Conference Course Offerings

Leadership and Professional Development String:

Basic Interview Skills Workshop (FAA49820110)

Instructor: Darrin Catania Length: 3 hours

Description:  Interviewing for a new job can be stressful.  The best way to reduce the stress is to be prepared.  It can be overwhelming worrying about what interview questions will be asked, what would be the best answers to give, and how to leave a positive impression.  This can get even worse, when the interview is for an opportunity in your current organization, as you try to answers questions, about your work from those who know your work well.  This workshop shows you how to identify the types of interviews, prepare for an interview and tips on how to respond to commonly asked interview questions.  This workshop also has an interactive format that provides hands-on practice and feedback.

Max Participants: 12 Preregister to reserve a spot

 

Coaching & Mentoring Workshop (FAA49820677)

Instructor: Rose Catania Length: 2 hours

Description: Understand the basic skills and strategies associated with coaching and mentoring.  Explain the differences between coaching and mentoring such as task versus relationship orientation, short versus long term, performance versus development outcomes.  Use of the Topic Goals Reality Options Will (TGROW) coaching model to start your coaching sessions.  Use the of Stages of Mentoring: Initiation, Cultivations, Separation, and Redefinition (ICSR) to start your mentoring sessions.

Max Participants: 20 Preregister to reserve a spot

 

Generational Differences: (FAA49820122)

Instructor:  Rose Catania Length:  2 hours

Description:  Today’s workforce is cross-generational, and each generation has different attitudes and behaviors. The different characteristics of these distinct generations can have an impact on communication in the workplace. This training will focus on four generations currently in the workforce—Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y. You will learn how generational differences impact the workplace and how to improve communication among all generations.

Max Participants: 20 Preregister to reserve a spot

 

Myer Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI): (FAA49820226)

Instructor:  Rose Catania Length: 2 hours

Description:  This is a team building activity that is simulated after the world renowned assessment: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®). Participants will gain insights about themselves and how they interact with others—and improve how they communicate, learn, and work. It provides a powerful framework for building better relationships, driving positive change, harnessing innovation, and achieving excellence.

Max Participants: 20 Preregister to reserve a spot

 

Creating KSA’s:  (FAA49820125)

Instructor: Darrin Catania Length: 2 hours

Description: Knowledge, Skills and Abilities or KSA's, are a list of special qualifications and personal attributes that you need to have for a particular job.  These are the unique requirements that the hiring agency wants to find in the person selected to fill a particular job.  A primary purpose of KSAs is to measure those qualities that will set one candidate apart from the others.  In federal personnel guidance, KSAs are defined as the factors that identify the better candidates from a group of persons basically qualified for a position.  This course is designed to help employees learn the fundamentals of creating clear and substantial KSA's.

Max Participants: 20 Preregister to reserve a spot

 

Resume Writing: (FAA49820126)

Instructor: Darrin Catania Length: 2 hours

Description:  One of the most important and intimidating steps in the job search process is writing a solid resume that gets the attention you want and need. Resumes need to appeal to potential employers and targeted job while also being optimized for the electronic age. This course teaches you not just what a resume should look like, but what it should say. It walks you step-by-step through the creation of the most common sections found on resumes in the federal government sector. In addition to helping you determine what information should be included, it also goes a step further to help you realize what pitfalls to avoid when creating this powerful, job-searching tool.

Max Participants: 20 Preregister to reserve a spot

Giving and Receiving Feedback: (FAA)

Instructor: Rose Catania Length: 2 hours

Description:  Giving and receiving constructive feedback doesn't come naturally to many people. It is easy to criticize without providing constructive suggestions, and even easier to take criticism personally, whether it was intended to be constructive or not. Learn the skills and practice to build confidence and improve in this area.

 Max Participants: 20 Preregister to reserve a spot

Financial Management

Instructor: First Command

This session will cover financial planning for the federal employee.  It will focus on the components of retirement income and decisions that federal employees will make as they approach and enter retirement.  It will cover what an employee can do while employed as well as considerations for making retirement decisions.  It will dispel common myths about retirement and provide basic resources the federal employee can use to make decisions.

OSHA DOL CEU Certificate Course

Instructor: Mr. Dudley

Individuals will receive approximately $1,000 worth of training and materials.   Typically, corporations and government operations have to pay much more for this OSHA class room instruction.   This OSHA course work concentrates on OSHA regulation 1960 that addresses the governing standard for Safety Committees, protection under whistle blowing and general employee/management responsibilities.  Upon completion, a certificate will be issued by the Department of Labor.  You must attend the two full days of OSHA training to receive the DOL CEU certificate.  The OSHA 10 Hour Course will be conducted over two days

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OSHA Training

Instructor: Mr. Dudley

Participants will be trained in the use of the NIOSH pocket training guide

Participants will learn basic DOT training requirements concerning how to compile Hazardous Shipping documents

Participants will learn how to read and understand an emergency response guide and

Participants will learn about the workplace hazard mold, what it is; and its physical characteristics and the remediation process.

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OCWP Federal Worker’s Compensation Education Seminar

Dr. Ellis

This education seminar will assist with the complexity of the OWCP paperwork to help smooth the process with the required paperwork, deadline, forms and a better understanding of the process.

Few items to be discussed:

• List of OWCP Forms to complete
  • Time off work
  • Temporary Total Disability Report & Forms
  • Workplace Accommodations
  • Work Restricted Reports & Forms
  • Causation Report
  • Treatment
  • Forms Completion so treatment, checks & medications continue
• Employee Right to Select Physician
• Employee Protected Health Information
• Checklist Federal Worker’s Compensation
• How to Follow an OWCP Claim with CQS Injured Worker Case Query

 

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Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)

Instructor: Kathy McLemore

This session will describe the agency’s CISM Program, including its history, when it is used, the steps in the CISM process, the purpose of the process, the advantages of the process and voluntary follow-on component of the process.

Flight Plan to the Future: How I fit into FAA Strategic goals #1 and #2 Mary Lynne Hoegstrom FAA STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND PRIORITY INITIATIVES: through pre-recorded agency videos available on MYFAATV, the session will cover the first two strategic priorities.  Make aviation safer and smarter via Risk-Based Decision Making: Build on safety management principles to proactively address emerging safety risk by using consistent, data-informed approaches to make smarter, system-level, risk-based decisions. Improve standardization, data access, and modeling integration, Enhance decision making process and Redefine oversight model for industry.  Deliver benefits through technology and infrastructure National Airspace System (NAS): Lay the foundation for the NAS of the future by achieving prioritized NextGen benefits,integrating new user entrants, and delivering more efficient, streamlined services. Focus to achieve the benefits of NextGen, Integrate new user entrants (unmanned aircraft and commercial space), NAS Efficient Streamlined Services

Flight Plan to the Future: How I fit into FAA Strategic goals #3 and #4 Mary Lynne Hoegstrom FAA STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND PRIORITY INITIATIVES: through pre-recorded agency videos available on MYFAATV, the session will cover the first two strategic priorities.  Flight Plan to the Future: How I fit into FAA Strategic goals #3 and #4 Mary Lynne Hoegstrom Enhance global leadership: Improve safety, air traffic efficiency, and environmental sustainability across the globethrough an integrated, data-driven approach that shapes global standards, enhances collaboration and harmonization, and better targets FAA resources and efforts.  Transform our internal structure, Develop an integrated, data-driven approach to international activities, Ensure global interoperability of NextGen and Place international resources strategically Empower and innovate with the FAA's people Workforce of the Future: Prepare FAA’s human capital for the future, by identifying, recruiting, and training a workforce with the leadership, technical, and functional skills to ensure the U.S. has the world’s safest and most productive aviation sector.  Leadership Development, Skills Identification, Skills Development, Attracting Talent

Objectives:

Holderman College Funding and Retirement Saving Workshop.  No details yet.

Technical Training String:

Back to Basics II

2 days (16hours), 15 students per class, Instructor: Victor Marvel FAA49740018. This workshop encompasses Core Principles and Policies for Maintaining the NAS (Safety, 6000.15F, Technical Documentation, SAL Logging, Metrics and Reference Material)

Safety Management Information Systems (SMIS)

Instructor: Robert Trabue

SMIS Orientation, an OSHA Program, Mishap Reporting Tool

What is SMIS? The FAA secure web tool to enable managers/supervisors to enter mishaps (injuries, illnesses, property damage, motor vehicle accidents, etc.) This automated system can be accessed from any computer with FAA intranet access.

The Safety Management Information System (SMIS) was developed to collect and disseminate statistical information on employee safety and health to all FAA organizations. The system enables the FAA to monitor OSH trends and policy implementation by creating safe work practices that can prevent repeat mishaps throughout the agency.

 

Tech Ops Safety Action Program (T-SAP)

Instructor: Christopher R. Poulin,

T-SAP is working to foster a voluntary, cooperative, non-punitive environment for open and confidential reporting of aviation-related safety concerns. At T-SAP Online, ATO's Technical Operations Services employees can report safety-related events or issues pertaining to operations, equipment, personnel, or anything that they think affects safety in the NAS. In the report that they submit online, employees have an opportunity to provide valuable safety information to the T-SAP Event Review Committee.  T-SAP gives technicians a venue for anonymously reporting potential safety hazards.

Electrical Safety Qualified Person (ESQP)

Instructor: Mike Robinson– FAA68000149

16 hours This course number is to be used to document electrical safety - qualified person training. This course covers the academic training portion the employee needs to work on or near exposed energized conductors or circuit parts operating at 50V or greater or who must verify equipment is deenergized. Students will learn to:

-Describe the policies, standards, individual responsibilities, and the goal of the FAA electrical safety program

• Identify safety hazards associated with electricity
• Identify associated health effects due to electrical injuries
• Identify safety considerations with regards to the maintenance, construction, installation, and modification of electrical systems or components within the FAA environment
• Describe how to respond to electrical related accidents and emergencies
• Describe how to establish electrically safe work conditions and reduce employee exposure to electrical hazards
• Describe OSHA Regulations and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace
• Identify electrical hazards
• Describe how to reduce or eliminate employee exposure to electrical hazards
• Ultimately eliminate injuries

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Occupational Safety and Health Safety and Health General Maintenance Handbook for NAS Facilities 6000.15 Tort Law

Instructor: Lowen Overby.  

A Tort is a wrong. Torts are a major reason why we train, certify, and document.

• This type of law has different rules and processes than criminal or civil law. Tort Law includes provisions for government services.  ATSSs, Engineers, Managers or other FAA personnel can be called to testify in court either as a Fact or Expert Witness. Document Production Requests Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) allows the public to request information.   The public and the courts expect definition and execution of policy to be identical.

 

General Maintenance Handbook for NAS Facilities 6000.15 Overview

Instructor: Lowen Overby.  

• Provides policy for maintenance and certification of NAS Services, Systems and Subsystems.
• Defines coordination and documentation requirements for the NAS.
• Provides the foundation responsibilities of Technical Operations.
• General, Administration Management, Maintenance Requirements, Maintenance Procedures, Certification, Protection of Agency Property and Personnel. Appendices.  How and when order is updated, how to submit input on the order.

 

Comprehensive Electronic Data Analysis and Reporting (CEDAR)

Quality Assurance - Safety and Technical Training Instructor: Shayne Campbell SI-RAP Program Manager

CEDAR is one of the FAA's key QA tools. CEDAR gathers both manual and electronic occurrence reports for analysis by FAA safety experts. After being in place for just one year under new FAA orders that guide safety reporting. This program had more than 848,500 records on file.  CEDAR helps the FAA study large chunks of data to identify trends that may develop into risks if not addressed. And safety experts use it to look at small slivers of data to find isolated instances that may be part of a bigger issue or to discover smart ways of operating that should be used more widely.

 

Event Manager Platform

Instructor: Alstice Wilson, Service Delivery Specialist, Pacific Operations Control Center (POCC) Team AJW-B34 (Gina Kugel contact point) similar to FAA Course 49446047

Target audience all ATSS, Tech support Engineers, OCC System Specialists and Tech Center Ops Support Personnel. Event Manager Course provides training for using the Event Manager application for managing the data and resources of the National Airspace System infrastructure. Course subjects describe procedures for maintaining situational awareness of the NAS and documenting NAS events. This course should be taken by managers, staff, and specialists at the NOCC, Operations Control Centers (OCC), and Service Operations Centers (SOC).

 

NextGen Office

Instructor: Kamillah K. Best

This is an exceptional opportunity to share what’s happening within the FAA, but equally allow others to learn about NextGen and potentially take interests in future opportunities to join the NextGen team.

• Introduction of NextGen
• History
• Purpose: Transforming the U.S. Airspace System
• ERAM and other major programs
• Accomplishments/Milestones
• Future Benefits of NextGen
• Careers in NextGen – Talent Management
• Media: Lecture with visual aids (powerpoint), group discussion, audience participation,  handouts.

 

NEXTGEN SWIM/Datacom

Instructor: Virgil Simms

SWIM is a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) advanced technology program  designed to facilitate an increased common situational awareness, and a greater sharing of Air Traffic Management (ATM) system information, As one of the five transformational NextGen programs, SWIM is the infrastructure that allows members of the aviation community to access the information needed to facilitate an innovative and efficiently run National Airspace System (NAS). With SWIM at the heart of the NAS, users will have real-time access to the information they need when they need it. Current SWIM consumers include airlines, airports, FAA facilities, FAA programs, research and development organizations, and industry.

 

Technet 20th Year Update

Instructors: Mariano Pernigotti and Ben Bedall

TechNet is a centralized data collection and performance reporting portal for NAS operational information.  Technet is the pre-eminent TechOps-related information portal that publishes a wide array of Technical Operations data, applications and resources including: NOCC's Summary Briefing items (SBI) report, High Impact Facilities listing, OEP Airport Support Facilities listing and the VOR Reference Information.  It began operations in 1995 to facilitate access to the Morning Briefing package as well as to enable online searching of the FSEP database. Over the last twenty years, technet has added countless tools and applications in support of the Technical Operations mission.  This workshop is designed for participants who are already aware of technet.  It will focus on enhancements added over the last 4 years, including Tech Ops Toolbox.

 

PMP String

Wednesday June 22 1pm-Thursday June 23 2:45pm. 

PMP, Project Management Professional 12 PDUs (qualifies for PDUs or training to precede PMP certification)

Instructor: Dotti Call

• PM Overview – for everyone who wants to go through the PM track could be two sessions if needed to capture everyone?
• Project initiation including chartering
• Planning Part I: Cost, communication, human resources, team building and relationship to AMS cycle  
• Planning Part II: Tactical/tangible cost, schedule, and risk.
• Planning: the intangible/”soft” skills  HR, team building, communications
• Project Executing/monitoring and control: Change management, executing, status, how to respond to project problems, define earned value management,

PMP Certification, FAA Acquisition Certification, What is a PMO?

Objectives:

• Given the training class, participants will be able to:
• Describe the field of Project Management and explain the role of a Project Manager
• Identify the steps in project initiation and describe the importance of the project charter
• Describe the process of project planning to include cost estimation, schedule creation and risk assessment
• Describe the process of project planning to include the “soft” skills of human resources management, team building and communications
• Describe the project management process relationship to the AMS life cycle in the FAA
• Describe project execution, monitoring and control, to include change management, variance analysis, status reporting and how to respond to project difficulties
• Describe the process to achieve the Project Management Professional certification and the FAI Certification for Program/Project Managers, and the differences and relationship between the two certifications
• Describe the functions and advantages of a Project Management Office

Media: Lecture with powerpoint slides, exercises, class interaction, demonstration, case studies.

 

Panels, Special Events, Speakers:

Executive Panel (Members to Be Determined)

Invited FAA Executives will answer pre-planned questions on agency policy and direction including privatization proposals, risk-based decision making, prioritized nextgen benefits, global leadership and workforce of the future.  Includes audience Q&A

“Drone” UAS panel including FAA and industry members 8am Thursday June 23

4-6 will serve on the panel, Includes preplanned questions and audience Q&A

Given the panel discussion, participants will be able to:

• Identify current FAA policy/regulation with regard to UAS
• Describe common and unusual applications for UAS
• Identify general public, industry and agency interests with regard to development of UAS operations

Panel discussion with pre-planned questions followed by an audience Q&A session.

Labor/Management Panel to include labor organization presidents and FAA Managers (FAAMA officers are invited)

Labor and management discuss relevant issues on a panel, using pre-planned questions followed by audience Q&A.  Preplanned questions will focus on the benefits of a positive labor/management partnership. Includes Q&A

Exhibitors Many sponsors are being invited to the event and will have booths to interact with participants on breaks.