Mandatory/Required Training
Federally Mandated Training
Course |
Audience |
Frequency |
Basic Information Technology Security |
Civil Servants and Contractors |
Annual |
NASA Records Management for Everyone |
Civil Servants |
One time requirement and new employees |
New Supervisor Training
Note: Course Title Varies By Center |
New NASA Supervisors |
Within the first six months of appointment and 80 hours within the first two years |
Government Travel Card |
Civil Servants |
One time requirement and thereafter every three years |
Ethics Training |
All new employees, Presidential appointees, contracting officers, and other employees designated to file confidential (OGE-450) or public (SF 278) financial disclosure forms. |
Upon entry for new employees and annually for all financial disclosure filers |
No FEAR Act |
Civil Servants |
Biennial and new employees within the first 90 days |
Sensitive But Classified (SBU) |
All employees performing work for NASA (civil servants, contractors, consultants, and other persons handling SBU information on behalf of NASA) |
Annual |
| Fraud Awareness |
civil servant employees |
TBD |
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) |
NASA employees in the 201 occupational series, and all supervisors and managers. |
Annual |
Note: This list is current as of August 2011 and is subject to change.
Also note that there may be required training in order to:
> access to certain software (IEM, SAP, etc.)
> access to certain items (example: p-card or travel card)
> perform certain duties (COTR, Safety, Procurement/Acquisition, etc.)
Such courses only apply to certain employees rather than the general employee population and may have varying deadlines and recurring timeframes.
Mandatory/Required Training Reference Guide
Sample Templates for Mandatory/Required Training Needs:
Aerodynamics
Aerospace Systems, Concepts
Airborne Systems Competency
Airspace Systems Programs Office
Atmospheric Sciences Competency
Aviation Safety Program Office
AVSTO
Earth and Space Science Program
Flight Research Services
LMSSO
Office of Equal Opportunity
Office of External Affairs
Office of Human Capital Management
Office of Logistics Management
Office of Procurement
Office of the Chief Counsel
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
Office of the Chief Information Officer
OSSEMA
PIO
RFSC
SMO
Structures and Materials Competency
Systems Engineering Competency
Technology Commercialization Program
Office