Partial Description of WMA courses
Virtual Classes
Featured Courses
⇒ Principled Centered Leadership
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-L-20-96
Target audience: Anyone wanting to know more about the USGS Guiding Principles.
Summary and objectives: By the end of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Define each of the USGS Guiding Principles, and
- Determine the reason why effective leaders should embrace these principles.
⇒ Succession Planning
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-M-20-82
Target audience: Supervisors, managers, and human resource professionals interested in exploring how to lead a systematic approach to succession planning in their organization. This webinar series was developed for USGS, and is applicable beyond USGS.
Summary and objectives: This six-part webinar series will introduce supervisors, managers, and human resource professionals to the succession planning methodology, tools and resources. It is based on the OPM succession planning process that was tested and implemented at USGS.
e-Learning Courses
Basic Pumping-Test Analyses
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-GW-20-102
No approval needed
Basis+ for Project Chiefs (OLT)
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-A-18-66
Bear Spray—Defense Against Dangerous Animals
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-SAF-S1581
Supervisory approval required
Data Collection at USGS Streamgages
DOI Talent
Based on WRIR 00-4120
Open to all DOI Employees
HydroTube
These are short, on-demand instructional videos for SWAMI, Surface-Water Rating Curves, ADCP Midsection, Groundwater Technical Procedures, Indirect Measurement Field Techniques, and Precipitation Runoff Modeling System (PRMS). More videos to come in the future.
Index Velocity Methods
This course is served off the Water Mission Area’s Hydroacoustics Server at https://hydroacoustics.usgs.gov/training/SW1319TEL.shtml
Introduction to Streamgaging
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-OED-SW1749
Supervisory approval required
Tuition: $1,350
This is a blended learning course. Two on-line course prerequisites to the classroom portion of the course include: "Surface-Water Procedures and Policies" and "Procedures for Running Levels at Gaging Stations."
Motorboat Operator Certification Course (MOCC) Blended Learning Course consists of the TEL Module Prerequisite, followed by the Hands-On Practicals Module
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-S-18-011-MOCC
This Prerequisite course has 4 online modules with 4 lessons each and is packaged as a “bundle” in DOI Talent.
This course is a blended learning course. It consists of on-line, prerequisite modules, followed by an instructor-led, 24-hour, practicals course.
This is a fairly complex course as it has several videos, and takes approximately 6-8 hours to complete.
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Overview
DOI Talent
Course number: NEPA1787-OLT
Practical Guide to Pacific Northwest Earthquakes
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-OED-ID1741
Supervisory approval is not needed
Precipitation Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) Software Videos
Prerequisite Material for the SW1321 "Streamflow Measurements Using ADCPs" Training Course
DOI Talent
Course number: SW1321 Prerequisite-UDT
Supervisory approval required
Procedures for Running Levels at Gaging Stations
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-OED-SW1683
Supervisory approval required
Radiation Safety
DOI Talent
Course number: SAF1685
Refresher for Defense Against Wild Animals
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-OED-SAF-S2680
Supervisory approval required
Sampling-Based Estimation of Area and Map Accuracy
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-C-20-105
Open to all DOI employees
Scientific Integrity
DOI Talent
Course number: DOIU-3003-OLT-DOI
Supervisory approval required
Seven USGS Fundamental Science Practices
DOI Talent
Various course numbers
Open to all DOI Employees
Under the Find Learning tab, search for course “USGS Fundamental” to see all seven courses.
Surface-Water Procedures and Policies
DOI Talent
Course number: SW1660
USGS Annual Ethics Training
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-A-16-171
Mandatory for all USGS employees
USGS AQUARIUS for all Users
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-OED-C1871
The modules are a prerequisite to the Instructor Led Class for Guidelines for the Operation and Computation of Records of Continuous Water-Quality Monitors (Course Code: USGS-OED-QW2298)
USGS AQUARIUS for Local Data Managers
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-OED-C1872
Open to USGS employees only
The AQUARIUS for All Users (C1871) is a prerequisite to the AQUARIUS for LDMs course
USGS Bench Mark Installation
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-19-51
Open to all DOI Employees
USGS Empowering Authors (UDT)
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-M-17-008
Open to all DOI Employees
Under Find Learning search for “Writing Refresher” (without the quotes) and you will see all four courses.
USGS Firearms Safety—Specimen Collection (OLT)
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-S-17-094-0LT
USGS Indirect Measurement Field Techniques
DOI Talent
Open to all DOI Employees
USGS Mentoring as a Leadership Tool
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-L-21-122
No approval needed
USGS Mentoring National Rollout Partner Training
DOI Talent
Course number: L1516
Supervisory approval required
Must have already applied to be a mentor or protégé for the Mentoring Program. Kim Miller (kfmiller@usgs.gov) is the USGS Mentoring Program Project Chief. Contact Kim if you are interested in the Program
USGS National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and Section 106
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-NHPA
No approval needed
USGS Optical River Bathymetry Toolkit (ORByT)
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-C-20-91
Open to all USGS employees
USGS R Packages
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-C-17-165-UDT
USGS Security Awareness
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-S-17-146
Open to all DOI Employees
USGS Sustainability and Environmental System Awareness Training
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-OED-EMSTraining-OLT
USGS Water-Use Modules
DOI Talent
USGS Water Use—Public Supply (USGS-H-17-094-OLT)
USGS Water Use—Water-Use Concepts (USGS-H-17-126-OLT)
USGS Water Use—Intro to the 5-Year Water-Use Compilation (USGS-H-17-127-OLT)
USGS Water Use—Irrigation (USGS-H-17-128-OLT)
USGS Water Use—Thermoelectric Power Generation (USGS-H-17-129-OLT)
Under the Find Learning tab, search for the term, “Water Use” (without the quotes)
USGS The Learning Leader Program
The USGS Learning Leader is based on the USGS Leadership Development Competency Model and the OPM Leadership Competency Model. OED has selected 19 competencies that best align with the needs of emerging leaders as identified through the USGS Training Needs Assessment. The USGS Learning Leader training features content related to each of the 19 competencies.
The USGS Learning Leader student chooses 10 competencies as the focus of their training. Activities in the Leadership Connection including reading assignments, reflection papers, and quizzes provide the student the skills, knowledge, and abilities to become a better leader. Once the assignments are completed, the student writes a 10-page Capstone Paper. The paper reflects the most fundamental and powerful concepts impacting the student’s personal leadership philosophy.
Register for the Program in DOI Talent, or contact Nancy Gregory (ngregory@usgs.gov) or GS_OED-TEL@usgs.gov and we will register you for the Program.
Using ADCPs in Moving Bed Conditions
DOI Talent
Course number: SW3507
Using the National Map Products and Services
DOI Talent
Water-Quality Principles
DOI Talent
Course number: QW1022
Supervisory approval required
Tuition: $400.00
This course does have open and close dates. For more information on Course dates, call Lisa Olsen at (703) 648-5809
Workforce Planning for Supervisors and Managers
DOI Talent
Course number: USGS-OED-HR1742
Supervisory approval is not needed
New Instructional Products
As a result of our recent successful “Request for Distance Learning Proposals,” eight new instructional products will be developed in FY 20:
- Steve Wilson, Rae Ann Orkild-Norton, Mike Chornack, and Jacob Massey (Crustal Geology) will be developing videos on “Using Portable Spectrometers.”
- Bryce McClenney (Water) will be developing micro lessons with videos on “Storm-Tide Monitoring.”
- Andrew Massey, Rena Kalmon, and Nicholas Taylor (Water) will be developing videos for the “Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS).”
- Doug Chambers and Doug Moyer (Water) will be developing videos on “Stream Sampling Using the Equal-Width Increment (EWI) Technique.”
- Lawrence Feinson and Heather Heckathorn (Water) will be developing videos for “Discrete Water-Quality Data Review Workflow.”
- Michele Wolf, Teresa Kirschling, James Mosley, and Delia Ivanoff (Energy and Minerals) will be developing micro lessons on “Energy and Minerals Mission Area (EMMA) Quality-Management Training for USGS Scientists.”
Contacts
USGS Distance Learning Program Team
Email: GS_OED-TEL@usgs.gov
Stacey Clarke
Training Specialist
Office of Employee Development
Email: sdclarke@usgs.gov
Phone: 303-445-4674
Sarah Roudabush
Strategic Workforce Development Consultant
Office of Employee Development
Email: GS-USGS_TrainingOfficer@usgs.gov
Patricia Gonwa
Supervisory IT Specialist
Office of Employee Development
Email: pmgonwa@usgs.gov
Phone: 303-445-4680
Ralph Roland
IT Specialist
Office of Employee Development
Email: raroland@usgs.gov
Phone: 303-445-4678
DOI Talent
Email: doitalent@usgs.gov
If you know of an instructor-led course that should be served via DL, please contact GS_OED-TEL@usgs.gov.
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