course descriptions and to see when classes are scheduled.
An employee’s request for enrollment may also be
submitted via the eSS system, and the employee can view
his/her training history as well.
The training
system automatically creates a record for each student upon
completion of a training course. Over time, these records
reflect a history of training taken by each employee, when
it was taken, and the score or award earned.
As part of
OPEN4’s integrated design, training history can also
be used as one of the criteria on which to base promotion
and succession planning decisions.
