Nevada Employee Development Guide

Nevada has created "Employee Development Templates" to  assist employees and their supervisors in determining priority training needs. This document is a guidance document only. It is not mandatory that employees take each and every course listed in their discipline. There may be other "outside" courses or on the job experiences that will fill the need identified. It is imperative that the employee and supervisor review and discuss each of these courses to determine if the employee already has this type of instruction in their background or if it is necessary to take the course.

What is Training?

Training is defined as transferring information in order that the employee will have the necessary tools to perform his/her job requirements. Training is done through a multitude of methods, including but not limited to: formal classes such as NEDC or contractor training courses, informal training such as that done within the agency or by another agency, on-line self-paced courses, classroom courses, on-the-job training, which may include a detail to another office either in-state or out-of-state, correspondence courses, etc. All training is to be documented for each individual employee.

Employee Development Process

• To add training's that are not shown on a specific template, contact Laura Matthews at (775) 857-8500 X112

Supervisor's Responsibility:

• Establish an employee development plan with each employee for the upcoming fiscal year that will begin in October.
• Meet with the employee at least every six months if not more often to review the training plan and make any revisions as necessary.
• In conjunction with the employee, establish adequate time for on-the-job training to occur.
• The EDP can be used to create employee training needs inventory's and Performance Appraisal Worksheets.

Employee Responsibility:

• Meet with his/her supervisor each year to update/review an employee development plan.
• Meet with his/her supervisor at least every six months to review the established training plan
• Recommend changes to the employee development plan in discussions with the supervisor

These documents are available in Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word formats.

Request Training

Training web links:

• AgLearn
• National Employee Development Center (NEDC)
• NRCS GIS seminars
• USDA Graduate School
• Online Master's of Agricultural & Life Sciences Degree

Core Curriculum Guide

    Introduction to Guide
    Curriculum Guide

Ledger of KSA proficiency levels

• 1 - Awareness

• 2 - Understanding

• 3 - Perform with supervision

• 4 - Apply independently

• 5 - Can train others

Ledger for Prioritization

• 1 - Number 1 priority for this employee

• 2 - Somewhat of a high priority

• 3 - A priority

• 4 - Somewhat of a low priority

• 5 - Low priority

    EDP Manual

Last Modified: 04/24/2008