Training Modules are specific types of training that your organization requires, whether they are qualifications, certificates or particular skills. When applied to a team members Training Record, you can ensure that only the best and qualified employees are scheduled to work.

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To set this up, you'll need to be either a Location Manager or a System Administrator. Training requirements will allow you to control which employees are recommended to work in a particular area. For clarification, training modules are the certification and training records are the instances where training modules are applied to the team members. If an area has a required training module and the employee doesn't have that training record, the team member can't be recommended to work there. If the area has more than one training module requirement, the team member needs all of them to be recommended. Easy! We'll show you how it works below.

Click Locations at the top of your screen. Next, click "Edit Settings" next to the location.

Click "Areas" on the left. You'll see your areas displayed for you. 

Click "Edit" next to one you'd like to create training for, or apply existing training to.

Click in the Training Requirements area and begin typing the name of the training module you'd like to create. Press Enter/Return to create the new Training Module and assign it to an Area in the same step.

Navigate to a team members profile, go to the Employment Tab, and click 'Edit'.

Under Work Details, click Add Training. Select from the drop down, or type in the box to filter.

To add additional detail, such asa the Training Date, Expiry Date, Comments and to attach a file, click on the added training to expand the window. When you are done, remember to save your changes.

You can also create and apply training in the Schedule tab. Select the location you'd like to adjust in the top left. Click edit next to the area that needs training applied to it.

In Deputy's Enterprise platform you can also add training from the Enterprise tab. Click Training Modules. Here you will find all previously created trainings in your account.

Select New Training Module in the top left.

The only fields required are Title, Provider, Time Required (days), and Comment. Comment is a legacy field that is no longer used by the Deputy application.

If you select Department from the headings on the left, you'll be able to choose the department(s) that this training would be applicable to. 

When satisfied, click Save in the top left.

Once you've created training for your Areas, you'll need to apply it to your employees. 

Use the instructions here.

To do this, go to the People tab. 

Click the checkboxes on the left of each team member you'd like to add the training to. Then, click "Bulk Actions" at the top of the list, where you'll see an option reading "Add Training," and apply the Training Module to their Training Records.

In the people page, you can now view filters based on training expiry.

Here you can search for team members with specific training records.

Here, you can filter team members who have expired training records, or upcoming expired records.

Receive Notification for Upcoming Training Expiry

Deputy extensions allow you to add extra functionality to your Deputy account. These are based on event triggers. You can set up a Deputy extension which will send you a notification when a training module is about to expire. Our help doc found here will walk you through creating and using extensions.

You can find out more about the Expiring Training extension below.

In case of re-training, Deputy will allow you to set training module expiry dates. This extension will ensure that you are informed well before this set date, in the instance of having to schedule training dates for employees. You can choose to send a notification to the employee, to the manager who created the training record, or to both. You can also select the specific training record to create a notification for. Finally, you can select when the notification will be sent out, from 7, 14, 30, 60 or 90 days before the expiry date.