This chapter provides an overview of German internal educational training programs and discusses how to set up training plans and track employee progress.
Companies in Germany can have their employees follow company-provided professional educational training programs. Companies that offer these programs, called German internal education training programs, can track the steps and status of employees as they work toward their degrees.
To set up and monitor a German internal education training program:
Identify the steps that make up the education plan.
Group the steps to create a training plan.
Enroll an employee in a plan.
Enter information about the employee or track the employee's progress.
This section discusses how to:
Identify the steps in a training program.
Group the steps into a training plan.
Enroll an employee in a plan.
Track employee progress.
Access the Steps DEU page (Set Up HRMS, Product Related, Enterprise Learning, Steps DEU, Steps DEU).
Duration Time |
Enter or update the numeric duration time of the step and select the type of measurement. Values are: Days, Hours, Months, Weeks, or (none). The duration time that you enter isn't related to Budget Training duration units. These pages don't affect training cost calculations in Budget Training or Administer Training. |
Theoretical/Practical |
These categories are used by German organizations for training reporting purposes. |
Access the Plans DEU page (Set Up HRMS, Product Related, Enterprise Learning, Plans DEU, Plans DEU).
Step ID |
Add or delete the steps that make up this plan. When you add a step, the system displays information about the step. |
To enroll an employee in training plans, create a profile or update the employee's existing profile using the Manage Profiles business process.
Note. Use the profile type PERSON to enroll employees in German internal training plans.
From the Person Profile page (Enterprise Learning, Result Tracking, Manage Person Profiles, Person Profiles):
Click the Education link to display the Education section of the profile.
Click Add New Degrees to add a new degree.
The Add New Degree page is displayed.
Select the degree in the Degree field.
In the German section, select the Intern. Professional Education (internal professional education) check box.
This enables you to track the employee's progress using the Internal Education DEU page.
Complete the remaining fields as required
Click OK and then click Submit to update the profile.
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Creating and Updating Person Profiles
Access the Internal Education DEU page (Enterprise Learning, Result Tracking, Internal Education DEU, Internal Education DEU).
Use this page to record additional educational information for German employees.
You can also track an employee's progress by printing the German Internal Professional Education Status report.
Note. Click the tabs in the scroll area for multiple views of this page. Document fields that are common to all views first.
Common Page Information
Degree |
Displays the degree that applies to this training plan. |
Date Acquired |
Enter the date that the employee acquired the degree. |
Plan ID |
When you move out of this field, the system displays the plan description and populates the Plan Step table on the page with any step IDs that are associated with this plan. |
Step |
Displays the step IDs that are associated with the plan that you selected in the Plan ID field. You can update the step ID, business unit, and department default values for the plan ID on this page. You can also add step IDs that are not associated with the plan ID, to reflect any variations in the employee's training plan. |
Status Tab
From Date and Thru Date (through date) |
Enter when the employee starts and finishes the step. |