The Training Division, a unit within the Department of Human Resources, provides appropriate training and development activities for all civil servants, empowering them to deliver effective and efficient services to the public. To this end, it will strive for greater alignment between human resources skills/competencies and the strategic priorities of the public service. We are responsible for identifying the training and human resource needs of the BVI Government and formulating an implementation plan to address those needs. We also design and administer appropriate, cost effective in-service training and development programmes for the civil service.

 


Workshops and In-Service Training: We provide an annual programme of workshops and in-service training to address specific training needs within the Public Service. These include annual induction courses for new junior and senior employees, as well as targeted training in areas such as conflict resolution, accounting procedures, and performance management.

Some of our specific programmes and activities are:

                                Workshops for 2008

Date(s)

 

 

Description

 

Level

 

5 February

Coaching and Teambuilding Skills for Managers and Supervisors

 

Senior

6- 7 February

How to Excel at Managing and Supervising People

 

Senior

12-14 March

Junior Induction

 

Junior

18 March

Business Writing Basics for Professionals

 

All Public Officers

19 March

How to Become a Better Communicator

 

Senior

20 March

How to Deal with Difficult Employees

 

Senior

2-3 April

Preparing for Retirement

Senior

 

8-9 April

Records Management

 

Junior

10 April

Records Management

 

Senior

15-16 April

Motivational Workshop

 

All Public Officers

17 April

HR Orientation/ Devolution

HRMs, SAHRMs and AHRMs

22-23 April

Senior Induction (for new employees)

 

Senior

6 – 7 May

First Aid Workshops

 

All Public Officers

13 May

Policy Research and Proposal Writing

Senior

 

15 May

Collaborative Leadership

 

Senior

20 May

Measuring Employee Performance

 

Senior

28-29 May

Customer Service/Telephone Techniques

 

Junior Officers



Date(s)

 

 

Description

 

Level

 

3 June

Orientation for Students Proceeding on Study Leave

All Public Officers

5-6 June

Presentation Skills/Public Speaking

 

All Public Officers

10 June

Project Management

 

Senior

13 June

Government Accounting

 

Junior

17 June

Organisational/Time Management

 

All Public Officers

20 June

Government Accounting

 

Senior

2 July

Junior Secretarial

 

Junior

8 July

Workforce Planning

HRMs, SAHRMs and AHRMs

9 September

Junior Induction

 

Junior

16 September   

Correspondence Management

 

Junior

23 September   

Correspondence Management

 

Senior

30 September

Research Skills (Data Collection and Analysis)

 

All Public Officers

1 October

Senior Induction

 

Senior

8 October

 

Managing Change

Junior

9 October

Managing Change

 

Senior

15 October

Managing Employee Bereavement

 

Senior

22-23 October

Effective Negotiation

 

Senior

6 November

Speech Writing

 

Senior

14 November

Government Accounting

 

Junior

21 November

Government Accounting

 

Senior

3-4 December

Preparing for Retirement

Senior

Reimbursement Programme: We administer the Reimbursement Programme, which allows public servants to be reimbursed for the cost of study at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College or an accredited on-line/distance learning institution.

Training Awards: We administer Study Leave and Scholarships for Government employees. Study Leave allows public officers to take time off work to pursue degrees locally or overseas. To apply for study leave, you must be a permanent and pensionable employee and have at least three years of service. Application instructions will be found on the application form, which can be downloaded from this website or obtained from the Training Division office.

In addition to Study Leave, we administer scholarships that have been awarded by the Scholarship Trust Fund Board. The Board is a statutory body established under Chapter 118 of the Laws of the Virgin Islands and operates in conjunction with the Development Bank of the Virgin Islands.

Special Training: The Training Division designs and implements special training to meet the specific needs of the organisation. In recent years, this has included special courses in human resource management, clerical skills, and management. In 2004, we launched a management competencies training with H. Lavity Stoutt Community College and the Chartered Management Institute which uses the competencies approach to prepare future leaders in the Public Service. We also offer training to support various initiatives within the Public Service, including devolution of human resource capabilities.



Priority Areas 2009 / 2010


The Study Leave Assessment Board has approved the priority areas of the Public Service in preparation for the 2009 to 2010 school year. 

Those priority areas are listed below:

Accounting

Accounting combinations e.g. Accounting/Finance, Accounting/Economics

Agriculture/Agricultural Sciences (Plant Science)

Architecture/Architectural Building Engineering

Civil Engineering

Court Reporting

Development Control

Disaster Management

Economics

Engineering - Civil and Structural

Environmental Engineering

Gender Studies

GIS Technology

Information Technology Programming

International Relations

Land Administration/Management

Law

Legislative Drafting

Library and Information Science

Management

Mass Communications/Public Relations/Journalism

Organizational Behaviour/Industrial Psychology

Psychology/Sociology or related field

Public Health

Public Policy

Science (Chemistry, Biology, Bacteriology, Physics and Microbiology or Laboratory Testing)

Social Work

Statistics

Surveying/Town Planning

Technical Drawing

Quantity Surveying

Veterinary Science

 



 
   
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