(DEU) Tracking Professional Educational Programs for German Employees

This chapter provides an overview of German internal educational training programs and discusses how to set up training plans and track employee progress.

Click to jump to parent topicUnderstanding German Internal Educational Training Programs

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:

  1. Identify the steps that make up the education plan.

  2. Group the steps to create a training plan.

  3. Enroll an employee in a plan.

  4. Enter information about the employee or track the employee's progress.

Click to jump to parent topicSetting Up Training Plans and Tracking Employee Progress

This section discusses how to:

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicPages Used to Identify Steps, Group Steps, and Track Employee Progress

Page Name

Definition Name

Navigation

Usage

Steps DEU

IPE_STEP_TABLE

Set Up HRMS, Product Related, Enterprise Learning, Steps DEU, Steps DEU

Identify the steps that make up an educational training program.

Plans DEU

IPE_PLAN_TABLE

Set Up HRMS, Product Related, Enterprise Learning, Plans DEU, Plans DEU

Group the steps into a training plan.

Internal Education DEU

EE_IPE_PLAN

Enterprise Learning, Result Tracking, Internal Education DEU, Internal Education DEU

Track the progress of German employees who are participating in the training plan.

Int. Prof. Education Status (internal professional education status)

PRCSRUNCNTL

Enterprise Learning, Training Reports, Int Prof Education Status, Int Prof Education Status

This report (PER107GR) details the current status of employees who are enrolled in an internal education training plan. Includes only employees who selected the Intern check box and didn't select Graduated on the Professional Education page. This is a Crystal report.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicIdentifying the Steps for a Training Plan

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.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicGrouping the Steps into a Training Plan

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.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicEnrolling a Person into a Training Plan

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):

  1. Click the Education link to display the Education section of the profile.

  2. Click Add New Degrees to add a new degree.

    The Add New Degree page is displayed.

  3. Select the degree in the Degree field.

  4. 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.

  5. Complete the remaining fields as required

  6. Click OK and then click Submit to update the profile.

See Also

Creating and Updating Person Profiles

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicTracking Employee Progress

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.