In the public service, orientation training is conducted at two levels: by departments/ministries for their staff and by the Learning and Development Unit (LDU) across the service. Orientation generally is used to provide answers to queries not addressed at recruitment, especially with respect to organisational procedures.
The Learning and Development Unit’s orientation training provides officers with a broader view of the public service and government. It seeks to provide officers, regardless of their position, with an overview of the structure and functions of the public service and to sensitise them to the importance of their role as public officers. It is a complement to the onboarding process by the People Resourcing and Compliance (PRC) Directorate and orientation provided by each ministry/department.
Target group: All officers who have been employed in the public service for four years or less and who have experienced the onboarding process introduced to the Public Service in October 2019.
Aim: To provide officers, regardless of their position, with an overview of the structure and functions of the public service and to sensitise them to the importance of their role as public officers.
Delivery: This course is delivered fully online and is self-directed with no facilitator interaction.
Duration: Participants will have two (2) weeks to complete the course.
Understanding Research for Public Sector Document Preparation is one module in the course Public Service Document Preparation.
Target group: Administrative Officers and officers of related grades who are required to prepare public service documents on behalf of their respective ministries/departments.
Aim: To further equip administrative officers and those working in a similar capacity with the knowledge and skills to be more effective in conducting necessary research.
Delivery: This course is delivered fully online and is self-directed with no facilitator interaction.
This course pulls together the body of information relating to Government Performance Management and the Commitment for Results Framework into one cohesive body of knowledge to help guide public officers as they navigate the preparation and management of the annual CFR document.
Target Group: Senior Public Officers
Aim: To expose participants senior public officers to the performance management tool to be utilised by the Government of Barbados to evaluate government performance at an organisational level.
Delivery: This course is delivered fully online and is self-directed with no facilitator interaction.
Duration: Participants will have two weeks to complete the course
The government's revised PRDS is now in effect. To ensure all public officers are proficient in using this revised system, completion of this mandatory course is required.
You will receive an email notification of your selection for the upcoming cohort prior to the course start date. If you are not selected for the initial cohort, you will be placed on a waitlist and notified a week before the next cohort begins.
For any registration issues, please contact us at LD@ldu.gov.bb.