Training Courses¶

Overview¶

Training Courses are used to organise or group a set of Training Tasks that are all devliered as part of the same program or course of training in order to make it easier to add and remove Training Tasks from the system.

Working with Training Courses¶

What Training Courses are Used For¶

A Training Course is used to help administrative staff add or remove a series of Training Tasks more easily by allowing for the bulk creation or removal of a number of related Training Tasks (i.e. the tasks don’t need to be added individually).

In practice, Training Courses are used when a new flight crew member either:

First joins the Company, or
Changes fleet, rank, or assignment within the Company (e.g. operates a new type/fleet, is promoted to Captain), or
Resigns or stop operating Company aircraft.

Adding Tasks Using a Training Course¶

To add a series of Training Tasks using a Training Course:

Click on the Add Tasks From Course entry in the Training Tasks menu
Select the User, Aircraft Type, and Training Course on the Add Tasks From Training Course form and click Submit
Enter the Due Dates for the tasks on the Assign Due Dates to Tasks form and click Submit.

Note

If a Training Task of the same type for a particular User already exists then it will not be created a second time in order to avoid duplications.

In such cases, these Training Tasks can be added manually, if required, using the procedure documented in the Creating a New Task section of this documentation.

Add Tasks From Training Courses

Removing Tasks Using a Training Course¶

To remove a series of Training Tasks using a Training Course:

Click on the Remove Tasks In Course entry in the Training Tasks menu
Select the User, Aircraft Type, and Training Course on the Add Tasks From Training Course form and click Submit

The system will then remove all incomplete Training Tasks which match the selections entered on the form.

Note

Tasks which have been completed are not removed when this function is used; they remain activated for record keeping purposes.

Note

When Training Tasks are “removed” they are not deleted from the system; instead they’re hidden and removed from view on the various index pages and alerting systems.

See the Removing a Task section of this documentation for details on how this works, including How to Activate a Task that has previously been removed.

Training Course Index¶

The Training Course Index displays all of the available Training Courses.

This page provides a centralised location for Creating, Editing and Removing Training Courses.

The Training Course Index can be accessed by clicking on the Course Index link in the Training Tasks menu.

Creating a New Training Course¶

Who can Create a Training Course¶

New Training Courses can be created by any User who is a member of sysadmins, admins, training_coordinators, or ftm groups.

How to Create a Training Course¶

To create a Training Course:

Open the Add Course form by eitherL
- Click on the Add Course entry in the Training Tasks menu, or
- Going to the Course Index page and clicking on the Add Course button at the top-right of the screen.
Fill out the details for the Training Course in the Add Course form, and then click Ssubmit*.

Add Course Form

Editing a Training Course¶

Who can Edit a Training Course¶

Training Courses can be edited or changed by any User who is a member of sysadmins, admins, training_coordinators, or ftm groups.

How to Edit a Training Course¶

To edit a Training Course:

Open the Course Index page and locate the course to be edited or changed.
Hover over the >> in the far right column, then click on the Edit Course item in the menu that appears to open the Edit Course form.
Edit or change the details in the Edit Course form, and then click Submit.

After editing the course you will be redirected to the Course Index page.

Edit Course Form

Removing a Training Course¶

Who Can Remove a Training Course¶

Training Courses can be removed by any User who can edit or change a Training Course; that is, any User who is a member of either the *sysadmins, admins, training_coordinators, or ftm groups.

What Happens When a Training Course is Removed¶

When a course is ‘removed’ it’s not actually from the database; instead, the task is marked as Inactive and is simply not displayed in the usual index of Training Courses.

After a course has been removed, it is displayed with a dark grey background in the Course Index to distinguish it from the active courses.

Note

Courses cannot be deleted by a normal user. If a task absolutely has to be deleted then this can be done by a sysadmin user through the admin control panel.

One a course has been deleted in this way then it cannot be recovered (which is why only the sysadmin user is allowed to delete the task!).

See the System Admin for further details.

How to Remove a Training Course¶

To remove a training course:

Open the Course Index page and locate the course which is to be removed.
Hover over the >> in the far right column, then click on the Remove item in the menu that appears.

Remove object from index

How to Activate a Training Course¶

To activate a course that has previously been removed:

Open the Course Index page and locate the task to be activated
Hover over the >> in the far right column, then click on the Activate item in the menu that appears.

The course will now be activated, and will appear in the normal list of active Training Courses on the Course Index page.

Activate object in index